The fact of the matter is also, that SA is so over priced with many things... Just look at cars. Buy a car from another country and you pay less for it, even in Bots its cheaper. Look at tyres for your car. Its cheaper everywhere else even in Bots. The suppliers make such huge profit margins on everything and the consumer must just cough up and for what??? Why not look after your own pocket instead of the local fat cats? Im not saying that LBS are make a killing, but probably the supplier themselves as Stretch has mentioned. yes many things are not worth importing cause of cost difference, but there are definitely a lot thats worthwhile importing and its up to the local suppliers to cut their profit margins and make it easier for us to just buy locally. Ideally it would be nicer to buy everything you want locally or just down the road from your LBS, but with some of the price differences being so high that you pay twice as much and sometimes even 4 times much locally, why would people not rather use CRC to buy the same good for soooo much less... Its time for local distributors to come to the party, cycling is already such an expensive sport, come "fat cats" make a plan!
