Eclipse CD8053
03-15-2004, 02:04 PM
#1
50 Watt CAFz'r
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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Just curious what the price of this deck is across Canada...
I live in Regina, sk and it's $1,099 here which sounds like it's marked up a ton considering people in the states are buying this deck for $500 - $549usd.
I live in Regina, sk and it's $1,099 here which sounds like it's marked up a ton considering people in the states are buying this deck for $500 - $549usd.
03-15-2004, 06:57 PM
#2
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 306
hey,
The retail on that deck is around 1039 canadian.
The decks are only marked up around 30 or so percent, so if you get one for around 850-900 you getting it for a decent price.
Alot of the place that you see it for 500 or so dollars are not authorized dealers and you cannot get any warranty for the unit.
from what a hear though lots of people like the new eclipses.
The retail on that deck is around 1039 canadian.
The decks are only marked up around 30 or so percent, so if you get one for around 850-900 you getting it for a decent price.
Alot of the place that you see it for 500 or so dollars are not authorized dealers and you cannot get any warranty for the unit.
from what a hear though lots of people like the new eclipses.
03-15-2004, 07:04 PM
#3
Yankee
Join Date: Nov 2001
Posts: 385
Originally posted by bigrockz:
hey,
The retail on that deck is around 1039 canadian.
The decks are only marked up around 30 or so percent, so if you get one for around 850-900 you getting it for a decent price.
Alot of the place that you see it for 500 or so dollars are not authorized dealers and you cannot get any warranty for the unit.
from what a hear though lots of people like the new eclipses.
hey,
The retail on that deck is around 1039 canadian.
The decks are only marked up around 30 or so percent, so if you get one for around 850-900 you getting it for a decent price.
Alot of the place that you see it for 500 or so dollars are not authorized dealers and you cannot get any warranty for the unit.
from what a hear though lots of people like the new eclipses.
03-16-2004, 05:56 AM
#8
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Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 1,120
My best guess as to the price difference is that in Canada Distributorship areas are well protected....as a result, way fewer distributors which results in less competion thus higher costs to the retailer.
Phoenix Gold is a classic example of how the distributor holding Canadian rights controls the price, the retailer really has no option but to charge what they do.
On the flip side of the argument sometimes the Canadian distributor also has to handle all the warranty issues and servicing so they explain that makes the prices higher, but they also get the product a bit cheaper to make up for the added responsibility so the feeling I get with some product is that we're still getting ripped off. I might buy this argument if all gear under similar warranty arrangements was priced at the same level but thats just not the case IMO as JL, JBL and RF are way better value and much closer to the prices the consumer pays in the US.
Personally I would have purchased some PG Ti amps a couple of years ago but I felt the prices just weren't fair in light of what our neighbors to the south pay.
Phoenix Gold is a classic example of how the distributor holding Canadian rights controls the price, the retailer really has no option but to charge what they do.
On the flip side of the argument sometimes the Canadian distributor also has to handle all the warranty issues and servicing so they explain that makes the prices higher, but they also get the product a bit cheaper to make up for the added responsibility so the feeling I get with some product is that we're still getting ripped off. I might buy this argument if all gear under similar warranty arrangements was priced at the same level but thats just not the case IMO as JL, JBL and RF are way better value and much closer to the prices the consumer pays in the US.
Personally I would have purchased some PG Ti amps a couple of years ago but I felt the prices just weren't fair in light of what our neighbors to the south pay.
03-16-2004, 06:40 AM
#9
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 431
Originally posted by islandphile:
My best guess as to the price difference is that in Canada Distributorship areas are well protected....as a result, way fewer distributors which results in less competion thus higher costs to the retailer.
Phoenix Gold is a classic example of how the distributor holding Canadian rights controls the price, the retailer really has no option but to charge what they do.
On the flip side of the argument sometimes the Canadian distributor also has to handle all the warranty issues and servicing so they explain that makes the prices higher, but they also get the product a bit cheaper to make up for the added responsibility so the feeling I get with some product is that we're still getting ripped off. I might buy this argument if all gear under similar warranty arrangements was priced at the same level but thats just not the case IMO as JL, JBL and RF are way better value and much closer to the prices the consumer pays in the US.
Personally I would have purchased some PG Ti amps a couple of years ago but I felt the prices just weren't fair in light of what our neighbors to the south pay.
My best guess as to the price difference is that in Canada Distributorship areas are well protected....as a result, way fewer distributors which results in less competion thus higher costs to the retailer.
Phoenix Gold is a classic example of how the distributor holding Canadian rights controls the price, the retailer really has no option but to charge what they do.
On the flip side of the argument sometimes the Canadian distributor also has to handle all the warranty issues and servicing so they explain that makes the prices higher, but they also get the product a bit cheaper to make up for the added responsibility so the feeling I get with some product is that we're still getting ripped off. I might buy this argument if all gear under similar warranty arrangements was priced at the same level but thats just not the case IMO as JL, JBL and RF are way better value and much closer to the prices the consumer pays in the US.
Personally I would have purchased some PG Ti amps a couple of years ago but I felt the prices just weren't fair in light of what our neighbors to the south pay.
03-16-2004, 07:37 AM
#10
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has and will continue to be that way until phoenix gold does the rockford thing, agents and direct distribution, i hope their listening, hahahah, interesting that with the rise in the canadian dollar(about 25%)that costs have not changed at all, yet i'll bet they are paying the same
