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Originally Posted by Suzy_A
So.. You're saying that a shop in New York or LA or somewhere like that doesn't have any warehousing, insurance, staff, shop rent costs or warranty issues?
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I personally don't deny that shops anywhere have the above problems, but you are missing the main one conspicuous in its absence: Shops in the USA usually don't have exclusive distributors upstream of them in the supply chain. Manufacturers there value their sales enough to prevent this type of thing from happening.
Shops here are, for the most part, doing their best to give a fair price, but when
they can't get good prices, that savings also can't be passed on to the consumer.
Eric