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2014 Armada

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Bagina
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The Armada New Zealand website has released all the models of the 2014 skis looking sick;

Apr 10 2013 10:23PM
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snakerton
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Nice. It's funny how expensive they are though.
Apr 11 2013 11:58AM
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VD.
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yeh I remember seeing the ArmadaNZ website this time last year and thinking how inflated the prices are. I've looked at some other ski websites from Aus/NZ and skis generally seem more expensive over there.
Apr 11 2013 12:05PM
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Broook
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Are you considering conversion rate from NZD to US?
Apr 11 2013 12:06PM
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.nasty
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even so. a pair of thalls is like 870 bucks after converting. LOL no park ski is worth that much... ever.
Apr 11 2013 12:26PM
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Jelle
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You would truly hate to live in Denmark, thats almost standard price here. Although you can buy skis a little cheaper in Germany when the right sale is on.
Apr 11 2013 1:55PM
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.nasty
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yeah I work at a shop in breck that gets a lot of park kids from norway, finland, etc. that buy a ton of stuff because it's "cheap" to them. It really doesn't make that much sense to me (although I lack a formal education in these type of economics) why it's so much cheaper here even though 75% or more of it isn't even made in america.
Apr 11 2013 2:05PM
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TheJerz
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Damn Armada's graphics are fucking sexy next year. Too bud with that much money involved I'd much rather scoop On3ps
Apr 11 2013 3:26PM
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VD.
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Demand

Apr 11 2013 5:29PM
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.nasty
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I doubt that's the only reason
Apr 11 2013 5:31PM
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Bagina
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I would have to say demand is the main reason for such high prices, normally they would ship all there products to Europe and North America with a high amount of demand but there isn't much demand for New Zealand so it's just out of the way hence the high prices.
Apr 11 2013 8:19PM
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Jelle
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Nope its because we pay a higher tax and have different rules.. If you order something online from the US it gets through 'customs duty' and you have to pay 25% of the original price of the product, so if you buy a pair of Thalls on Evo for lets say 550$. Then you actually have to pay about 700$ and after custom duty is added you have to pay i think 70$ in tax for it, depends on the price of the object. And then at last the shipping which is fucked up expensive over the seas. So yeah, if you love skiing, living in denmark/scandinavia sucks.

Apr 12 2013 11:56AM
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JakeSalvador
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Halo 2 will be my ski next year.
Apr 12 2013 12:49PM
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.nasty
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I figured it wasn't demand. Even though those countries have less people overall I can't imagine the actual demand for those products is much lower. I guess you better know some people with proform if you live there haha
Apr 12 2013 6:31PM
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patt.
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I wish I could say the same thing
Apr 24 2013 1:41AM
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pooptrack
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It's kinda off, it says the Al Dentes have est park rocker
Apr 24 2013 1:16PM
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[Steeze_Please]
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Maybe I am blind but I didn't see the JJ's?
Apr 24 2013 9:16PM
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Bagina
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http://armadanz.com/collections/powder/products/armada-jj-2014
Apr 25 2013 6:53PM
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