| From: | Gerald Mellor |
| Date: | 2 Sep 2000 at 15:59:11 |
| Subject: | Re: Sorry but this has got to me.... |
Hi Sam, on 02-Sep-00, you wrote:
>>> Why is it that a UK based Amiga owner should pay £50 for *one* old
>>> chip from
>>
>> Because it's a SUPER RARE CHIP. The lack of big box uptake in the
>> UK means that there aren't that many around, not a great deal were
>> ever shipped here. In the Us, they're practically 10-a-penny.
>
> Ok, so if they are 10 a penny over in America, why doesnt a UK
> dealer buy up a load of the things for the cheap US price, ship em
> over here and sell them on to us at "slightly" more than the US
> price (taking into account thier shipping charges etc). that way
> they can charge less than the £50 for them!????
Are you deliberately missing the point? If they're 10-a-penny in the
US it's because there's a demand for them over there. The fact that
they're so expensive in the UK is a result of the low demand. Why
would any company buy a shed load from the US? There's still
practically no demand for them here, so they'd have to recoup the cost
of buying so many from the US by bumping the prices up, DYS?
Regards
Gerry
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