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Originally Posted by playfordtree  They are all sound arguements,
But lets take it one step further.
If we have no qualms about buying cheap stuff offshore and not supporting our local economy.
Then it should follow that we can't complain when our neighbours use cheap offshore labour ( islanders ) to cut down their tree, instead of using their local bloke, YOU! |
First of all they are local too, they live here.
And like Sean said you are not comparing apples to apples, they are not trained, educated, insured or even paying tax! They are rogue operators, pikies, gypsies etc.
But the saws we are looking at identical product.
Now as far as buying imported products vs local ... tell me this, now that Dr Martens dumped England for China are the boots any cheaper? NO
When Blundstone dump Australia for China will the boots get cheaper? NO
All that happens, and the reason why they do it, is called more profit.
There was a big push 15 years ago ... buy Australian made etc, remember the commercials of people throwing their money into the ocean standing on top of a cliff at the beach? Buy local right?
But Stihls aren't made here. What's happened in Australia is we are just a dumping ground for imported product, and some people have set themselves up well to profit out of it.
There's some laws and regs pertaining to anti competative behaviour and exclusivity. I know recently within the last 10 years there were some ammendments made where competing retails could not import direct and had to go through one agency who was price fixing and monopolizing. Sounds a little like the Stihl business model eh?
Here's some things I found, the question and answer session is great isn't it.
Module 4