Amazon AU - good result

Drcspy on 17/02/2022 - 08:44

Well I used Amazon Au to buy some propellers for the Drone I won, (yeah sorry it wasn't a cheapies comp). Anyway they were ridiculous prices, (and still are on TM), in NZ. Little plastic propellers, which fall off and disappear too damn easily when you're still learning to fly lol. So Amazon Au to the rescue. bought 4x full sets of props, (that's 16 props), for just a tad over $20. Free delivery. They can go for more than 4x that price here. Anyway the delivery track said expect delivery on or around 08-30 March. I shrugged thinking tho the package is just letter size it had been chucked on a slow boat or something. Well surprise - they turned up yesterday. 13 Days after purchase.

Must say I'm pleased with the price and pleased with the delivery time.
I'll be looking at Amazon Au again for sure. Some of the prices on there are better than Nz - others are not.
Interesting.

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  • txf on 17/02/2022 - 09:04

    I've been purchasing from Amazon Au since they opened their door to NZ residents, good service, cheap now free shipping.

  • akrotohur on 17/02/2022 - 09:23
    +4

    Hopefully they are able to break TM's monopoly somehow

    • stevarja on 21/02/2022 - 09:13

      I had no idea TM have monopoly, ever. Came here around 2016, I found their prices always about the same as local prices, and most of time more expensive than foreign stores (AE/Amazon US). Except for some unique or specific 2nd/used items, I never bought anything new from TM. Remember the golden days of Amazon US circa 2010s to 2017. Love you uncle Jeff xD

      • akrotohur on 21/02/2022 - 10:47

        Trust me mate, TM is the monopoly online auction site here. Even on here, many cheapies still like to use TM. No other sites have ever broken their monopoly, the latest casualty was a site named allgoods that has gone bust.

        Prices being more expensive is a NZ thing, not just on TM.

        • Alan6984 on 21/02/2022 - 12:53

          Yep - I use TradeMe as there is no viable alternative (it is an effective monopoly).

          Some people use FB Marketplace, but you are often wasting your time - the percentage of confirmed sales that actually happen is too low, whereas at least on TM I almost never get a failed sale.

          In that respect, it does seem to be better than EBay which is quite risky from what I see / hear on OzBargain.

          Alan.

        • stevarja on 21/02/2022 - 13:08

          Oh you were saying specifically monopoly online auction site. Gotcha. You're right on that specific, came here from ebay AUS when their low listing prices was getting attack from all sides by the emergence of AE/AB. Also too bad TM's push back auction's end time does not sit well with my sniping background.

          • Alan6984 on 21/02/2022 - 13:44

            @stevarja: Sellers are paying the fees - they get to call the tune :-)

  • ace310 on 17/02/2022 - 10:03
    +1

    Another major player would be Costco once they open up we will have some better prices hopefully. Interesting would be the price matching policy.

    Yes, Amazon AU has been quite fast in terms of shipping if sold by them. 3rd party can be different. I received couple of items within 3 days and few others within a 7-10 days.

    • Drcspy on 18/02/2022 - 07:19

      Costco are going to open in this locality ?

      • Arsonist on 18/02/2022 - 07:51
        +1

        Opening in Westgate (west auckland) late August 2022.

      • ace310 on 18/02/2022 - 08:48

        They will also have online portal, just not sure what the plans are initially.

        https://www.costco.co.nz/

  • stuntah on 18/02/2022 - 08:51

    Amazon has been great. Delivering in stock items to me within 7 days recently

  • felixfurtak on 18/02/2022 - 16:53

    Amazon's delivery estimates have been pretty spot on for me so far after maybe 10 or 15 orders. Often a few days earlier. They do mix postage methods though and an number of their sellers ship direct so you generally get a mix of DHL, NZ Post and Australia Post.

    If you want to save on credit card currency exchange fees from your bank (usually 2-3%) check out the Wise card https://www.cheapies.nz/node/30857
    It's often free, and exchange rates fees are 0.3-0.5% if you top it up in advance using a bank transfer.

    Probably not as safe as using your credit card if the package goes missing, but Amazon are pretty generous in this regard too.

    • Drcspy on 19/02/2022 - 07:50

      I paid using my Debit card. It was very simple and I have no idea of what fees might have been involved but it was only about a $20 transaction so it was very minimal if any.

  • justaddwater on 19/02/2022 - 20:57

    will subscribe to bezos prime if it makes amazon come here sooner

  • stevarja on 21/02/2022 - 09:17
    +1

    If only prices here in NZ a tad bit sane-r. Almost every.single.thing is cheaper on Amazon AU/AE if not for the VAT and postage fee.

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