As bluegaspode already pointed out, this is price discrimination in segmented markets, straight out of any first-year undergraduate economics text. Demand for SBs in Canada is apparently more inelastic than in the US because of a host of factors, including size of market, cost of substitutes (considered broadly, including CD players, etc). Retail regulations matter too, but probably not very much in this case. As long as Logitech can segment the market, which they do via their distribution chain, it makes sense for them to charge more in Canada than in the US. That is not "subsidizing" US consumers -- it's charging what the Canadian market, and the US market, will bear. As you pointed out yourself, that is norm for many products in Canada.
Also, I confess to knowing nothing about commercial law in Canada, but I strongly doubt that Logitech distribution can tell Canadian retailers what they must charge for the product. MSRP is one thing, but street price is another. If Canadian retailers have no flexibility to discount prices, that's part of your problem right there. -- aubuti ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76751 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
