KGB Posted 22June, 2017 Report Share Posted 22June, 2017 The free shit army is headed towards the voting booth and you're stuffed.^this.But, we're all buying from Ikea, Microsoft, Aldi, Apple, BMW, P etc who are not paying corporate tax in Australia at anywhere near the real level that Australian companies are, transfer pricing and license fees are their worm holes. I told you so. Free market my A$$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevMcRev Posted 23June, 2017 Report Share Posted 23June, 2017 Lots of reasons why stuff from overseas is cheaper, esp on <$1000 importsNo gst paid here = -10%No duty paid here = - 0-20%No import fees/charges = 2-5%Sometimes no local taxes paid in the purchasing country either, eg no VAT = - 10-20% So they're buying even cheaper than someone in that country can,Lower wages for basic jobs like warehouse order pickingLower cost to buy/rent warehouse space10x market size = high volume/lower marginI'm in online retail...so I'm with Gerry on this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grantmr Posted 23June, 2017 Report Share Posted 23June, 2017 Chinese gov also subsidises freight. What's your site trev? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 23June, 2017 Report Share Posted 23June, 2017 Even with the GST added to goods under a grand, it will still be cheaper than most Australian retailers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redracn Posted 24June, 2017 Report Share Posted 24June, 2017 Lots of reasons why stuff from overseas is cheaper, esp on <$1000 importsNo gst paid here = -10%No duty paid here = - 0-20%No import fees/charges = 2-5%Sometimes no local taxes paid in the purchasing country either, eg no VAT = - 10-20% So they're buying even cheaper than someone in that country can,Lower wages for basic jobs like warehouse order pickingLower cost to buy/rent warehouse space10x market size = high volume/lower marginI'm in online retail...so I'm with Gerry on this one!What about freight of individual items which can be a significant part of <$1K when compared to bulk container rates and can eaisly offset all the other charges listed especially at the lower end of the price range.The last 3 points are the real issue but Gerry has no reason to complain about the last pointas his volume should be hight enought to ensure his fixed costs are a very small %. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevMcRev Posted 24June, 2017 Report Share Posted 24June, 2017 What about freight of individual items which can be a significant part of <$1K when compared to bulk container rates and can eaisly offset all the other charges listed especially at the lower end of the price range.The last 3 points are the real issue but Gerry has no reason to complain about the last pointas his volume should be hight enought to ensure his fixed costs are a very small %. There'll always be lots of variance across different businesses, but in my case it's where lot of items that are high $ but small size, $700 but fits in the palm of your hand - so cheap to ship. And in a niche, so not the volume of mainstream consumer goods.It can definitely work out in some cases where the wholesale price from a manufacturer Europe is the same for me as a Euro retailer, but the Euro retailer can sell a product at retail (large market/low margin/high volume), with no VAT on export, and ship one at a time here with high volume small parcel shippers like UPS or Fedex to individual consumers - all for less that I can import a larger number of and pay all of the above associated costs on that they don't.This is where it could make a difference to the many SMEs - which is more important than a few Gerrys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redracn Posted 24June, 2017 Report Share Posted 24June, 2017 There'll always be lots of variance across different businesses, but in my case it's where lot of items that are high $ but small size, $700 but fits in the palm of your hand - so cheap to ship. And in a niche, so not the volume of mainstream consumer goods.It can definitely work out in some cases where the wholesale price from a manufacturer Europe is the same for me as a Euro retailer, but the Euro retailer can sell a product at retail (large market/low margin/high volume), with no VAT on export, and ship one at a time here with high volume small parcel shippers like UPS or Fedex to individual consumers - all for less that I can import a larger number of and pay all of the above associated costs on that they don't.This is where it could make a difference to the many SMEs - which is more important than a few Gerrys.Yep like I said previously small business could be at a disadvantage but Gerry is not one and should have the buying and transport clout to not be to adversely affected. I.e who can say they have imported a TV or dishwasher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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