Inflation??

[Augustus]

I bought these Tamiya cutters from BNA World back in early September last year and they cost forty odd bucks ($46 I think but can't be sure, but know it was forty something). They are now $73.50, reduced from $83.95. They're also $74.99 from MetroHobbies.

Now I know prices go up, and Tamiya's other cutters have too, but this is crazy!

https://www.bnamodelworld.com/hobby-too ... s-tm-74123

[ForbesHutton]

May be more to do with exchange rates, how's the Aussie dollar doing against the yen or the USD?

[Darklen]

They're going from between $30-$35 CAD with free shipping on eBay. Experienced something similar with a kit recently. If I ordered from Germany it's about $140 CAD shipped. From a dealer in Canada is $107 shipped. Hong Kong...$63... shipped. I don't mind paying a little more to keep the business local but double the cost?! I better be getting a really good dinner first.

[digger303]

May be more to do with exchange rates, how's the Aussie dollar doing against the yen or the USD?

No nothing to do with exchange rates.
I recently inquired about getting Mr Hobby paints from Japan....should be cheaper you would think as they are a Japanese product. Yet it is not so because Sealmodels in China is the cheapest also the slowest to arrive.
At one time I could buy Chinese 1/35 kits from BNA cheaper than buying from Hong Kong direct.
Go figure !