toby10;367079 Wrote: > Indeed! Local and state taxes account for a minor increase in the > retail price. Obviously in VAT countries this would be higher still. > > The real increase in retail cost to brick and mortar store retailers is > additional shipping, distribution, store costs, product packaging, > infrastructure and store employees. > But nowhere near the 100+ % increase in the products end price to the > consumer. > > Here's a perfect example that I ran into when looking to buy four > simple RJ45 Couplers. Cost from retailers (Best Buy, Circuit City, > WalMart, Radio Shack) ranged from $6.99 to $9.99 each. > Cost from Monoprice.com was 0.45 cents each. > > Now if someone wants to "support their local community, city, state, > and retailer" at such an outrageous price difference / markup then go > right ahead and do so. More power to you. But not me. :)
Of course, I agree with you If I can get significant savings, I will have no problems going to a web shop in Seattle or buying gear directly from av123 for instance, and that I do..... Buying US built gear is significantly cheaper from US factory direct shops than buying here, so why should I throw these money to the local retailes when I can have them myself instead... But if difference is academic, then I buy locally, I don't throw money out the window.... -- haraldo Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop / SC7 -> SB3 -> Benchmark DAC1 -> Krell KAV400xi -> Meadowlark Kestrel2 / Duntech PCL-15 Everything is difficult before it's easy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ haraldo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13472 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55787 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
