Do you ever feel like you're being screwed?

[ws23rt]

I agree as well---  The reason we feel screwed is because of the inequity. Every gift from us the employed to those that did not earn it should come at a cost to them equal to the value of the gift.  
The elderly that can no longer make their way and the genuine infirm should be helped to enjoy a pleasant life. I suspect that that cost would easily be met by friends, family, charities, etc.  The balance for those that need would be small.

This is the way a small tribe works and it works well. Every one has a duty to contribute something and when they age and can't do so much the young fill the need with what they learn from the elders.----Is this just to simple?---Yeh

[Chippa]

I see you're in Oz mate, I'm down in Canberra myself. I buy the odd part now and again and have really learnt it pays to shop around. I'm in the market for wheel arch mouldings for my Superbee, found two sets for sale on Ebay, one is being sold by the bloke that makes them, Dales Cuda shop, for $249 and the other is being sold by an on-seller for $269. Both sets are by the same manufacturer. No big deal of course except Dales Cuda shop want $179.00 to post it to Australia and the other bloke, selling the exact same thing, wants $87.00....

WTF?

I'm sure if Pentastar parts in Sydney or Elko in Melbourne had them they'd be around $500 a set, so it seems no matter where you turn we are being screwed over, you really do have to shop around. I've saved a lot of money this way. Also, don't be afraid to think outside the box, it may not apply to the exact part you are chasing now but there may be another model that has the same or similar part to what you want and because it's a less popular or in some cases, higher volume car, it can be cheaper. I found this out when I was looking for parts for my GT Falcon. I wanted a diskbrake proportioning valve, Aircon/heater tap and sunroof cables, here in Australia these parts are either super rare or super expensive so I thought to myself the bloody yanks had all this stuff on Mustangs and god knows how many other models and sure enough, i found all these parts for a fraction of the cost of what people locally were asking, so much so that I bought several and sold the spares here so I made money overall!

I'm all for supporting local suppliers but I'm not a patsy and you can only be shafted so much before you move on, suppliers have overheads of course but when they try to make thier full years profit on your order alone, then I'm lookin elsewhere!

3D printing is also going to see a lot of impossible and hard to get parts start popping up, always keep that in the back of your mind too, its an evolving industry that is eventually going to save us enthusiasts a lot of money.

I feel your pain with the wheel arch mouldings lol