Forum Thermomix
Welcoming Center, Management and General Chat => Chit Chat => Topic started by: gertbysea on March 21, 2012, 05:32:56 am
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The things you come across on the Internet. I will move over to Tapatalk so I can upload some screen shots in case this web site goes missing. http://thermomixdistribution.en.ecplaza.net/original-thermomix-tm31-accessories-transparent--325273-2523373.html note the "sample" price.
Gert
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(http://img.tapatalk.com/7bd3ca14-6886-eb8e.jpg). First one.
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think there is a zero missing somewhere in the price perhaps?
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(http://img.tapatalk.com/7bd3ca14-6938-635d.jpg)
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(http://img.tapatalk.com/7bd3ca14-695b-f9da.jpg)
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it says $400.
I wonder what happens if we contact them.
Robyn
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think there is a zero missing somewhere in the price perhaps?
Well cream puff I wouldn't think so. I doubt even the consultants are aware of the actual price of the Thermomix to the distributors. I any case something interesting to chew on.
Gert
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Hmmm doesn't sound right... I was born and grow up in Bandung. This street currently full of factory outlet for fashion. Even with the price of USD400 it's still very expensive with exchange rate.
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Expensive???? I would have thought too inexpensive. What do you mean denzelmum?
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The price must be wrong!!!
It would be cheaper for perth people to buy it and have it shipped. Minimum order 10, well I woud take 1.
There must be a big scam somewhere....
H ???
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I don't trust anything like this. I always believe if its sounds to good to be true then it probably isn't true.
I'm very cautious
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Its cheap
$1 AUS = 0.95 USD
Robyn
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Well there are plenty of people on this forum who have worked in retail and know how much the markup can be. I know for fact that a name label "T" shirt can have a 1000% mark up. A refrigerator may have a 200-300% markup. You can pay $10 for a $3 toaster or an expensive toaster can cost $500 but on sale can be as little as $275 and the retailer is still making a profit.
Could be a scam or not. Could be the Bellini in disguise or this could be the true price of the machine landed at the dock. Food for thought.
Interesting website though.
Gert
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Hmmm doesn't sound right... I was born and grow up in Bandung. This street currently full of factory outlet for fashion. Even with the price of USD400 it's still very expensive with exchange rate.
Do you perhaps mean expensive for the locals Denzelmum?
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Well it is cheap for AUD, but if you live in Indonesia and earn average salary there, USD400 is still a lot.
1 AUD is closed to Rp 10,000.-. Many people earn less than AUD200 a month.
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Currently the Aus. dollar amount would be $380.77 per unit......there is a minimum order of 10 units so that makes it $3807.70 Au.
There is only free shipping if 50 are ordered.....so I could guarantee that you would be slugged royally for shipping.......you also run the risk of customs here slugging you a big fee for importing once they dock here.
I know from ebaying, the items are cheap, but they overcharge on postage.
Also, is the power voltage compatable to here?.....I got caught once with a 110v product from Asia.....and there was nothing I could do about it, unless I bought a very expensive and huge ugly step down converter.
.....plus you really wouldn't have any warranty.
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Ah...big red flag!.....payment to made by T/T......a very dodgy and unsafe method of payment. Would not recommend at all, this method is used by a lot of con-men.
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Thanks Maddy, I thought t was too good to be true.
H :)
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The address doesn't sound right to me as well!
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And yet there is more with more options for paying. From € 180.
http://www.alibaba.com/member/id1008900257/search/product?IndexArea=product_en&SearchText=thermomix+tm31&fl=y&d_pid=125888200&d_type=sp
Gert
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More and more . http://resources.alibaba.com/topic/801111450/Thermomix_Scam_Rip_off_Fraud_from_Indonesia.htm
I love the Internet.
Gert
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It is certainly food for thought gert...it will be great to know the exact mark up for TMX. Or the wholesale price for TMX. For example, a very expensive and upmarket gas log fire is sold to the distributors here at 1/10 of its retail price here. So don't be surprised if this is close to the wholesale price of TMX...and perhaps that is the price that Grace pays when she Imports the TMX from Europe.
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Hmmm interesting feedback gert. I wonder how the seller would respond if the buyer insists on paying by PayPal?!
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Actually, at the moment, the AU dollar is stronger the the US. 105 to 1.00 at the moment!
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It is all very interesting courton That photograph of the TMX has been used many times on many sites so one site leads to another . As to the price Grace pays, well if anyone is interested they have only to delve.
Australia is small potatoes in the Vorwerk world and the TMX just a part of their world wide operations. It is a very interesting company indeed. The distributors are what interests me. The Thermomix is sold in many countries and the distributors behave and work in many different ways with varying degrees of ethics and success. Sometimes the consultants are treated like diamonds and sometimes like coal. The individual blogs of consultants are wonderful and full of surprises. Easy to translate using Google. Communicating with Thermomix consultants in countries other than English speaking countires can be frustrating but very rewarding. It is a small community in the scheme of things but the talent and passion is awesome.
Gert
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Another person sucked in http://www.scambook.com/report/view/19694/Bradimira-Silv-SRL,-90A-B-dul-ECATERINA-TEODOROIU,-Targu-Jiu,-Gorj,-Other-for-6,456.91-on-08-12-2011
Seriously.....I can't believe she sent more money! :-X
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It is amazing isn't it?
Another interesting article about the selling of TMX.
http://www.abcarticledirectory.com/Article/What-Do-Jamie-Oliver-and-Thermomix-Have-in-Common-/738846
Gert
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There is a constant warning on the french vorwerk website stating thst ALL orders online are fraudulent and to be wary of them are there are several scams ongoing at any one time and tt vorwek never sell online.. Think its the same all over.. I never trust this sort of thing.. If it sounds too good to be true it generally is...
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It is all very interesting courton That photograph of the TMX has been used many times on many sites so one site leads to another . As to the price Grace pays, well if anyone is interested they have only to delve.
Do we actually know what Grace pays for TMX?
Gert