On 11/18/2010 5:04 AM, Svend Spanget wrote: > Yeah - for 65$..... > 73 de Svend, OZ7UV >
My XYL just bought $200 worth of fabric to use in her artists workshop from a distributor in the UK. The selection was great and the prices were good, but when she added the cost for shipping, customs, and 3% to Mastercard, it was pretty close to what she would have paid from a US vendor. The difference was selection -- the US vendor didn't have what she wanted. She didn't save money, but she got what she wanted. Manufacturers OFTEN play games with respect to what products they sell where, apply multiple model numbers to the same product to allow certain big retailers to get higher markups, etc. These decisions are based on things like their whether they distribution and marketing for that sort of product in a given region or country, the competition they will have there, the tariffs, and whether they think the people in that region want enough of their product for it to be profitable. It costs a lot of money to sell in a different country from where goods are manufactured, both because of trade costs, and because you've got to have marketing and support in that country. It costs more to acquire an Elecraft product outside the US, and it costs more to EU products (like microphones from Sennheiser, Neumann, AKG, Beyer, and Schoeps) in the US. Added to all of this is the matter of currency. I don't know, but I suspect, that radios made in Japan are more expensive here than there. 73, Jim K9YC ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
