Where do you buy your accessories?

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Re: Where do you buy your accessories?

Post by KWhorenet » 31 May 2015, 9:46 am

bluerob wrote:I recently had an experience with Voldy.

Now I'm scarred for life, as in, you'll never get my coin again.

I thought advertising stuff and taking your money and then saying "sorry, not in stock" was a breach of trading laws?


Imagine how may crappy stories are out there across the country. :unknown:
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Re: Where do you buy your accessories?

Post by bluerob » 31 May 2015, 10:47 am

KWhorenet wrote:
bluerob wrote:I recently had an experience with Voldy.

Now I'm scarred for life, as in, you'll never get my coin again.

I thought advertising stuff and taking your money and then saying "sorry, not in stock" was a breach of trading laws?


Imagine how may crappy stories are out there across the country. Imagine if all banded together and all chip in $20 to fund an action :unknown:


Or if we all put $1,000 in, we could start our own Voldy Mart?

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Re: Where do you buy your accessories?

Post by bigfellascott » 31 May 2015, 2:04 pm

I tend not to buy too much these days (got enough s**t now I don't really need or use) :lol: but I try and buy local and if not I source it either OS or interstate if need be.

To be honest the only things I really buy these days are Consumables for reloading - don't need anything else to do the type of shooting I do. :thumbsup:
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Re: Where do you buy your accessories?

Post by Franky » 31 May 2015, 7:40 pm

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

don't need anything else to do the type of shooting I do :thumbsup:

What Missing? :thumbsup:
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Re: Where do you buy your accessories?

Post by bluerob » 01 Jun 2015, 7:01 pm

Franky wrote:^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

don't need anything else to do the type of shooting I do :thumbsup:

What Missing? :thumbsup:


More guns :thumbsup:
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Re: Where do you buy your accessories?

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Re: Where do you buy your accessories?

Post by bones-350 » 22 Nov 2016, 7:27 am

I bought all my Dies and Case Prep Gear from an Australian Distributor.
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I came across them surfing the net and they are very helpful be it by, email and reply the next day, or phone and tour questions are answered fully.
The gear they sell is mostly stainless steel and made in the USA.
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Re: Where do you buy your accessories?

Post by juststarting » 22 Nov 2016, 8:14 am

eBay 98% of the time.

And I wouldn't call it Australia tax. There's certainly a bit of that, but a lot of it is the old monopoly mentality. Buy cheap from eBay and don't feel guilty about putting your LGS out of business. Unless your LGS is either as cheap or adds value.

Few months ago I rang a shop in Melbourne and asked if they would match a price on a rifle, from another interstate store in sunny QLD. $300 difference!

The response was amazing. I was told that the shop I asked to be matched is horrible, and that they sell at tiny profit margins and that they won't match it or budge what so ever and that they (QLD) make no money at all and on and on he went. So of course I ordered from QLD and ended up saving $200 overall.

There's a lesson here. Stop being a greedy c*nt, sell at reasonable prices and you will do a lot better than well.

Simply put, the days of paper catalogues and junk mail are over. I can search for the cheapest price around Australia or the world for that matter in seconds. And I bet as more and more internet savvy (aka gen Y, X, and so on) take up this sport we may very well see a lot of shops going out of business due to their old greedy business strategy and inability to compete.

What that retarded store person fail to realise is that I have internet and I can see prices. I truly don't care how they feel or what profit margins they have. Compete, evolve or go the way of the Dodo.
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Re: Where do you buy your accessories?

Post by brett1868 » 22 Nov 2016, 11:02 am

A bit harsh on the LGS young fella, many of them have very little or no control over their pricing. Having seen the wholesale price list from the distributers most shops make a margin of %10 on firearms and 15-20% on accessories which isn't much compared to a more traditional retail business. The business in QLD with the cheap prices, direct imports and by passes the local importer / distributer which may have implications if warranty is required so keep that in mind. Good to see Brownell's having an Australian presence now as they can get a lot of the little fiddly bits others refuse to sell. I like to shop around online if I'm in no great rush but sometimes convenience is worth paying a little extra for.

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Re: Where do you buy your accessories?

Post by AusTac » 22 Nov 2016, 12:18 pm

Pretty much my local, i like to have a feel of what i'm buying, but the odd occasion i do get something online its usually just off ebay
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Re: Where do you buy your accessories?

Post by Rifle realist » 22 Nov 2016, 3:19 pm

+1 with Brett's John Ruskin quote, also small businesses are like muscles "if you don't use them, they disappear."
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Re: Where do you buy your accessories?

Post by Oldbloke » 22 Nov 2016, 7:19 pm

50/50. LGS and online. But that applies to most things I buy.
I simply look for value for money. Prices are all over the place. You really do need to know your prices snd shop around these days.
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