sa sucks

[chinesechickens]

South africa stinks! kits are hard to find and expensive.we dont even get aoshima or fujimi anymore!you guys are lucky! my skyline cost R228.00!

[blueboost]

have you tried HLJ.com?

at least your not trying to get actual 1:1 import parts for a skyline out there.

[chinesechickens]

thanks i`ll try that.i cant even get parts for my suzuki here.they have to be imported from japan!pathetic

[freakray]

Hey man.
Moenie so praat van ons land man!

Luister, ek weet waarvan jy praat, maar dis want niemand bou modelle in Suid Afrika.

Back to English for the boards....

If you're trying to shop for kits at Reggies, you will get robbed, last time I was in Jo'Burg there was a great model shop in Sandton and if I recall right one in Eastgate (it's been a while)

Check out the import duties before ordering from hlj.com too, you know what the SA govt are like with taking money.

Another thing, R228 is about US$32, it's not much more than the cost in America(US$26), you're not comparing like prices when you're comparing over 2 different economies.

Oh yeah, where in Joeys are you? I'm from P.E

[chinesechickens]

LOL. ek koop my modelle by eswex in df malan drive of hobbies $ models.ek bly in glenvista.sien ek is engels maar ek kan afrikaans ook praat.

and R60 for a tin of tamiya paint?

[freakray]

How much for a tin of Tamiya paint
That is robbery man!

Check out what customs duties are on hobby stuff in SA, you would likely be better off buying from hlj or hobbysearch.

Ek is ook Engels, maar ek weet dat jy sal Afrikaans verstaan en ek wil net wys dat daar ander mense van SA hier is.
As it is, I don't get to talk Afrikaans much now as I live in the USA.

Check out Toksin, he's another ex-pat on here, he lives in NZ now.

[chinesechickens]

its good to know there are some fellow south africans on here!thats how much i pay,R60. how much do you pay?too many middle men

[KenshinPT]

Welcome to the World of Stupid Importers!

Here in Portugal is like that too... European country where???

Adding to that the costums have no rules, some times they charge half the price, sometimes the double! I don't know about kit's but other stuff is like that!

[freakray]

Originally Posted by chinesechickens

its good to know there are some fellow south africans on here!thats how much i pay,R60. how much do you pay?too many middle men

I pay less than half of what you do, but because I am earning $'s it isn't too bad to me at all.

Believe it or not, my Dad is an MD of a company in PE and I earn more than him as a engineer in the USA.

[HFPE]

Have you tried contacting your local model club?
If you are not sure where - give me a shout.

We tend to buy things together in one order and it saves on postage.
We definatley arn't paying R60 a bottle in PE.

[airforceone]

I just wondered out of curiousity how much to send a box to S.A....damn, they want $34 (USD) to ship a 5-lb. package. Five pounds is about 3 kits, I'm guessing. If there is any specific kit you want, I could probably get it for you. Send me a PM and let's have a constructive talk.

[Toksin]

Originally Posted by freakray

I pay less than half of what you do, but because I am earning $'s it isn't too bad to me at all.

Believe it or not, my Dad is an MD of a company in PE and I earn more than him as a engineer in the USA.

As a salesperson I earn more than my aunt as a teacher in SA. Gotta love the exchange rate.

(Ons moet vir Igor vra om vir ons n' Afrikaans forum te gee)

[freakray]

Originally Posted by HFPE

We definatley arn't paying R60 a bottle in PE.

That's what I thought, that's why the price really surprised me, then again, factor in the fact that he lives in Jhb, you know what Egoli is like.

Originally Posted by airforceone

I just wondered out of curiousity how much to send a box to S.A....damn, they want $34 (USD) to ship a 5-lb. package. Five pounds is about 3 kits, I'm guessing. If there is any specific kit you want, I could probably get it for you. Send me a PM and let's have a constructive talk.

Dude, you need to factor in customs too, SA customs are more like an extortion ring than a customs control, labelled as a gift or not, they will charge him for customs duty.
I had to stop sending my niece Christmas and Birthday gifts because of this.

[fujimituner235]

thats sucks alot of fanny