Tyres (more specifically, Bridgestone tyres)

On 12/01/12 3:32 PM, Nev.. wrote:
> On 12-Jan-12 11:55, TimC wrote:
>> On 2012-01-10, Fraser Johnston (aka Bruce)
>> was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
>>> On 6/01/12 11:10 PM, Bill_h wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:01:24 +1100, Bob Milutinovic wrote:
>>>>> I don't blame the retailers that much (though admittedly there're some
>>>>> who want their customers to bleed through their wallets); Australian
>>>>> importers/distributed have been known for a long time to ramp the
>>>>> prices
>>>>> up astronomically.
>>>>>
>>>>> Several years ago I bought a new set of pipes from the USA, air
>>>>> freighted in (3 days), at less than half what they'd have cost me
>>>>> here.
>>>>> I mentioned this to a local bike dealer, who then took me into his
>>>>> office and showed me the distributor's wholesale price list. The
>>>>> distributor's price was almost 50% more than what I'd paid from the
>>>>> USA
>>>>> (including freight), so there was no way the retailer could've
>>>>> competed
>>>>> - not even if he'd sold them to me at his cost price.
>>>>
>>>> I've had the same experience with Panasonic and their cameras and
>>>> lenses. There is a massive markup (by Panasonic) for the local
>>>> market, and local retailers can't compete.
>>>>
>>> Add Triumph to that list. I needed a throttle position sensor for the
>>> Thruxton. Local bike shop $280 plus 8 weeks wait. UK bike shop was
>>> $140 delivered to my door and there in a week. Thank you
>>> jacklilley.co.uk and whoever it was here who recommended them.
>>
>> What is the purpose of distributers?
>
> Warranty.


Is this the same warranty that most places will jump through hoops to
get out of to avoid paying? I'd rather have one thing in ten need to be
bought again with no warranty and I will still be miles ahead financially.


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Fraser