I've just been made aware of the price of these products ... and unless they've made a mistake on their web site ... please
don't be duped into paying this amount.
Currently you can buy a cordless waterpik from American for less than $40 Australian dollars. Add to that some money for postage and packaging ... and it will be way less than the price NatDent Pty Ltd is selling the same item for.
Also the quick pik from
www.oralbreeze.com is about $50 Australia delivered ... again ... a huge savings when compared to their prices!
Such a shame that this organisation appears to be out to rip us off ...
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Karen, Where did you find such a bargain - I can't find any American supplier so cheap - they're 110 volts anyway and subject to import duty.
Plugging a 110 volt American appliance into Australian 240 volts will give you a thrilling clean.
Its all related to volume as well - the importers would not get bulk deals until the market is there? I wouldn't call it a ripoff? $199 including GST was OK to me - I had been looking for years.
I spoke to Natdent.
Apparently they are not allowed to import directly from the States because Waterpik will not grant an import licence for small volumes into Australia.
The import licence for 240 volt appliance into Australia is held by a Singaporean company and they had to buy the rights from them and import from there.
Each shipment has to be small because the market is unknown and duty and GST has to be paid and there are no volume discounts.
If they manage to get a major retailer to stock the product the price will fall. In the meantime it IS available in Australia - at last.