On Apr 1, 8:41=A0am, Alienjones <Alienjo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Doug Jewell wrote:
> > Alienjones wrote:
> >> Grandson dropped our P&S happy snapper off the pier while he was
> >> trying to get a picture of his sister's first fish catch. Not
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> >> OK, so insurance company agrees to replace it. Photo Continental in
> >> Brisbane call up: "We've been authorized to replace your camera, we
> >> don't have one but they are on order from Olympus. Maybe 2 weeks
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> > If people such as yourself bought from stores who are selling the
local
> > product, instead of purchasing overseas, you would be helping the
> > Australian distributors to ultimately deliver lower prices.
>
> > I have heard it from good sources that Apple, Sony and some other
major
> > manufacturers, are about to launch a legal challenge against grey
> > marketing in general and against some of the larger grey marketing
> > websites. I'm not sure if their challenge is attempting to ban it
> > completely, or just to enforce the grey marketers to bear some of the
> > legitimate costs of im****ting. I have heard they are also working with
> > customs to clamp down on "No Retail Value" and "Gift" im****ts. Getting
> > the legitimate Australian disties and resellers on an even footing
with
> > the grey-market operators can only be a good thing.
>
> Once... Way back in the distant past, I invested in my brother's
> manufacturing business in Melbourne.
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I wanted him to get his stuff made
> in China or Italy.
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His reply was that if we all did that, pretty soon
> there'd be no one left in AU with any money to buy it. I should have put
> my foot down. All he got out of it was a death by heart attack.
>
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> 35 years on and that has proven to be a completely wrong premise and I'm
> down the tube 50k for sup****ting him when I knew he was wrong.
>
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> The notion you have of sup****ting local im****ters and the argument about
> them needing to carry spares etc. is flawed with the reality that if the
> likes of Sony and Kennedy's really were interested in the well being of
> the industry, why would they fight so hard and spend so much trying to
> prevent us from buying the same thing for 30% less, overseas? It's
> called MORE PROFIT IN THEIR POCKET!
>
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> I'm sorry to say Doug, that your noble attitude fails the test of
> reality. When Malcolm Frazier made his speech to Aussie manufacturer's
> in the late 60's that they should have faith in the state of the nation
> and invest in infrastructure, I believed him.
>
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> $50 grand later when his trade minister wrote to us and said it was not
> Australia's policy to protect local industry from im****ts anymore... And
> some smart Aussie sent our stuff to China to be copied. It came back
> here cheaper than the cost of the material in Australia.
>
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> The fact is Doug, we have to grasp op****tunities. Right now selling
> iron, steel and whatever else we can dig out of the ground is our
> op****tunity. For little people like you and me, we need to work for
> those reaping in big bucks and forget all about Australia ever being
> anything but a hole in the ground for ex****ters.
>
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> Adopt that mind set... You and your family will prosper, save money when
> you buy stuff and let the future sort itself out... As it has done for
> generation after generation.
>
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> All this blue sky **** is just going to give you pain mate. When
> interest rates get back to the days I paid 19% on house loans
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=2E..is the
> fate of the local camera industry which makes 18% - 30% more than their
> US or Chinese counterparts really going to bother you or are you going
> to wonder where you'll find the bucks to pay a multinational company for
> food they're selling you at 15% inflated prices?
>
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> Maybe you'll reflect then on the American finance companies raping our
> economy with 30% interest loans "to help you over the hump" they have
> engineered?
>
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> No Doug... The days of National loyalty producing anything worthwhile
> haven't arrived in this country and if the behavior of our youth is any
> example... They never will. I saved over $8,000 when I bought my Nikon
> gear earlier this year.
>
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> Warranty? Yeah right... The same authorized Nikon repair agent is the
> one who'll do any warranty repair and the parts to do it will come from
> China. See? I'm sup****ting local business. Anderson's have already had
> some from me. Faster, cheaper and just around the corner from me. Why
> would I care what happened to a "Distributor" who been profiteering off
> me for years?
>
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> --
>
> from Douglas,
> If my PGP key is missing, the
> post is a forgery. Ignore it.
>
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