In Reply to: two ways to price posted by mbnx01 on August 2, 2009 at 10:34:01:
Part of 'the problem' with speakers imported into the US is that you have (1) production cost - parts and labor plus (2) producer's profit, which is (3) importer/distributor cost, including shipping and his profit, resulting in (4) dealer's cost, including shipping and his profit yielding (5) retail price. So you've got five steps. So if you want to talk about what a fair retail price for a Harbeth Compact 7 should be in the U.S., divide what you consider a fair retail price by 5 and see what's available for production. If the eucalyptus 7's are 4,000, then parts and labor are $800. That's for two speakers. Fair?
If you buy speakers built in the U.S., you'll save around 20%, theoretically.
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- RE: two ways to price - Bob Neill 14:13:26 08/02/09 (6)
- RE: two ways to price - RGA 10:24:03 08/04/09 (1)
- RE: two ways to price - Bob Neill 05:32:24 08/05/09 (0)
- RE: two ways to price - Nglazer 10:37:19 08/03/09 (0)
- Import vs domestic - layman 20:46:24 08/02/09 (2)
- Vandersteen is as close as you can get, I think. - Frihed89 06:05:06 08/03/09 (0)
- RE: Import vs domestic - Bob Neill 05:01:07 08/03/09 (0)