| From: | Jonathan Day |
| Date: | 2 Sep 2000 at 12:38:18 |
| Subject: | Re: Sorry but this has got to me.... |
Hi Nick
> Initially I was a bit aggitated by the fact that It would cost me almost
> as a student to buy a small 2cm sq. chip -
Why are you so hung up about the size of the chip? It costs the
manufacturer more money to make it smaller than larger. Why are the tiny
mobile phones more expensive...?
> Why is it that a UK based Amiga owner should pay £50 for *one* old chip
from
> 1992, where as another Amiga dealer in the US, are letting them go for
> pretty much £19.99?? I could buy all three chips to enhance this A3000
(the
> even have DMac 4!!!) for what is only another 5-6 quid over the cost of a
> Buster 11 in the UK.
There are many possible economics based reasons for this. The first example
that comes to mind is that Software Hut could have lots of these chips and
are trying to get rid of them, whilst the UK company/s may only have one or
two. The US was very much more into the power Amigas compared to the UK.
> My point is that we should support Amiga dealers to keep them going, but
agreed
> when it appears another Amiga dealer in the same boat, charges £30 less
than
> in the UK for a chip - that screams out to me, "They're taking advantage
of
> you".
Don`t forget if the customs catch you, you`ll need to pay VAT (and import
duties?). Check out the C&E website if you`re bothered - it`s (well can be
depending on what you`re importing) mega complicated.
Britain is a rip off. Everybody knows this. The recent prices-of-new-cars
thing is but the latest example - even after the recent price cuts in this
country I`ve just been quoted more than a 15% saving on a £8500 car by
buying the *exact* car from abroad, including delivery to my door.
This does not mean that *every* company is out to fleece you tho. There can
be honest reasons for price discrepancies.
UK Amiga companies, Power, Eyetech et al all pay for advertising space in
the mags. They have to recoupe this somehow. How many mags does Software
Hut advertise in - I didn`t think, (until recently?) there was a US based
Amiga mag left...?
> If I'm wrong, please explain to me why there is a cost difference and
don't
> tell me it costs £30 to ship a 2cm sq. chip across the atlantic... ;-)
It costs... ;-)
You`re quite possibily not wrong, but there is a chance that you are ;-)
Jon
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