[access-uk] Re: In Touch: Why do we pay so much
- From: "Colin @ New Vision" <cph.newvision@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 12:10:27 +0100
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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