Re: FEEDBACK on http://www.aspidshop.com/export/store/ ??

From: Chris (proteus1_at_gmxDOTnet)
Date: 06/17/04 

Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 22:34:58 +0100

"gps4less" <gps4less@co.uk> wrote:

>I don't think you are being ripped off by the retailers - and you are not
>paying us for advice either - my reference was to it costing us money. My
>point was that there is really a large group of people who do want to talk
>to someone in this specialist market and so its useful to have someone at
>the end of the line.
>
>USA prices are about 30% cheaper in general than the UK and we would buy
>from there also if we could get European spec units!
>
I think the percentage is somewhat greater than 30%, but I agree it is
not the retailers who are ripping us off. It is the manufacturers, who
know that in the UK they can get away with taking the dollar price and
substituting the pound sign. Because of this Garmin(US) (along with
other manufacturers) is reluctant to trade directly with European
buyers. Nor does it approve of transactions by auction, because these
substantially undercut their inflated prices. My point is that they
get away with such restrictive practices because, by and large, we are
stupid enough in the UK to accept inflated prices.