Let's face it, as people have been saying for quite some time the practise of retail prices varying from one country to another is hardly new or uncommon. I'm a brit living in the US so I've seen it from both sides - yes it's nice that a lot of the gear I buy is cheaper over here, but it still stings that I have to pay $3 for an imported can of baked beans :) As has been mentioned there are lots of possible reasons for the price difference, including but not limited to tax, duty, increased cost of doing business in that country (rent, manpower costs etc), price/availability of competitors, and of course plain old higher margins. I don't know what the tax regime looks like in AUS but in the UK it accounts for a large portion of the typical price difference.
That aside, the complaints that the logitech site costs more than a retailer are kind of ridiculous. In my experience going directly to the manufacturer is almost never the cheapest way to buy something - SD has historically been unusual and it's largely been because they were the main distribution point. Now they're moving stock into the Logitech channels and out to major retailers I would expect to see those retailers cutting prices. I picked a couple of random examples - Creative charge $89.99 for a 4GB Zen V Plus, Amazon has it for $79.99. Or let's say I wanted a nice new Canon camcorder, I can get the VIXIA HG10 direct for $1099 or from Amazon for $724.82. But I don't see the point in complaining to Canon or Creative about this situation - if you see the product discounted just be happy and buy it there! -- radish ------------------------------------------------------------------------ radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43128 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
