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Inflation??
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 1:54 am
by 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
Re: Inflation??
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 4:11 am
by ForbesHutton
May be more to do with exchange rates, how's the Aussie dollar doing against the yen or the USD?
Re: Inflation??
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 5:22 am
by 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.
Re: Inflation??
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 9:52 am
by digger303
ForbesHutton wrote: Thu Aug 03, 2017 4:11 am
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 !