I never cease to be amazed by people who somehow think that they must get a whole lot better deal when they deal out of town.
We see it in the share broking industry. We often discover that locals are dealing with brokers in Auckland or Wellington because somehow they think they are getting a better deal. And what’s worse of course is that often those same people rely on the support of locals for the success of their own business.
The truth is that a broker in Auckland or Wellington sits looking at exactly the same data screen all day that a broker in Hawke’s Bay does. There is absolutely no reason why a provincial broker can’t give exactly the same service as a metropolitan broker can.
Look what the Art Deco Trust has done regarding entertainment for their Deco Decanted weekend. They have got entertainers coming from Australia, Auckland and Wellington. Why? Why aren’t they using the huge pool of excellent talent that we have right here in the Bay? Why do we have a made up “Big Band” coming to town, when the Hawke’s Bay Jazz Club “Big Band” is available?
I often discuss the matter with people I meet who insist on doing their business out of the district and almost without exception they tell me that somehow or other they think they are getting a deal in Auckland or Wellington that they can’t get in Hawke’s Bay. That of course is rubbish.
I wonder what these people’s expectation of the future of the Bay is.
Don’t they have a vision as I do, that the Hawke’s Bay economy will prosper – that businesses will grow – that growing businesses will provide jobs for their kids – that having their kids working locally means their grandkids will also be here in the Bay.
Two of my three children currently work out of Hawke’s Bay. In time, if appropriate jobs are available, both of them would like to settle back here. I could think of nothing better.
And if supporting local businesses means I am increasing the chances of having my family around me, then I am all for it.
Buying goods or services outside the district when these goods and services can be bought locally makes no sense to me – nor does bringing musicians in for an event like Deco Decanted when here in Hawke’s Bay we have a pool of talent as deep as anywhere in the county.
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