Hot on the heels of The Great Aussie Retail RipOff by Multinationals, comes another product, this time being ripped off from Officeworks.
The item illustrated, the iphone 3G Dock, is from Officeworks, retails for A$38.73.
The EXACT same item from either the PC swap meets OR the Happy Lucky $2 shops, retails for A$5.80.
Many devices / accessories that are made for Apple's ipod / iphone /ipad family of devices carry a price premium, for NO justifiable reason.
In this case there is an over 600% mark up difference.
In recent times the consumer has become more aware of how large retailers are ripping the consumers off, and as a result, the public are looking elsewhere for better value for money products.
As a result the likes of Harvey Norman, are crying foul, who's real problem lies elsewhere and NOT in the hundreds of % markup they cannot make anymore.
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