Strong Eagle wrote:Combination of factors. Expensive rents. Lack of warehouse space. Inefficient supply chain logistics.
Funny enough, I import my underwear too!poodlek wrote: I was at the baby goods expo last weekend and there was a booth selling a brand of American made cloth diapers for $50 each where they retail about $17uSD overseas. I pointed this out to the shop girl and she said "well we have to import them..." and I pointed out that I could import my own with VPost and still pay less than half. She said "yeah...<<sigh>>"
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Not all the time, as I've personally experienced (see my post above). For Apple, however, it shows how local distributors vs manufacturers approach pricing.zzm9980 wrote: For example, almost anything Apple sells is the same price here. Lots of other electronics too. I got a new camera the week of its release in Sim Lim for almost the exact same it would have cost me on Amazon..
Had to snigger at that one. I do exactly the same thing. Either Hanes or FOTL on each trip home.zzm9980 wrote:Funny enough, I import my underwear too!poodlek wrote: I was at the baby goods expo last weekend and there was a booth selling a brand of American made cloth diapers for $50 each where they retail about $17uSD overseas. I pointed this out to the shop girl and she said "well we have to import them..." and I pointed out that I could import my own with VPost and still pay less than half. She said "yeah...<<sigh>>"
LolI've had my parents ship me a 5-pack of Hanes that cost them $12 in the US; same thing I've seen here for almost 3x the cost!
It possibly does. We went on holiday to Portugal once from the UK when our children were babies and I had to buy formula when we were there - it was marketed as the same brand but it was a horrible oily consistency when made up and grey in colour - very different from the UK version.zzm9980 wrote:Everything from baby formula (about 30% less, and the wife insists the same exact brand "tastes better" from the US).
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