Well I agree Intheno.... I think its time I go back to school! Its not like I'm pretending I understand lots about economics. But in the meantime how about enlightening us with some of your knowledge rather than just sneering.
rip off prices at CC
- Thread starter Missionaire Man
- Start date
wasnt at cc this year but last year we bought a fair amount of kit as a team and we got prices slashed just by being cheeky and asking for a team discount if we spend a few quid........only place that refused us was the dye tent and i wanted was a couple of pairs of nice socks and a beach towel 
but we did get great deals of everyone else and i belive pheonix even knocked a couple of quid off their already great prices went we spend a couple hundred quid on packs and barrels and stuff
but we did get great deals of everyone else and i belive pheonix even knocked a couple of quid off their already great prices went we spend a couple hundred quid on packs and barrels and stuff
Your forgetting one main thing some of you guys, more money = more profit.
Thats why the prices are so much higher. Fair enough they annoy us, just the fact of life
ps: communism rules
Thats why the prices are so much higher. Fair enough they annoy us, just the fact of life
ps: communism rules
i thought cc prices were ok just paintball had sum kool offers n i worked out if u just bartered with ppl u could make them see sence i persuaded my mate 2 but a alias n he got it from nps 850 plus a free halo how kool is that
OK I can help, but you would first have to tell me the company in the US, the company you had the price from in the UK, the product, the way you would have it shipped, the insurance on the shippinjg (as per the $ value) and your method of payment.
Remember one thing. The dollar has dropped 30% agains the pound in the last 10 months - 1.5 is now 1.88.
The english company you are getting quotes from either has a dollar account that they buy with, or they pay in pounds at a given exchange rate. The rate they got is unlikely to be the rate today. If they bought in Feb, they would need to be 30% more expensive to get the same amount of money.
If the company has a $ account, what rate did they buy at?
My point is that the UK firm could have paid up to 30% more in the exchange. They would also have had to pay 17.5 % out on delivery (they can claim this back at the end of the year) and other business taxes that are specific to 'business to business' transactions. As an individual you do not pay these fee's as it is supposed to be a retail sale with taxes included.
On top of this the UK business prolly wants to make money. They spent time and effort to get the gear sent over to sell. If they can't sell at a profit then what is the point. Your internet/mail order guy in the states is a totally different animal, they are into selling volume and often they won't even have the goods in stock when you buy it.
Also there is the matter of warranty. A UK form will likely offer a warranty with the product, you will not get this from a website in the US.
The bottom line is that the UK store business is not a healthy one, because people grey import. Because of this they need to charge more to stay alive. When they charge more, more people grey import. If the UK scene was to disappear and you suddenly had to get everything from the US, you would prolly not be impressed.
Either way the UK store loses out. If the business was healthy and people were buying volume, the prices would drop (this is what happened in the states2-3 years ago)
Hope this helps, I wasn't sneering.
Remember one thing. The dollar has dropped 30% agains the pound in the last 10 months - 1.5 is now 1.88.
The english company you are getting quotes from either has a dollar account that they buy with, or they pay in pounds at a given exchange rate. The rate they got is unlikely to be the rate today. If they bought in Feb, they would need to be 30% more expensive to get the same amount of money.
If the company has a $ account, what rate did they buy at?
My point is that the UK firm could have paid up to 30% more in the exchange. They would also have had to pay 17.5 % out on delivery (they can claim this back at the end of the year) and other business taxes that are specific to 'business to business' transactions. As an individual you do not pay these fee's as it is supposed to be a retail sale with taxes included.
On top of this the UK business prolly wants to make money. They spent time and effort to get the gear sent over to sell. If they can't sell at a profit then what is the point. Your internet/mail order guy in the states is a totally different animal, they are into selling volume and often they won't even have the goods in stock when you buy it.
Also there is the matter of warranty. A UK form will likely offer a warranty with the product, you will not get this from a website in the US.
The bottom line is that the UK store business is not a healthy one, because people grey import. Because of this they need to charge more to stay alive. When they charge more, more people grey import. If the UK scene was to disappear and you suddenly had to get everything from the US, you would prolly not be impressed.
Either way the UK store loses out. If the business was healthy and people were buying volume, the prices would drop (this is what happened in the states2-3 years ago)
Hope this helps, I wasn't sneering.
I couldn't believe it when I needed to buy a PMI pre-set spares kit. £5 for 4 small o-rings?!?!?!?!?! I mean, c'mon, its 4 smegging o-roings! I had to pay it as they were the only shop I could find who did it
I mean, c'mon, its 4 smegging o-roings! I had to pay it as they were the only shop I could find who did it
i just use o ring tradrs for all my o rings now. after my impulse spares kit came in at 25 quid (about a pound per o ring!) and it shredded 3 putting it back together. o ring trader takes one look at the rings i need and gives me about 10 of each for 3 quid!