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Australian prices! 19-May-2011 At 12:55:02 PM Mike Bee

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On 19/05/2011 rodw wrote:
>Local shops should be able to buy from the same place the US shops buy
>them from and import direct...prices would still be a bit higher but not
>the massive markups that are enforced now.

That would be ideal, but it's not going to happen any time soon I don't think. BD and S2S are nice and cosy, as are Petzl and Spelean.

The only way I could see the market structure changing is if sales of climbing gear in Australia plummet so much that it's no longer worth the time and money for the Australian distributor to continue with. Eg, S2S give up BD as one of their brands, and then the local shops make contact with BD directly wanting to set up an account. As it stands, as long as the Australian distributors are still in a contract with the manufacturers, no shops with an Aussie address will be able to establish a US wholesale account.