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TradeInn
Nov 10, 2023 19:22:15 GMT 12
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Post by Fogg on Nov 10, 2023 19:22:15 GMT 12
Anyone ordered from TradeInn / WaveInn? I’m hoping this arrives ok and saves me $300 compared to buying same unit locally.
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Post by GO30 on Nov 11, 2023 8:46:47 GMT 12
Yeap and it went OK. 3 or 4 times now. It's a drop shipper of massive proportions.
A couple of things I couldn't get in NZ. One was the shorter leg version of some motorsickle boots the NZ agent stocked and sold. I was more than happy to order and wait for their next shipment, they said No can't be arsed, so the sale went elsewhere.
I have heard of a local outfit having a wee bit of biffo over a warrantee issue on a name brand brought from one of the 'Inns'. Something to do with international agency agreements and Inn was deemed to be selling outside of their region. Long story short the punter had to pay then try to reclaim it from the Inn, no idea if they did or not. Mind you that's hardly exclusive to the Inn's or that brand name (which was not Quick). I have heard from offshore many places aren't that keen on the Inns as they discount heavily and don't respect agreements.
Watch for massive email marketing, it got OTT fast so I had to unsubscribe pretty quick. It also pops back up periodically so get used to that fuck off button.
$300 difference? Holy crap there is.
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TradeInn
Nov 11, 2023 13:40:29 GMT 12
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Post by Fogg on Nov 11, 2023 13:40:29 GMT 12
Yeah NZD$175 vs ~$475 was worth taking the risk I thought.
Let you know how it pans out…
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TradeInn
Nov 12, 2023 6:18:41 GMT 12
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Post by Fogg on Nov 12, 2023 6:18:41 GMT 12
This mornings email says my order has already been prepared & shipped. Be interesting to see how quickly it arrives (before Xmas would be a bonus)!
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Post by GO30 on Nov 12, 2023 12:31:42 GMT 12
This mornings email says my order has already been prepared & shipped. Be interesting to see how quickly it arrives (before Xmas would be a bonus)! They ship a gazillion parcels a day so the freight company would be in the job I'd expect.
From memory they delivered pretty much as they said they would +/- only a day or so.
Mind you thats common with mobs like DHL, Fedex and the like. We DHL a lot and they say 'by end of day X' on sealing the deal and once in their hands they tell us 'By 11am on the Xth' and they get 90% right.
Talking Mearsk and shipping companies like that, their projected times are right maybe 5% of the time. Missing by a month is not uncommon.
NZ Couriers is 50% excellent and 50% they miss by days.
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Post by GO30 on Nov 12, 2023 12:33:03 GMT 12
Yeah NZD$175 vs ~$475 was worth taking the risk I thought. Let you know how it pans out… It'll be fine as long as you have ordered the right component Never seen, heard or have any reason what so ever to think the Inn's are into knock offs.
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Post by dutyfree on Nov 12, 2023 15:43:43 GMT 12
something must be happening with Amazon too, free shipping to NZ if you spend more than $50. Just bought parts for boat loo, $60 cheaper than NZ
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TradeInn
Nov 12, 2023 17:09:55 GMT 12
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Post by Fogg on Nov 12, 2023 17:09:55 GMT 12
So it seems that if you can’t leave NZ yourself at least your buying habits can!
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Post by Cantab on Nov 12, 2023 18:57:02 GMT 12
All my orders from China have been turning up within a week, maybe two lately. Usually at least half the price of same stuff here.
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Post by GO30 on Nov 30, 2023 12:50:08 GMT 12
Update please
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TradeInn
Nov 30, 2023 15:56:49 GMT 12
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Post by Fogg on Nov 30, 2023 15:56:49 GMT 12
Gadget arrived on exact date predicted (23 Nov I think).
It looks authentic but plug is updated version so I can’t test it until I change socket in anchor locker. Waiting for this bloody wind to ease off before spending an hour working on the foredeck with easily blown-away box of bits.
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Post by GO30 on Dec 1, 2023 7:51:32 GMT 12
I have no doubt it will be the real deal.
Differing plug, that's one downside of offshore shopping, little things like that which pop up unexpectedly. An easy one in this case though.
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TradeInn
Dec 1, 2023 10:28:57 GMT 12
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Post by Fogg on Dec 1, 2023 10:28:57 GMT 12
I suspect it’s just an age thing and even if I’d bought it here in NZ it would come with the same updated plug.
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Post by GO30 on Dec 1, 2023 10:34:38 GMT 12
Yeap most likely. One would hope a local would mention that on purchase though.
Sadly as I wrote that I though 'But would they?'
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Post by GO30 on Dec 7, 2023 10:01:32 GMT 12
OK have a FYI update on this and the power of the consumer. I spoke to Mr Quick here in NZ and mentioned a mate had been shopping at Trade Inn, the master name of WaveInn amongst many others. Mr Q has heard of the place and spoken to Quick recently about it due to the following bit. There maybe something ?? going on here but we'll work that thru before throwing it into the public domain just in case we have it wrong. Anyway very recently Mr Q was fronted by another boat wanting the same thing and seeing what Fogg also saw. So Mr NZ Q talked to Q and after some tweaking the NZ RRP is now 199.99 inc gst. I thought that was a hell change but he seems happy it'll work. Noting here us commercial importers face vastly higher costs than a private one off import. Also note WaveInn boldly state 'No Import Duties to be paid' where Mr Q and I pay shit loads everytime. So today the remote is cheaper in NZ than it is via WaveInn if you exclude, as WaveInn does, one component of the NZ cost that helps pay for teachers and nurses, the GST
Also Mr Q said "If they had come to me with this I would have tried super hard to match the price", which he said he could have since talking to Q about this situation.
So while we work thru another aspect of this with Mr F, we can look at this as an example of what can happen if we approach NZ suppliers and say 'Hey, look at this, what can you do?'. In this case Mr F would have got it at the same price but acknowledging not all suppliers in NZ are as willing as Mr Q nor may have the ability to price match, we are in a volume world and NZ is just too small to do real volume so at times we are cost takers and your options are to like it, import your own with the risks that often comes with or fornicate off.
Also suppliers here do like to know if they have competitors like that as we can go back to our manufacturers with ammo and say 'Oui, WTF is going on here dudes'. I have done that here which has resulted in us being able to lower prices. But we do need to know and we do need ammo to go back to our suppliers with.
And while I had him I asked 'If Mr F has a issue with the remote will you sort that under warrantee?' Mr NZ Q said 'I will do whatever Quick tells me to do'. If, using Mr F just as an example, was a visiting boat and had an issue Mr Q would speak to Quick about it and if they say go for it he will. But on occasion they have said 'It need to go thru the outfit they brought it off' so in that case Mr F would need to chat to, in this case Wave Inn who would sort it with Quick. That sorting may include telling Mr NZ Q to fix it here under warrantee. If a boat said bugger it just fix it Mr Q would do so at the best possible price he could. If the item was a parallel import them he's still fix it but no warrantee unless Quick said one applied.
A interesting situation and catch up, maybe more so depending on what Mr F sees later.
Note we are talking Quick only here people. I must say while Mr Q does get some flack at times I found his response to this and a few others things to be bloody good and a little better than I was expecting. To do what he's done around the pricing due to being told of WaveInn, and is willing to do if that situation comes up again, I thought was excellent and far more than many others in this game would do.
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