As i've said before, my dad and I are both very keen on sport and we both play a lot of tennis, so every now and then we need to buy some more stuff, and we look in all the renowned Australian sports shops (Rebel Sport, Nike/Adidas/any other sports brand shops) and we are still just amazed by how expensive it all is. For example one pair of Adidas Barricade's are $199 at Rebel Sport. So my dad and I thought about it, and we did realize a way around this.
We shopped on the internet, buying gear from shops in America (Tennis Warehouse etc). Now Tennis Warehouse charges a minimum shipping fee of $40 (US) for any item you buy, but get this, if you buy two items they only charge an extra $6 or so depending on where you live (which ads up to $46).
SO THIS IS MY ADVICE!!!
BUY IN BULK FROM OVERSEAS AND IT WILL SAVE YOU MONEY! (especially for you Australians)
So in the end my dad and I bought:
2 x pairs of shoes (one pair was $69 the other $105)
6 x tennis shirts (about $40 each)
30 x overgrips ($29)
1 x tracksuit ($100)
10 x socks ($7 each)
and with the amount of stuff we bought, the shipping only ended up being about ($70)
And all the items were either Adidas or Nike, not some unknown piece of....... you get my idea.
And all the items were either Adidas or Nike, not some unknown piece of....... you get my idea.
N.B YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUY A LOT OF 1 ITEM
you can buy 1 pair of shoes, a few shirts, 1 of this, 1 of that and so on.
So instead of buying one thing from America, buy 10, 20 ,30 ,50 things or whatever.
This might not be the same for other things, i don't know.
Hope this was useful
From the one and only
HAZA
Hope this was useful
From the one and only
HAZA
thx for the advice!
ReplyDeleteIt must be real expensive over there to shell out that for shipping
ReplyDeleteTrust me, you have no idea. $200 for shoes $70/80 for shirts, $150-170 for tracksuits, its just ridiculous
ReplyDeleteoh and its also $15 for 3 overgrips. 3!!!!
ReplyDeleteactually on hindsight shirts can range from $70 - $120 in Australia
ReplyDeleteGreat info, thanks man.
ReplyDeletethanks for the advice.
ReplyDeletewill look into it.
ReplyDeletethanks for the info dude
ReplyDeletethanks for the advice!
ReplyDeleteCheap :o
ReplyDeletedeep and meaningful, Hazza... I like it!!!!
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