anyone using beuchat mundial 3.5mm?

[jimdoe2you]

Apparently from my having stated in this thread that "a lot of aussies find it less expensive to buy Beuchat gear from me and have it shipped down" an australian Beuchat dealer (who most likely has outragously high prices even for Australia) has sent an email complaining about my store.

This person, of which I have no idea who it is, lied to Beuchat and stated that I am advertising in Australia and Europe!!! I don't even advertise here in the US!!! Here is an exerpt of the email I received:

"Dear Jim,

I am contacting you because we received complaints from major distributors about your online sales at around their wholesale prices.

It seems you advertise in Australia and also targets European markets with French language options.

You are free to sell on the USA territory but not outside. Whenever we have a large distributor they are granted with an exclusive distribution contract for their country and we cannot accept sales from your store, even online sales, out of the USA market............................."

Here is an exerpt of my response:

"It appears you have received complaints that are not 100% accurate. I have never or at anytime advertised my goods in Australia or to any french language European markets. I have never marketed any of my goods anywhere other than the USA.

Some Australians in the past couple of months have discovered my website on the internet and ordered some Beuchat products from "The Spearfishing Store", however I was unaware that I am precluded from ever shipping orders to Australia. From here forth The Spearfishing Store will not honor Australian orders requesting Beuchat equipment."

So for the few aussies who have contacted me in the past and purchased gear, I am now precluded from filling your future Beuchat orders. Thank you, good luck, and if there are any other product brands I can assist you with I will always be here to help with great pricing and ultra fast shipping.

[cww180]

What does it matter, the customer was looking for the best price and obviously found it so what wrong with that. Who got offended? What's wrong with competitive pricing on the open market?

[Newbie_spearo]

I may be able to offer some insight as to why the aussie retailers might be getting there backs up. You see our pain in the arse government seems to think that it's ok for them to have stupid taxes on everything and anything, for example import tax. Now I'm not saying they shouldn't have a tax but what drives me up the wall is that 60 Minutes and A Current Affair will bitch and moan about people not buying australian owned this and australian made that or even worse buying from overseas. They seem to think that joe blow is the problem and the reason why the small business over here can't make a buck, when in actual fact its' the government screwing us all over because they need to tax everything and anything they can possibly get there grubby little mits on. To buy a Beuchat 5mm 2 piece camo wetsuit over here from a shop you will spend anywhere from $550-$700 depending on how much they want to rip you off, but even the retailer and the wholesaler gets ripped the way the government tax. I refuse to buy alot of my gear from shops over here because I simply can't afford it, and why the hell shouldn't I be able to shop around for the best price even if it means I'll need to shop offshore. Now I love the beuchat gear and think it's really top notch. But why should I spend 2 weeks pay to buy the stuff over here when Jim who never approached me and was refferred to me by another deeperblue member from the states I believe can sell me the same wetsuit and have it shipped to my door for almost half the price. I realise that it's not really the retailers fault but come on guys, surely you'd rather sell 100 wetsuits with 20%mark up than only 20 wetsuits with a 100% mark up? turn over over mark up that's how I was always taught to tun a business buy some one very wise and successfull. Jim if I can't buy my beuchat gear from you I'd rather settle for something a little lower quality wise but know that I'm still getting good service a the right price than shop somewhere else. It's Beuchats loss and I guess mine to in a way.
Any way enough of my rambling.
Oh P.S. Our goverment has almost a 100% tax on petrol. Why not have a flat 40c a litre tax and allow us to live a little more comfortably. They are not really gonna lose out if the price of oil increases, they're only gonna screw us more!

Newbie over and out!

[cww180]

I agree with you on the big picture to fix it, but if it was me I would order from whoever is offering the cheapest price and go about my whether it be this Jim guy or someone else. Why should you have to pay for your gov't mistake, I'm not saying its right but I would prefer to have the best gear at the lowest price (call me crazy) but that is the capitolist side of my and I'm from the USA where competition is good for pricing.

[Ron Bakker]

Originally Posted by Newbie_spearo

I may be able to offer some insight as to why the aussie retailers might be getting there backs up. You see our pain in the arse government seems to think that it's ok for them to have stupid taxes on everything and anything, for example import tax. Now I'm not saying they shouldn't have a tax but what drives me up the wall is that 60 Minutes and A Current Affair will bitch and moan about people not buying australian owned this and australian made that or even worse buying from overseas. They seem to think that joe blow is the problem and the reason why the small business over here can't make a buck, when in actual fact its' the government screwing us all over because they need to tax everything and anything they can possibly get there grubby little mits on. To buy a Beuchat 5mm 2 piece camo wetsuit over here from a shop you will spend anywhere from $550-$700 depending on how much they want to rip you off, but even the retailer and the wholesaler gets ripped the way the government tax. I refuse to buy alot of my gear from shops over here because I simply can't afford it, and why the hell shouldn't I be able to shop around for the best price even if it means I'll need to shop offshore. Now I love the beuchat gear and think it's really top notch. But why should I spend 2 weeks pay to buy the stuff over here when Jim who never approached me and was refferred to me by another deeperblue member from the states I believe can sell me the same wetsuit and have it shipped to my door for almost half the price. I realise that it's not really the retailers fault but come on guys, surely you'd rather sell 100 wetsuits with 20%mark up than only 20 wetsuits with a 100% mark up? turn over over mark up that's how I was always taught to tun a business buy some one very wise and successfull. Jim if I can't buy my beuchat gear from you I'd rather settle for something a little lower quality wise but know that I'm still getting good service a the right price than shop somewhere else. It's Beuchats loss and I guess mine to in a way.
Any way enough of my rambling.
Oh P.S. Our goverment has almost a 100% tax on petrol. Why not have a flat 40c a litre tax and allow us to live a little more comfortably. They are not really gonna lose out if the price of oil increases, they're only gonna screw us more!

Newbie over and out!

I have dropped the guts out of prices in New Zealand now and then, and although I agree it's better to sell more with less margin, I am quite often dissapointed with the response when I have top class product on very much discounted rate and still get very little response. Especially in New Zealand where Beuchat does not have the same profile as some other countries. And to put it into context of just how much more we pay here in New Zealand and Aus. If you didn't have to pay freight from the like of Scubastore and subprof then it would be cheaper to buy from them than from our own importers. Which is not having a dig at the importers but more a case of by the time product makes it's way to our front door, it's quite pricy. and lets face it if we have to keep it in stock we pay interest on it. Part of our margin is for the interest we paid on borrowed funds to purchase it in the first place.