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Originally Posted by Hawx
+ 1 on that. I know I complained about this a page or two before but If the Aussie $ is equal to and if not greater than the US $. Why is it that stuff like cars are more expensive for us then in the US by a large margin?? I'm yet to meet someone who can explain why.  |
a few reasons:
- tax here is higher;
- population/sale volume is lower hence cost to setup/run a distribution network per car sold will be higher, these costs are passed onto the consumers;
- we are used to paying high price for cars so the manufacturers can rip us off;
- shipping cost is higher becos of the volume of trade/shipping are much less;
etc