australia :: melbourne :: shopping

[notsicknorwell]

heads up for any of you students who want the new windows 7 for cheap, $50 for windows 7 professional if you have a uni/tafe email

http://www.microsoft.com/student/discounts/itsnotcheating/default.aspx

Only upgrade?

[lovelysteve]

what do you mean "only upgrade"?

[notsicknorwell]

what do you mean "only upgrade"?

Looks like the student offer is only for existing users of Win XP or Vista, I'm not sure if you'd require a CD key for those programs in order to install an upgrade package of Windows 7 since iirc you can only go from Win XP -> Win 7 via a clean install. Either way I'll look into it with Microsoft Australia, thanks for the link.

[50_lions]

SUP!

1 U.S. dollar = 1.08283703 Australian dollars

so I copped from FORWARD today which is a bit of a win.

RAF oversized cardigan... have to unpick the white logo but looks epic (and I like the fabric comp). yay kinda.

[melvin7]

holy fuck.

shouldve waited another day before copping them RO jeans.. BUT FUCK I NEED TO BUY SOMETHING ELSE JUST BECAUSE

[034936]

nice pickup. it's the same that hap rocks in lots of his recent waywt's isnt it?

[gobbledock]

fuck paypal for giving me an exchange rate of 0.89ish USD per AUD when the actual exchange rate is over 0.92 USD.

[DJI]

fuck paypal for putting a temporary hold on my last received payment, for reversing my withdraw and giving me a negative balance because of their fees and fucked up exchange rates. also fuck all this uni work, need sleep.

[50_lions]

nice pickup. it's the same that hap rocks in lots of his recent waywt's isnt it?

yeah I actually messaged him just earlier about what cardigans he was wearing haha.

I had my eye on the RAF one for so long ago but was always so turned off by the logo. for $210 i'm sure i'll work something out.

[fenrost]

I was going to, but it's a pretty no-win discussion. Customers vs. stores, both have their own agenda, then you add in the moral grey-area of marking down the value of the goods.

I don't have a strong feeling either way on marking down shipments. If you look at how much the goods are actually worth (i.e. raw materials, labour), there isn't a significant value. If you look at how much the goods would be worth on the open market, to the average consumer, or without the cache of the designers brand, the value in comparison to the RRP is fractional.

The challenges: shipping insurance. You're playing Russian roulette when you decide to mark $2000 worth of goods as $99. Lost, stolen, damaged, destroyed - there isn't a lot of recourse. And unless a customer has specifically asked for it to be written down, I would think the store is somewhat liable, even if they were trying to do a customer a favour.

The tax should be discounted on international orders though. I do see that as a 'right', not a luxury. It was the first feature I implemented in my online shop for that reason. Shipping outside of Australia? 10% GST deducted automatically.

LVR does it based on the location of the visitor, Antonioli advertises the ex-VAT price up front. UK stores like Matches and Browns do too. I've always been pissy at Oki-Ni for not having it integrated.

For physical stores in the high-end/luxury arena, I think it's good customer service to understand the VAT processing rules inside your country, and dealing internationally. Administratively if you've got tax/legal/papertrail/compliance issues, sort out a solution or a workaround.

I think it's good customer service to act as a concierge; i.e. shipping the goods where the customer needs them, and I think it is good customer service to mark down the value of the goods on request of the customer.

If you've got a worldwide profile, don't act like its an unwanted headache and don't take it for granted that you did a big September and a bigger October.

Thanks for taking your time to write this.. it's great insight..

[fenrost]

holy fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!

ccp fiber glass coat

sigh! amazing.... might be a little too shiny.. but.. still.......!

[fenrost]

darkland's new ccp! object dyed leather coat.. only 1 made in this world.. how amazing is this .. lucky 48/50s !!

sigh!

[jcotteri]

price coming soon....lol

would look good with the stetch leather splits longjohns and the leather tank:rolleyes:

[50_lions]

already sold! 2700EUR seemed like a reasonable price for a one off.

who has been to the claude sale? should I bother?

[jcotteri]

just about to post that too..... 4372 aud..lol

if that is not a ccp failure I will be very surprised.

[Ivans On High]

That coat shape is perfect imo. Do they have any of that cut at EM? How's the sizing and price?

[jcotteri]

just the same...

[Ivans On High]

Yeah, I just wan't to know if they have it at EM, and what the sizing is like. 50 was there recently, did they have it in stock?

[50_lions]

yeah they had it in stock but not sure of exact sizes.

I tried it on in a 50 and it was perfect.

[ajax]

just in case anyone's interested

[jcotteri]

Yeah, I just wan't to know if they have it at EM, and what the sizing is like. 50 was there recently, did they have it in stock?

haha sorry... i am spacing hard today :S

back to study

[home]

fyi, claude sale = fail.

[Flock]

Really? I was about to head in, got a shit load of work to do though....

Whats there?

[btbam]

fyi, claude sale = fail.

this is said every CM sale. Come on people haha

[home]

i got there around 12, didn't see a single thing worth kopping. had some super old stock in there, like before cm got their act together and was plain shit. few jeans, nothing nice. didn't see any cps either.

[home]

this is said every CM sale. Come on people haha

ha ha, think this is their first big sale. i think you mean fat?

also, any geller left, bt? shot you guys an email a few days ago..

edit: doma - does it run huge across the board? as a 46 i should be looking for 44?

[DJI]

good thing I didn't waste my time then haha, thanks for the rundown home. doma does run big pretty much across the board so size down, apparently they are making a 44- from next season.

[Flock]

anyone check out the chiodo sale though?

[gamo]

50% off CdG, nothing special, some random stuff

$30 t-shirts and $120 Chiodo old shirts, mostly size 3-4 tho

Oh, and some Spring Courts.

[fenrost]

Yeah, I just wan't to know if they have it at EM, and what the sizing is like. 50 was there recently, did they have it in stock?

I might drop by EM maybe next week and check the ccp again.. .. and see if there is the coat..

ivan.. u should just call EM straight and inquire.. those guys are excellent.. the last time i was there i overheard that they take pics of the requested items and send via email to customers.