While I was in the city the other day (Melbourne), I noticed heaps of flyers stuck to walls, bus stops, etc about a boycott to stop shopping at stores such as Harvey Norman and a few other electronic shops who wanted the extra tax on online goods.
I wonder if it will actually work. For me, I'll just shop wherever i get the best deal, so if it is on Dealextreme, I'll shop there, but if it is at Harvey Morman, I'll shop there instead.
Yeah I agree with you. I will give my money to the place that gets me what I want at a good price. I think it is a bit harsh to stop shopping there all together.
+1
I just usually go to the store which is cheapest for me.
And by cheapest, i calculate the shipping cost as well(for online stores)
if HN has something on special that is the cheapest i will go there, if there is something online that is cheaper that physical stores(with the calculated shipping) i will shop there
Yeah. Cheapest wins. Don't really care if it increases the profit of big companies/chains. Heck, I don't even care where the product comes from. I find it funny every time I see a message trying to convince me to "buy local" when it costs twice as much as an equally good product from overseas.
Well, I hope you don't complain when Aussie workers lose their job to overseas (http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/03/11/2512927.htm).
It's alright. Glad my dollars help some kid in China earn a few bucks. We've got it good here.
LOL LOL LOL - such a funny response HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
That's not a particularly relevant link now is it?
Comparing the loss of Manufacturing Jobs to where you buy from.
In the hypothetical that you raise:
If I could buy Aussie made Bonds undies from an online store, the Bonds workers don't lose out because I didn't buy them from Harvey Norman… Harvey Norman loses out!
I think most of you are missing the point just like Gerry. A tax on imported goods under $1000 will not be enough to stop most people from buying online/overseas due to the high saving, therefore all these companies are doing are trying to get the government to charge you more money. Look at the flood levy and how popular it's going down , now imagine if you could choose what government you wanted. You think if the gillard government had a general merchandise store, people wouldn't avoid it?
Funny thing is, we do get to choose our government, the majority elected labour (i think labour had one seat more than the coalition)
But yeah i get what ur getting at, hung parliment etc.
I thought the two major parties won the same number of seats, and the result was decided by a few independents
Whoops my bad, the coallition won the most number of seats 73 compared to Labor's 72. What I was thinking of was two party preferred, Labor got that 50.12% to 49.88%.
if they can explain to me why something that cost the same can go up in price so much and its logical then i'm cool
like books
a book on bookdepository is like 20 bucks sent to australia
in dymocks its like 60 bucks
why the large different… PROFIT!
Not profit… it's called rent and wages. Dymocks pays rent and wages for numerous retail shops where you can browse before purchase. Online retailers (irrespective of what country) don't have those overheads, hence lower prices. It's not rocket science.
yeah but dymocks has online website too
and borders
they should be able to offer better prices
but then dont
Profit or not can only be proven when we compare their true financial sheets, which is quite impossible. How about comparing the prices in US book stores and AU book stores?
prolly get the same answer
us book stores, clothing stores etc are alot cheaper
if they were like 10-20% cheaper that would be acceptable (us has more people, more demand, prices would be cheaper, and wages prolly cheaper)
but the us stores are usually like 50% or even more cheaper (clothes, sporting equipment etc)
I don't see why a boycott is needed, if everyone did their research, then shops would get the sales they deserve. I've shopped at Harvey Norman for a particular bargain, why would I pay more elsewhere?
And even then, while i was buying my bargain external HDD, I saw other bargains like $7 4GB USB's etc.
How about we start a boycott for paying more then we need to on goods :)