Skybox companies: Buy less things online

[WarrLordd]

I now coming to ask which is the best skybox keep seeing tons of emails from aeropost

[RedVEVO]

I now coming to ask which is the best skybox keep seeing tons of emails from aeropost

They are the best !

[Allergic2BunnyEars]

Aeropost is too expensive for what they provide. Try Trincargo/Transexpress

[airuma]

The only currency more worthless than TT $ is Vene and Argentina.

Thank our lucky stars we not like dem.

Ok .. Think a little

If nobody wants our currency and it is worthless outside of TT , how do we trade ?

Why everybody wants US$ and not TT$ ?

Figure this riddle and you will be amazed at what you find

How can a country like Singapore be so successful with no natural resources? IIRC they hardly even have water yet almost everyone is a millionaire.
The answer I got from my research is that they use their location to their advantage.... they are a trans-shipping point, but rather than just receive and send out, they add value to the items as much as they can. Trinidad is also ideally located geographically and we have fuel which makes us a better trans-shipping location.... this is why we once had the largest naval air base in the world!
IMHO our "business people" are mainly of the baby boomers generation and are literally stopping the flow of currency... the lifeblood of the economy.

[Morpheus]

Aeropost is too expensive for what they provide. Try Trincargo/Transexpress

[matr1x]

Currency demand is based on need and want.

In the other Caribbean islands they don't want our cash. Which is why I was against helping Dominica. They wouldn't fart in our general direction when things good. Let them suffer.

Back on topic. Ezone had excellent points in cnc3 business watch. Also, Judy kanhai sweater puppies were high and proud this evening

[RedVEVO]

Aeropost is too expensive for what they provide. Try Trincargo/Transexpress

Cheap or Best ?

Aero is best !

[Morpheus]

Aeropost is too expensive for what they provide. Try Trincargo/Transexpress

Cheap or Best ?

Aero is best !

Definitely not on the cheap side. Packages ship same day and deliver relatively quick. Order on Sunday and delivered by Thursday. Maybe even on Wednesday depending on how far from Miami of course

[Miktay]

The only currency more worthless than TT $ is Vene and Argentina.

Thank our lucky stars we not like dem.

Ok .. Think a little

If nobody wants our currency and it is worthless outside of TT , how do we trade ?

Why everybody wants US$ and not TT$ ?

Figure this riddle and you will be amazed at what you find

The world reserve/trading currency iz USD. Oil iz priced in USD.

TT$ do not have these supports. Thiz iz just a couple of reasons for the supply/demand imbalances.

[matr1x]

I think we need to tackle the bad customer service, horrid pricing, crap return policy. .....damn.


Local businesses doomed themselves.

[RedVEVO]

I think we need to tackle the bad customer service, horrid pricing, crap return policy. .....damn.


Local businesses doomed themselves.

Aero is is not local.

[matr1x]

I mean local business.

[car]

Glasses frame broke.
Local replacement = $1800
eBay with all taxes=$805
But had to wait 12 days to receive item and realize that the local companies was pocketing the items that came with the frame. Like the extra nylon string and the ribbon to remove the lens.

[bluefete]

Conspiracy theorist checking in:

Isn't CNC3 owned by the very top 1%?

Is it a coincidence that the report to 'buy local' came from that station? This from a company that keeps almost all of its earned US$ outside of T&T. Look at the figures for Diamond Motors and then ask what happened to the US$ figures for their luxury vehicles.

What are the mark-ups like for that group?

But on the other hand, they do employ almost 6,000 employees.

[bluefete]

The only currency more worthless than TT $ is Vene and Argentina.

Thank our lucky stars we not like dem.

Ok .. Think a little

If nobody wants our currency and it is worthless outside of TT , how do we trade ?

Why everybody wants US$ and not TT$ ?

Figure this riddle and you will be amazed at what you find

How can a country like Singapore be so successful with no natural resources? IIRC they hardly even have water yet almost everyone is a millionaire.
The answer I got from my research is that they use their location to their advantage.... they are a trans-shipping point, but rather than just receive and send out, they add value to the items as much as they can. Trinidad is also ideally located geographically and we have fuel which makes us a better trans-shipping location.... this is why we once had the largest naval air base in the world! Good piece of history there. Many Trinbagonians do not even know that.
IMHO our "business people" are mainly of the baby boomers generation and are literally stopping the flow of currency... the lifeblood of the economy.

[Allergic2BunnyEars]

Cnc 3 definitely has an agenda...This is not the first fishy story from them.

[pugboy]

glasses frames are one of the biggest profit rackets
lot of those frames costs a few dollars usd and they sell for over a grand
ever notice how many optical places keep popping up everywhere?

they rival casinos and chinese restaurants, no other type of business prospering so
many have nigerian optometrists working in them

Glasses frame broke.
Local replacement = $1800
eBay with all taxes=$805
But had to wait 12 days to receive item and realize that the local companies was pocketing the items that came with the frame. Like the extra nylon string and the ribbon to remove the lens.

[hustla_ambition101]

The only currency more worthless than TT $ is Vene and Argentina.

Thank our lucky stars we not like dem.

Ok .. Think a little

If nobody wants our currency and it is worthless outside of TT , how do we trade ?

Why everybody wants US$ and not TT$ ?

Figure this riddle and you will be amazed at what you find

How can a country like Singapore be so successful with no natural resources? IIRC they hardly even have water yet almost everyone is a millionaire.
The answer I got from my research is that they use their location to their advantage.... they are a trans-shipping point, but rather than just receive and send out, they add value to the items as much as they can. Trinidad is also ideally located geographically and we have fuel which makes us a better trans-shipping location.... this is why we once had the largest naval air base in the world!
IMHO our "business people" are mainly of the baby boomers generation and are literally stopping the flow of currency... the lifeblood of the economy.

Compare the mentality and work ethic of there vs here.

[j.o.e]

all those "big boys" sucking up the $US for the "average man" to consume. Why do people want to portray things in a vacuum?

It strokes their inferiority Complex to portray businessmen and Syrians as wicked

[RedVEVO]

The only currency more worthless than TT $ is Vene and Argentina.

Thank our lucky stars we not like dem.

Ok .. Think a little

If nobody wants our currency and it is worthless outside of TT , how do we trade ?

Why everybody wants US$ and not TT$ ?

Figure this riddle and you will be amazed at what you find

How can a country like Singapore be so successful with no natural resources? IIRC they hardly even have water yet almost everyone is a millionaire.
The answer I got from my research is that they use their location to their advantage.... they are a trans-shipping point, but rather than just receive and send out, they add value to the items as much as they can. Trinidad is also ideally located geographically and we have fuel which makes us a better trans-shipping location.... this is why we once had the largest naval air base in the world!
IMHO our "business people" are mainly of the baby boomers generation and are literally stopping the flow of currency... the lifeblood of the economy.

Compare the mentality and work ethic of there vs here.

Yes, you are correct

Syrians come with nothing and take over Trini ..
You not believe . Watch 1% owners rule

Chinese come with nothing and take over Trini ..
You not believe . Watch grocery, and restaurants

Trini youthman come with nothing and take over Trini ..
You not believe . Watch gun in your face

[Miktay]

None of these rackets...the cartels...medicine...lawyers...bankers...retail can exist without the direct or implicit support of Gubbament.

So Gubbament naturally wants to tax online sales to prevent the erosion of markups on consumer products.

That USD iz now in short supply creates opportunities for the rentier class to sustain their profit margins.

[Ben_spanna]

Toys, movies, video games and essential Kids stuff are NOT made locally, so the only way to get it without getting raped by local stores is to import yourself..........
I don't know what some toy stores in Trinidad think it is- their prices are damn well rape! and they buying in bulk and container shipping so you know their markup is almost 200%, amazon for everything.

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

Toys, movies, video games and essential Kids stuff are NOT made locally, so the only way to get it without getting raped by local stores is to import yourself..........
I don't know what some toy stores in Trinidad think it is- their prices are damn well rape! and they buying in bulk and container shipping so you know their markup is almost 200%, amazon for everything.

more than 200%

Local toy store TT$800 for a toy that is sold on Amazon for US$16

[Miktay]

So putting aside the lack of customer service in T&T...what kina markup allyuh think iz reasonable?

BIM that USD iz difficult to source and Amazon, Panama and most of forin doh take TT$.

[VexXx Dogg]

paid 2500 for a frame locally that cost 200USD online. Not next time nah

For glasses once you have an updated prescription check coastal.com
I picked up a backup pair of glasses with basic lens for a couple hundred TT.

[Chimera]

idk na, on one hand we might find we being robbed but when you consider all the extra fees they/we have

rental fee, commercial electricity rate, insurance for staff and building/stock, payment for staff, risk of being robbed/killed...i have no idea what would be a reasonable markup

100%?

if a item cost $100 landed....sell for $200?

[GOAT]

And just to add to Phone Surgeon, remember not everything they bring down selling out.

So its hard to guess a fair price.

[Chimera]

yup a fair amount of items are wastage

for the past 4 years i have 3000 1amp 12v power supplies and half container of pvc moulding that never sold

the pvc moulding the supplier sent the wrong colour
the market for the power suppliers changed when camera equipment upgraded

[Ck4Lancer]

listen nah ppl, what will happen to the small man who does buy online and sell back and make ah honest living. ah lil 20 or 50 dollar profit.

Another thing, when compared the prices of items locally vs foreign, you can purchase the same item 3 or times and you still come out better than local. How was we suppose to survive when local prices are killing.

Remember that them ministers and big business have dem ass full and lift set inno. is we d small dotish ppl who have to suffer.

Thanks to PNM.

[Allergic2BunnyEars]

The only currency more worthless than TT $ is Vene and Argentina.

Thank our lucky stars we not like dem.

Ok .. Think a little

If nobody wants our currency and it is worthless outside of TT , how do we trade ?

Why everybody wants US$ and not TT$ ?

Figure this riddle and you will be amazed at what you find

How can a country like Singapore be so successful with no natural resources? IIRC they hardly even have water yet almost everyone is a millionaire.
The answer I got from my research is that they use their location to their advantage.... they are a trans-shipping point, but rather than just receive and send out, they add value to the items as much as they can. Trinidad is also ideally located geographically and we have fuel which makes us a better trans-shipping location.... this is why we once had the largest naval air base in the world!
IMHO our "business people" are mainly of the baby boomers generation and are literally stopping the flow of currency... the lifeblood of the economy.

Singapore is a dictatorship. Government controls everything basically. Same political party winning elections since 1959. No big differences in race in the population too. Politicians also get paid a ton of money. These things affect culture which allows them to head in whatever direction they deem positive for the society with very little resistance. Nice place though.