Originally Posted by
tony gray
Thanks for the nice comments....
The Tamiya problem here isn't Tamiya, it's the local distributor. They are renowned for this policy on all the products they import, not just Tamiya.
Hard to justify a $23 USD body selling here for $75 Aus. Someone's making some serious cash..and it aint me!
Some of the shops here buy off other shops online because its cheaper than buying from the dsitributor!
I agree that the Aussie distributor has issues, however a good proportion of the issues revolve around Tamiya Japan, they have dual pricing, the Aussie disties pre shipping price is only marginally cheaper than the japan cash sale price. I know this first hand from discussions with the importer as well as Mr S Tamiya himself.