Re: Camera costs in Canada, explained

On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 23:03:09 -0500, "Cathy"
<nospamm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>"Rich" <none@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:f46rs19bjfqg9c8f9ca7o7pj36ln6u2mch@xxxxxxxxxx
>> On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 12:29:53 -0600, Jim Townsend <not@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Rich wrote:
>> >
>> >> Corporate taxes are higher in Canada, cost of
>> >> operating a business in Canada is much more expensive then compared
>to
>> >> the US.
>> >
>> >That's the bottom line.. The federal and provincial governments have
>> >to suck huge amounts of cash out of the Canadian economy to support
>> >"free" health care and other socialist endeavors.
>> >
>> >
>>
>> It's more than that; An America retailer will try to be competitive,
>> to sell alot of cameras at a smaller marging rather than the Canadian
>> retail mantra that says sell a few for a larger profit. It's not as
>> bad as it was decades ago when things were 100% more than the U.S.
>> price, but it's still a problem.
>> The average Canadian retailer just can't understand the math
>> where selling 100 cameras at $700/ea. makes more sense than
>> selling 20 at $1000/ea.
>
>Rich, but don't you think that Canadian stores pay more when buying the
>cameras in the first place?
>We don't have the buying power that US stores do. They sell a lot more
>cameras due to the larger amount of buyers, so can afford to sell them
>for less, along with prices being lower for them to buy cameras from the
>manufacturers? Its not any one factor. There are no doubt various
>factors involved in merchandising.
>
>Cathy

I bought a Panasonic FZ30 from Buydig.com last Feb. The
camera itself sold for $473 USD. The final cost to my door,
shipping, taxes etc. was $687 CAD.

At that time the best Canadian price I could find was $899
plus taxes and shipping.

I can't comprehend why the Canadian price was so high,
unless Panasonic Canada itself was taking a very large
profit. I'm sure canadian dealers are required to purchase
stock from Panasonic Canada.

The camera price on the Panasonic.ca web site was $999 CAD,
at that time.

Slim
.

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