[access-uk] Re: In Touch: Why do we pay so much

  • From: "Barry" <bbinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 12:53:22 +0100

Hi Colin
I presume you were undercutting them.  If this is the case then it would follow 
that they too might be able to offer a lower price.  As they are not then it 
could be that they are deliberately keeping the price higher than they could.  

Regards

Barry



  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Colin @ New Vision 
  To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 12:10 PM
  Subject: [access-uk] Re: In Touch: Why do we pay so much


  Wally
  There is more truth in your speculation than you actually know. I have
  worked with the larger companies in this field and have been on the
  receiving end of a malicious campaign to put me out of business.

  Colin

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: <Wally.Harding@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 11:50 AM
  Subject: [access-uk] Re: In Touch: Why do we pay so much


  > Certainly very interesting but regarding access technology products, I
  can't
  > see it working in the same way as for most products.
  >
  > What follows is mainly speculation on my part and are my personal
  thoughts.
  >
  > The access technology market, even on a world wide basis, is too small a
  > market and there aren't enough alternative manufacturers to choose from.
  To
  > add to this, manufacturers won't come into the market to create
  competition
  > with alternative products because the market's too small and not
  financially
  > worth their while.
  >
  > There's quite a lot that could be said on this but I couldn't justify the
  > time it would take to do it right now.
  >
  > I, personally, believe that the bottom line is that at worst, if you don't
  > tow the manufacturers line on pricing, that manufacturer could make it
  > virtually impossible for a seller to obtain the product to sell thus
  > stifling any hint of competition.
  >
  > Possibly, if your dealership is based on a contract this may govern what
  you
  > can or can't do regarding pricing, I don't know. But If you don't have a
  > contract and try to sell someone's products off their own bat, as it were,
  > you could then be open to possible legal proceedings.
  >
  > A lot of the above is speculation on my part but nothing would surprise
  me.
  >
  > Wally Harding
  >
  >
  > -----Original Message-----
  > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
  > Of Robert Stokes
  > Sent: 30 July 2004 11:33
  > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  > Subject: [access-uk] Re: In Touch: Why do we pay so much
  >
  >
  > Hi Folks,
  >
  > I found something on a web site about MRRP and thought some of you might
  > like to read it. It seems to me quite a bit of duff gen is being banded
  > about.
  >
  > Prices
  > Unfortunately, you won't find the law on prices written under one neat
  > convenient heading. The two main sources are the Prices act 1974 which
  tells
  > traders how they should display the prices of certain things like food and
  > drink and the Consumer protection act 1987 which deals with the problems
  of
  > misleading price indications.
  >
  > Why is it that you can see the same item offered for sale at different
  > prices in different shops?
  >
  > Because the law says that it's up to an individual retailer to decide what
  > he thinks is a fair price for the goods that he's selling. Of course, you
  > can disagree with him and if you think the price is too high, you can
  always
  > offer a lower figure. The shop doesn't have to accept your offer and
  you're
  > quite entitled to go somewhere else to find a better bargain. The law
  > expects you to shop around and look after your own interests.
  >
  > What exactly are recommended retail prices or RRP's?
  >
  > These are the manufacturers' guidelines or suggested selling prices but
  > shops don't have to follow them if they don't want to. This hasn't always
  > been the case. Years ago, we had a system called "re-sale price
  > maintenance". Under that system, manufacturers or producers dictated the
  > minimum selling price to consumers. Shops had no choice and were not
  allowed
  > to go below the manufacturers' limits so every shop tended to charge
  similar
  > prices and consumers knew what they would be expected to pay.
  >
  > Then the big supermarkets sprang up. They soon realised that they could
  buy
  > things from manufacturers at lower prices because they bought in bulk.
  They
  > wanted to pass on the savings to their customers but the law at that time
  > didn't allow them to, so it was changed. Resale price maintenance was
  > scrapped and the government decided that customers would have a better
  deal
  > if shops were allowed to undercut (charge less than) the manufacturer's
  > recommended prices. Shops today compete for customers and prices are left
  to
  > find their own levels co customer have to become a bargain hunter and look
  > around before buying to save money.
  >
  >
  >
  > You can get mor information at:
  >
  >
  >
  > http://www.consumereducation.org.uk/money/english/prices/01.htm
  >
  >
  >
  > Best.
  >
  >
  >
  > Robert.
  >
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