Originally Posted by ccrcraceway

Our $ is only good in high values if oversea monies stays the same . Otherwise at the end of the day if oversea hobby suppliers increase there prices to cover there cost , one would be paying the same value for there product what we are paying now anyways.
The question is when the $ went down the hobby suppliers in Australia followed the trend by increasing there stock prices (even when the stock was bought before the $ went down). Will they be bring the price down now to what it used to be ????? This is just not the case with our hobby , its fuel food every thing practically . As there is no standard or watch dog in most retail sector Some one out there is capitalizing big time. My business buys fair bit of chemicals and i have seen price jump close to 50% higher than what we where paying over a year ago.We have yet to see the prices to come down. Its sad but we all have come to terms with it and moved along . Just yesterday i filled the car up from a coles fuel pump paying $1.16.99 and about 6 to 9 km away it was for 1.06.99 (is this for real lol ). And the hot shot reckon fuel is going to go higher . yeah right xmas and holiday are around the corner. Rub the hard earning man and squeeze out the last penny out of him lol .