Independent said..
Thank you for your local "Japanese" (by your tag), I sincerely wish you "Good winds and safe kiting".

Honourable "Kamikuza" please let me respect your opinion and you wealth of knowledge and apologise for my ignorance by posting on a .com.au forum and not understanding that I may cause offence to our fellow forum contributors internationally.

Short comment, I would rather sort it out locally with someone than get stonewalled online. Please consider "JOBS IN AUSTRALIA FOR AUSTRALIANS"!!!!

By the way, "...To be blunt, balls to every point Independent brought up... service?...." next time your bladder S**ts' itself or line breaks or you're waiting on your waterproof smart phone for help from your favourite overseas online retailer in a different time zone whilst drifting into a Tsunami, think & breath......

cauncy said..

its a pretty simple question that still hasnt been answered, i was hoping a retailer or distributor could let us know why we pay so much for our gear, im not trying to put shops out of buisness by asking this, infact if prices arnt put on a level playing field as overseas then i think you local shops gonna struggle, so how can a local shop not buy his gear off a distributor what someone off the street can buy it for? to me it can only mean one thing the distributor is charging his shop too much for his kites making it impossible for him to compete, which means people will buy on the internet meaning your local shops gonna struggle, nugs the cab switchblade you mentioned ive found one complete shipped to your door without discount for $1348 inc all deductions and possible additions and that was list no special deals,kitepower the kite was a best 2013, i had a look at a special you had on a 7mtr edge 2012 for $ 1479 again found one for $1018 , also edge 10 2013 $2129 rrp os $1539 no deals by either,as for being un australian i find it pretty insulting to be charged say 500 more by a local shop than a complete stranger on the internet if you know what i mean, im a pom but im passionate about where i live, i ride ozone kites ,uk company and ride shinn boards uk company, and drink guiness, ok thats irish, so i still have a soft spot for uk companies,as for supporting my local ive bought 2 paddle boards 2 surfboards one wetty, 4 go pros, all in the last 12mths and would buy my kites off him and boards if he stocked them regardless of cost , as for rrp what the ****es the point of that if your gonna match an os price, personally if i went into a shop and they tried to charge me full price to then later drastically reduce it would make me feel like they tried to shaft me, and wouldnt get my buisness, eppo dont worry about people laying it on me dont see too many thumbs down, as for the youngsters issue i know personally of a half a dozen kids here would love to get into the sport and its cost thats the problem, a couple of us have helped them out, personally ive given away 2 kites, and sold 3 kites for $1000 when i got offered $2500 as a trade , also repaired a few at my cost to get them on the water, basically if our prices were inline with os then the wouldnt be an issue