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Now down to $62 each with the extra 25% off sale items - still all sizes too, from 8, 8.125, 8.25, 8.38 and 8.5 with a couple of each when I checked.
What I always find crazy / stupid is the markdown schedule of these places.
Standard lines and stock that doesn't move quickly enough gets cleared out at sometimes wholesale or below, but then the same stuff will be back again next season or next year and they go through it all over again.
They also have had dunks before which was my theory to why they bother having any skate hardware but I still doubt the math works out
I worked for another large retailer that had a crazy markdown and clearance schedule. Still seems like that is the case, but thankfully they don't seem to clear out the staples and solid lines any more, so someone got a clue.
As for Surfstitch, they seem to get almost full lots of Globe / Dwindle and Boardriders Dist brands, with only limited stock from others, but they just got in some more Project Dist stock not too long ago, not much, but it was still a reasonable drop - Eagle boards in 8.5, 8.25 and 8.0 along with Spitfire wheels in various sizes of a few styles, Conical Full and Classic mainly, then some other things like Grizzly grip.
Some stuff does sell quickly, but other stuff is a bit more random.
Any which way, it is always worth looking at what is on sale when the email pops up.
OCD sale is still going, but I think I have picked them clean of the things I was interested in and don't want to blow out my funds for the next month or so.
As to the OCD shop service, I am based in QLD, but the one (or maybe two) times I was down in VIC for work, I went in there to the old shop and it was a good experience. For online orders which I have made many over the years, never had any issues and things were accurate and well shipped, or emails quickly for any issues / out of stock or whatever.
Coming from 20+ years of shop experience both behind the counter and going in to almost every skate shop on my travels round AU, there have only been a couple of places I didn't get a good vibe and I think those shops are no longer in operation, which makes sense.
I totally get that some people can have a not so good experience going in to a skate shop though, as I had seen some people not treated very well at the time, but more often than not it was either misunderstanding or lack of knowledge from the customer side, than anything else.
Not saying that was the case there for anyone, but it does happen.
Topic: Sale Gear Thread - Australia and New Zealand (Read 5627 times)