Stoked skateboards?
Has bought from stoked skateboards before?
I am thinking of buying a landy switchblade from their site.
How is the shipping in regards to time and stuff?
Tags: landyatchz, stokedskateboards, switchblade
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Permalink Reply by amoses213 on
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That doesn't bother me. I got washers for my tantien for 11c each from a hardware store. And i have extra bearings for the complete. And i am under the impression that there is no 'warranty' for boards anyway. They have a return policy if the product you receive is faulty. But if you decide to boardslide it onto a pile of bricks no shop will give you a new one. But i am rather annoyed that almost every shop is out of them...
Les Graue said:
Hi amoses213, just checked Stoked's website and they're out of LY Switchblades.
The total cost of the board with freight to Australia is $287.28. BUT you only get the bare minimum, cheap hardware, mini logo bearings, no bearing spacers, no deck washers and guess what - no warranty?
If you want this gear with the extra's, it starts costing more. Just beware of what you're actually receiving...
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Permalink Reply by Jezza on
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Any good sold in australia has a warrenty. It has to live up to a certian level of performance, in sync with its cost. You cant buy a skateboard for it to break when you step on it, but if you break it in a trick or crash it, then yeah, your out of luck. Buying stuff from an overseas store means you dont get this, they could send you 12 plies of rotting wood and theres not a lot you can do about it.
amoses213 said:
That doesn't bother me. I got washers for my tantien for 11c each from a hardware store. And i have extra bearings for the complete. And i am under the impression that there is no 'warranty' for boards anyway. They have a return policy if the product you receive is faulty. But if you decide to boardslide it onto a pile of bricks no shop will give you a new one. But i am rather annoyed that almost every shop is out of them...
Les Graue said:Hi amoses213, just checked Stoked's website and they're out of LY Switchblades.
The total cost of the board with freight to Australia is $287.28. BUT you only get the bare minimum, cheap hardware, mini logo bearings, no bearing spacers, no deck washers and guess what - no warranty?
If you want this gear with the extra's, it starts costing more. Just beware of what you're actually receiving...
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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Gabe on -
fuck yeah 420
support the aussie scene ya bloody grom!
amoses213 said:Yeah, they are in stock. But they're $420...
Merrick Wildash said:
www.concretelines.com.au I know for a fact they have switchblade in stock. If its not on the webpage ask him about it.. There is 2 in store.
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Permalink Reply by Robbo on
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I understand your not interested in buying them from the Aussie shops but the Hopshop has 2 of them.
http://www.hopkin.com.au/landyachtz-switchblade.html
amoses213 said:That doesn't bother me. I got washers for my tantien for 11c each from a hardware store. And i have extra bearings for the complete. And i am under the impression that there is no 'warranty' for boards anyway. They have a return policy if the product you receive is faulty. But if you decide to boardslide it onto a pile of bricks no shop will give you a new one. But i am rather annoyed that almost every shop is out of them...
Les Graue said:
Hi amoses213, just checked Stoked's website and they're out of LY Switchblades.
The total cost of the board with freight to Australia is $287.28. BUT you only get the bare minimum, cheap hardware, mini logo bearings, no bearing spacers, no deck washers and guess what - no warranty?
If you want this gear with the extra's, it starts costing more. Just beware of what you're actually receiving...
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Permalink Reply by Adrian Alderson on
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I'll be very surprised if the final figure is anywhere near that price. The complete is US$211 the exchange rate will be about 1:1 when you get the buy price not sell price and then you'll be charged an exchange fee by your bank. I have never seen a complete board shipped out of the US for $70 unless it was heavily subsidised.
If you do buy it from Stoked, can you please post up what your final real price is after all the hidden costs have come out. It will probably surprise a lot of people. Last time I bought in the credit card exchange fee was $25 but it wasn't shown on my card until the end of the month and the exchange rate I got was over 5% under the rate for that day on the bank's own website. Beware!
amoses213 said:I can get the switchblade complete for $280 shipped to brisbane.
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Hey guys, sorry about starting like a huge price argument thing. You'll be happy to know that I bought the Landyatchz Switchblade deck from hopkin for $235. My parents would let me get the complete :(
At least i'll have a new board to shred in a few days.
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This has the ring of someone who has never tried to run a store in Australia. You would be surprised at the hidden costs here (like GST, fumigation, etc, etc). I have been doing this for 12 years now and I can tell you if there was a way to sell more boards and still cover my costs I'd be doing it, just remember next time you go to a race or other event and there is no prizes where you bought your gear from.
Tuure Pineapple said:
He's after a complete. Seriously people gotta stop getting so personal over Australian stores, if you can save money go for it. Bushings, wheels, trucks, same price here, when it comes to completes and some decks you can save alot of money. For some people that means getting an average setup or a great setup for much cheaper.
Half the money these stores make is probably off the spare parts anyway, if they lowered the prices on the completes they would sell much more.
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And Cre8ive Sk8 has 4 (;-)>
Robbo said:
I understand your not interested in buying them from the Aussie shops but the Hopshop has 2 of them.
http://www.hopkin.com.au/landyachtz-switchblade.html
amoses213 said:That doesn't bother me. I got washers for my tantien for 11c each from a hardware store. And i have extra bearings for the complete. And i am under the impression that there is no 'warranty' for boards anyway. They have a return policy if the product you receive is faulty. But if you decide to boardslide it onto a pile of bricks no shop will give you a new one. But i am rather annoyed that almost every shop is out of them...
Les Graue said:Hi amoses213, just checked Stoked's website and they're out of LY Switchblades.
The total cost of the board with freight to Australia is $287.28. BUT you only get the bare minimum, cheap hardware, mini logo bearings, no bearing spacers, no deck washers and guess what - no warranty?
If you want this gear with the extra's, it starts costing more. Just beware of what you're actually receiving...
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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Gabe on -
You talk too much, shut up and listen to people who know what they are talking about.
Tuure Pineapple said:
He's after a complete. Seriously people gotta stop getting so personal over Australian stores, if you can save money go for it. Bushings, wheels, trucks, same price here, when it comes to completes and some decks you can save alot of money. For some people that means getting an average setup or a great setup for much cheaper.
Half the money these stores make is probably off the spare parts anyway, if they lowered the prices on the completes they would sell much more.
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There seems to be a general misunderstanding out there by some people as to what the costs are for a skate shop
You buy a board for X amount and you sell it at a %40 margin. The question is what happens to that %40? Its certainly not profit, profit happens after you pay all your business expenses. I still have to pay:
- Customs duties of upto %20 on arrival at port
- GST of %10
- wages for 6 people (employees in the USA get $5 p/h, think $20 p/h in Aus)
- Internet server and bandwidth costs for the website
- International shipping costs (USA shops don't have to pay for this)
- domestic shipping costs (free shipping is not free its paid by me on your behalf at between $7 and $45 for most orders)
- retail shop rent (australia has the highest retail shop rent in the world)
- phone, electricity, internet bills
- Payroll tax
- banking, credit card and Paypal charges (%2.5 of everything I sell goes to the bank)
This might leave me between %6 - %10 margin. The government than sends me a company tax bill of %30 of that.
I take the remaining profit which might be %6-%8 of what I sold the board for and sponsor events all over the country, sponsor ASRA and send young Australian riders overseas to race so they can live their dreams of representing Australia on the world stage. I do this as does Ado at cre8ive because we are fanatical about the local scene and I know there would be no events or races, no national body, and no top Australian riders for all the kids to look upto if we didn't.
When i get home from work I than spend the rest of my waking hours running the national body (ASRA), organising local and world cup events, answering questions and helping young riders around the country, and running this website. All for no financial reward.
People on ASRA are very supportive of their local shops because they appreciate the contribution we make and they know that everything we do is pumped into the local scene. People that run skate shops don't do it for the money they do it to contribute to something bigger than themselves.
If you want to make money out of business you would not open a skate shop, you would open a newsagent or a bakery or almost anything else but a skateshop. You open a skate shop because you want to scrape by doing what you love.
Most people here on ASRA think about that when they are looking to buy gear and we very much appreciate that. Some people don't really care so they send their money to a shop in the US because their main interest is themselves, they don't care that a foreign shop provides nothing to the sport in Australia. This usually gives them more money to go and buy an iphone
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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Skittles on -
^^^ This is also why people don't support those who undercut prices. Everyone who understands that by supporting your local shop you will in turn be supported would rather pay the extra cash to buy local.
Just last weekend I went to a race supported by the Hop Shop, one of my mates it supported by Ado at Creative Sk8, I'm supported by my local shop.Nothing is stopping you buying overseas, but you will have to wait weeks, sometimes months, if there is a problem with anything, you have to talk to someone overseas (most companies don't even get back to you, such as Paris Trucks...) and then you will have to ship it all the way back to America. Support those who support you.
Anyway, if you do end up buying from overseas (which you shouldn't) use that money you 'saved' to become a paying member of ASRA, only $30 a year and does a hell of a lot of good. Or just do it anyway!
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hahah, thanks for the input guys!
I did end up buying from the hop shop, but i just bought the deck.
Tim (Skittles) said:^^^ This is also why people do support those who undercut prices. Everyone who understands that by supporting your local shop you will in turn be supported would rather pay the extra cash to buy local.
Just last weekend I went to a race supported by the Hop Shop, one of my mates it supported by Ado at Creative Sk8, I'm supported by my local shop.Nothing is stopping you buying overseas, but you will have to wait weeks, sometimes months, if there is a problem with anything, you have to talk to someone overseas (most companies don't even get back to you, such as Paris Trucks...) and then you will have to ship it all the way back to America. Support those who support you.
Anyway, if you do end up buying from overseas (which you shouldn't) use that money you 'saved' to become a paying member of ASRA, only $30 a year and does a hell of a lot of good. Or just do it anyway!
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