iPhone;529997 Wrote: > Hello and Welcome to the Forum. > > I think that you are attempting to put the blame in the wrong place. It > is not Logitech, they are going to sell the unit first at what the > market will bear (which is called Capitalism IE good business) and the > second dynamic is that countries outside the States have requirements > that force an artificial price increase above and beyond the US MSRP > that is outside the issue of currency value differences. So it is up to > the citizens of each country to get the laws changed as to taxes, > duties, VAT, and other stupid requirements that make the cost of > business higher in those countries through over regulation. > > As an example, if a business is forced to warranty a product that they > don't even make only sale, above and beyond the manufactures warranty > that is going to cause the price to be above the US MSRP.
Respectfully, I do think I am placing the blame in the correct place. It is Logitech that sets the price. Unfortunately, the local retailers are caught in the middle: retailers do not have the option, in the case of Logitech, to import directly from the US and pass the savings to CDN consumers. They must purchase the units from the CDN distributor and sell for whatever price the distributor/Logitech demands. Not all manufacturers impose these requirements--recently, I was able to purchase an HDMI switch from a CDN distributor for close to price parity with the US price because the manufacturer allowed the CDN reseller to match the US price in CDN currency, after factoring in the cost of converting from US to CDN currency. Yes, Canada has regulations that will cause the price of imported goods to be higher. As an example, all software and packaging has to be available in both French and English. This adds some costs to the units. But, I should stress again that there is no duty under NAFTA for the importation of these units. So, while I never expect to see exact price parity when the CDN dollar is at par with the US dollar, I do think that a 25-30% mark up of the price is out of line. A more reasonable markup is somewhere in the 5-15% range. I realize that prices are often set well in advance of product availability, but the CDN dollar has been close to the US dollar in value for some time. Even given the respective values of the currencies 6-12 months ago, the differential is still discriminatory. As for capitalism, last time I checked it was somewhat broken, but still functioning. Manufacturers who price their products too high in other countries relative to the US prices will face a backlash from consumers who are tired of subsidizing the low prices the US consumers currently enjoy. Something has to give at some point--either prices will have to come down in other countries to provide closer price parity and/or prices for US consumers will have to rise as a result of a devalued dollar and inflationary pressures. I do want to buy local if I can and will do so if I feel the differntial mark up in price is fair. In the case of pricing of Logitech units in Canada, the price differential appears to be unfair and discriminatory. MG. -- dmg ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dmg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37076 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76751 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
