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The future of hifi in SA; is the industry running on empty or ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Dreamerm6" data-source="post: 1102537" data-attributes="member: 18736"><p>Think you missed my point, but like you said : "playing according to their long established rules" - this is only in SA</p><p>"You have to establish a global retail price which excludes tax and duties" - yes , they should, but SA retail price is almost double that of other countries.</p><p></p><p>MANY people import themselves, not just a few "fools" like you call them.</p><p>If you are in the market for a AVR which retails here for R100k and you can bring it in for R60k then its a massive 40k saving.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately SA has always had the "lets screw over the consumers" attitude and this was accepted. I remember Toyota SA's costs leaked and they were selling the conquest at a 200% + margin. That's part of the reason SA has made it so difficult to import cars and taxes on it is like 120% - protecting the car industry. But amplifiers are not made locally so they are not protecting it. </p><p></p><p>So to sum up my point : If we get the goods cheaper from the distributors then we can sell it for cheaper to the end user. If we sell it cheaper to the end user then the market becomes bigger. A bigger market is far less competitive than a small niche market. If there are enough customers for every dealer in electronics then there would be far less "cry babies" in the audio industry, but everyone is fighting for the scraps because the clients aren't willing to spend stupid money on a good system, especially not in these times.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dreamerm6, post: 1102537, member: 18736"] Think you missed my point, but like you said : "playing according to their long established rules" - this is only in SA "You have to establish a global retail price which excludes tax and duties" - yes , they should, but SA retail price is almost double that of other countries. MANY people import themselves, not just a few "fools" like you call them. If you are in the market for a AVR which retails here for R100k and you can bring it in for R60k then its a massive 40k saving. Unfortunately SA has always had the "lets screw over the consumers" attitude and this was accepted. I remember Toyota SA's costs leaked and they were selling the conquest at a 200% + margin. That's part of the reason SA has made it so difficult to import cars and taxes on it is like 120% - protecting the car industry. But amplifiers are not made locally so they are not protecting it. So to sum up my point : If we get the goods cheaper from the distributors then we can sell it for cheaper to the end user. If we sell it cheaper to the end user then the market becomes bigger. A bigger market is far less competitive than a small niche market. If there are enough customers for every dealer in electronics then there would be far less "cry babies" in the audio industry, but everyone is fighting for the scraps because the clients aren't willing to spend stupid money on a good system, especially not in these times. [/QUOTE]
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