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I know its a Meade and Celestron Policy but it seems to be the only ones to benifit from it our local suppliers.
Weather or not the equipment comes in bulk, does not negate the fact that it cost less for the supplier to bring it in then it costs the consumer. Also GST would be applicable on the purchase price the supplier pays to Meade which will be much less than the retail price at the US store. And if as merlin sugests warranty has to be provided locally then its one less headache for the manufacturer hence one would image the price is further discounted.
What our price seems to boil down to is volume of sales not being high. Hence shop must make profit on fewer sales to cover all there expenses. One can not imagine that they are selling them by the truck load. Hence we know have some startup stores that purely deal online to keep overheads to a minimum. Hence providing a better price.
Warranty is an issue with an overseas purchase, but I would assume that there is only a certain level of problem that the locals can try to fix before its passed up the chain to be rectified. As I understand it Celestron have a supplier that sells to the retailers, where as Mead is a direct relationship.
I think we can all agree that the prices here are higher than they need to be even with the lower volume of sales.
Regards
Fahim
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