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Originally Posted by TDPRI
I appears that some of you... and you know who you are... squabble just for the "fun" of doing so. It matters not the subject or what is said. Maybe it's more about "who" said it with you guys??
So, why don't you guys stop it? Please and thank you.
Back to the topic at hand.
Is it possible that Fender and other US makers use a distributor to sell product in the UK (and Europe and Australia). In other words, they don't sell their products directly to music stores in those countries. They sell them to a distributor who in return sells them to the dealers?
This would completely explain the pricing differences. Due to the added layer of profit taken on each item.
I don't know this to be fact, but knowing how Fender and other companies work it wouldn't surprise me in the least bit.
PS. One other thing that I know is true from my visits to England. Items that cost a $1 here cost a pound there even though a pound is actually $2. When we visit the UK we're always surprised to see a can of Coke for 1 pound just like it would cost 1 dollar here. Seems like if it cost a dollar here it should cost half as much there. But we've seen this on a great many products.
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American products are in demand. Face it. When demand dies down, distributor/middleman or no, the price will go down.
You Europeans just love our guitars and soft drinks so much that the prices stay stratospheric. When they don't sell at the current price, the price will creep down.
Stop buying our shyte if you want the price to go down!