John, they are a great fridge, that's for sure. I have had the 73l dual for 11 years and love it.
That's awesome feedback thank you!
I'm tempted to get the 90l which has the same external dimensions, but when I calculate the volume from their dimensions on the website, it's only 86,5 litres and the baskets are the same size as the 72l fridge.
Do you stock the 90l in Melbourne? I'd like to see it to see if it is worth paying the money for what could be 10l or less more capacity. I almost hope my old one will die but it won't.
Thats interesting feedback regarding the 90L - I will reach out to National Luna and ask them about this & report back to you. Something seems wrong here.
Sadly, we only stock the one size currently the 60L Dual Thermostat. This is what National Luna advised us is most popular. Our current plan is to order the rest in for customers when required.
If we do expand our range to include another size, I imagine this is the next most popular model.
I will see if the Victorian National Luna rep might be able to loan us a 90L for you to take a look at. I'll let you know what I can organise. I'll come back to you on this too.
Also, you should get onto Dolium's back about the pricing. It *retails* for half the price in South Africa, and is often 10% less on sale. I know we have tax and freight but sheez they are making a healthy margin.
Agreed - when it comes to US brands - we expect to be able to retail for something very similar to the US price with conversions taken into account.
I can see that you're right - there does seem to be a big difference in plain conversion from South African Rand to AUD.
However, I know very little about South African retail & wholesale businesses as most brands we sell are either Australian, US or Chinese. Maybe this is not possible with South African brands... ??
I do know from the past when I looked to importing Potjie Kings to Australia from South Africa the container charges were 5x dearer than China to Australia....
I presume this is because very few ships do run this trip by comparison to China to Aus anyway.
There could be more to it though, so I'll give them another nudge on this for you.
Definitely easier to sell if they're more aggressively priced! No guarantees on me getting any results on this one though sorry.
Talk soon!