[access-uk] Re: THE OLD CHESTNUT OF FREEDOM'S US AND UK PRICES
- From: "Damon Rose" <damon.rose@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:15:30 +0100
I don't think resellers make much profit on the devices themselves . I had
thought they made more money on training and other support around the devices
and or scripting. Does anyone have any inssights into that?
Transatlantic pricing tends to be about cost of living and overheads. If you
look at burgers, you tend to find that McDonalds charges 99 cents for a burger
they sell for 99p in the UK. It's almost a number for number thing, reflecting
the additional costs UK taxes, staffing, rent, etc, charges. This could just
be a classic 'rip off Britain' thing that the tabloids go so crazy about.
Good discussion though. Interested to hear more about this.
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Paul Leake
Sent: 26 August 2010 22:44
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: THE OLD CHESTNUT OF FREEDOM'S US AND UK PRICES
i suspect they think they can charge what they like because of the limited
market but that fails to value british customers as you say richard!
Cheers
Paul
paul.leake@xxxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Godfrey-McKay <mailto:richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 7:56 PM
Subject: [access-uk] THE OLD CHESTNUT OF FREEDOM'S US AND UK PRICES
Hi, I've been looking at upgrading to OpenBook 9 and getting the
Pearl camera.
It seems that if you live in the US you can currently get the camera
for $600 or about £400 whereas it's £600 in the UK.
I understand all the stuff about exchange rates, shipping (which
incidentally is free for online orders in the US) and of course we don't know
what price Freedom charges its UK distributors.
Having said all that, it seems mighty unfair to have such a blatant
discrepancy. Does anyone have any idea why the prices should be so different?
It would also be interesting to know whether the UK prices of Freedom
products is recommended by Freedom or fixed by the UK resellers. It's strange
that there seems to be so little competition in the market. Is there any
agreement between distributors as to pricing?
I'd welcome observations and particularly comments from distributors.
Richard
Richard Godfrey-McKay
Telephone: 01738-445 880
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