Quoted from iceman44:That's horrible. Why does Stern allow tacking on another 15%? I don't see how they sell any pins over there.
I don't think its a matter of Stern allowing or not allowing the extra charge.
Its probably more that the distributor put the prices up because our dollar tanked last year. The NZ dollar is back up (about 15% better) and now the distributor is hoping we are all used to the new pricing point.
Only sure way to get prices down again is if we don't buy at the current prices and let the local distributor and Stern know why.