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Re: What's happened to Australia?

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From: Graham Cooper
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 04:10
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On Jun 23, 1:46 pm, "Sekula" <b...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Went to buy a couch from Plush, was told there'd be a 3 mths waiting period
> for it to be made in China! Bought an entertainment unit from Freedom, 2
> months waiting, WTF??
> If I could buy online, I'd have got it sooner from China AND cut out the
> middle man. Is there a law to stop retailers selling items they dont
> actually STOCK in this country or what?

I went to Dick Smith for a $299 laptop but unfortunately they didn't
have any in stock.

They did offer me $399 model though!


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Subject: Re: What's happened to Australia?
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