dmg;535502 Wrote: > If discriminatory pricing damages reputation and hurts the international > distribution channels to the extent that sales volume suffers and > potential profits are not maximized, they would have an obligation to > reduce prices in those market segments. I am not sure if they are > anywhere near that point, since consumer outrage at discriminatory > pricing is muted by the fact that many who are patient can find ways > around discriminatory pricing in artifically created market segments by > purchasing the product from a US retailer at some point in the future. > But, they and other manufacturers are not immune to these pressures, > which will only grow as the US dollar continues its decline for the > short term.
For any company that stays in business, this never happens. Again its not discriminatory pricing, its the price that market will bear. The Touch IS selling in Europe. And from what has been said, demand is VERY high. If the units are not moving then supply builds up and the price goes down so that product starts to move. If Supply and Demand economics are allowed to function freely hand in hand with Market Driven Pricing, the price will settle out at what the public is willing to pay to keep a demand present so that that demand requires more units to be manufactured. People might be complaining about the current EU price, but have you noticed that hasn't stopped all buying nor relieved the amount of bitching about the Touch being out of stock or not available? If the price were so outrageous, who would care whether it was available or out of stock? Nobody. There are several EU products that I really like such as speakers and audio components. I don't buy them because I feel the price is to outrageous for the small performance increase and then on heavy speakers I get slammed again on shipping and handling. -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, Vandersteen Speakers: Quatro Mains, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Video: Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1 Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Kitchen: Squeezebox BOOM Bedroom: Second Boom Bathroom: Squeezebox Radio Ford Thunderbird: Duet, Mac Mini Ford Expedition: SB Touch, USB drive ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77371 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
