R: repeater price, was Re: no repeater wet/dry mix?

["tiscali" <grazianoaccinni@tiscalinet.it>]

salve luigi sono graziano accinni spero tu parli l'italiano perchè sul sito
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sia di tuo gradimento un saluto  grazianoaccinni@tiscalinet.it
----- Original Message -----
From: Luigi Meloni <luigimeloni74@libero.it>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 7:40 PM
Subject: R: repeater price, was Re: no repeater wet/dry mix?


> Well, I am currently coming in London for a week with a fellow guitarist,
> and we are coming there to take a look to music shops, as I found that in
> England something cost almost half the price that they cost in Italy 
>(Here
> the fender stratocaster standard (USA) has raised in price from 1.990.000
> italian lira to 2.990.000 i.l. in six months and after a change in the
> distribution). Marshall prices have had the same treatment. It's funny, 
>to
> go to a country with which exchange should be unfavourable and pay
> instruments less than in your country.
>
> Peace
> Luigi
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: roberto <roberto@nomade.worldonline.co.uk>
> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 1:19 PM
> Subject: Re: repeater price, was Re: no repeater wet/dry mix?
>
>
> > on 31/8/01 10:08 AM, Os at os@scee.sony.co.uk wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >> Alto Music was selling them for under 500 bucks a piece.  They got
> bitched
> > >> out by Electrix so they raised the price to $549.  I ordered mine 
>for
> $525
> > >> from Sixte Cycle (affiliated with Leitz Music in Florida).  Guitar
> Center
> > > is
> > >> selling them for $599.
> > >
> > > just found out that the UK list price is 649 pounds - about $950!
> > >
> > > once again, we get screwed royally.  :(
> > >
> > > I wonder if Electrix know about this, or whether it's just the
> distributor
> > > hiking the price?
> > >
> > I have discussed this issue of unreasonable price difference between 
>USA
> and
> > the UK with several dealers on numberless occasions. It applies to any
> > imported item, no matter of what kind. The general claim is that most 
>of
> the
> > difference is due to custom/import taxes, nothing to do with the 
>dealers
> > themselves making more profit. Another small portion is due to higher
> > overall business costs for UK traders (higher income tax, higher rents
> etc.)
> > and the actual cost of shipment.
> > I don't know if there is a solution. So far the only way around it I
could
> > find is to get someone to buy things for me abroad, then send them to 
>me
> > marked as "personal present" - Even so the Customs have occasionally
> opened
> > the parcel and questioned the "present", once charging me the import
tax,
> > the value added tax plus a handling fee..., thus doubling the actual
cost
> of
> > the "present"!
> >
> > Roberto
> >
> >
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