I have a question about the enormous price difference between a Yojimbo available in Europe with a SRP of 185 Euro (223$) and a Yojimbo available thru the internet from the states with a pricetag of 90 Euro(109$)? I received the SRP thru the official dealer of Spyderco in Belgium. How can a knife be almost double the price in Europe? Is it Spyderco policy to give the USA based firms a boost or is it just because of particular circumstances? I don't care ordering my Spyderco's thru the web, but feel baffled by the difference.
Any input from the great Spyder?
By the way i LOVE spyderco's, just ordered a Yojimbo as a companion for my Ronin!
Price difference USA Europe
my theory: Spyderco is all distributed from Golden CO. That's the only real way to keep solid control of the product line, and have it going to authorized dealers. Knives are heavy. Having low bulk value, they cost quite a bit to ship. If knives or parts have to be shipped into CO. to have them shipped out of CO, that might account for it. There are also the differences in the value of the monetary unit in question to consider. If the dollar is strong against the Euro, for ezzample, the product bought with the Euro will cost more, and will have a higher price in dollars cuz of it.
Edited by - haji on 8/25/2004 6:57:34 PM
Edited by - haji on 8/25/2004 6:57:34 PM
Supply and demand brother, as well as what the local market will stand.
A Brit newspaper some time ago did a comparison with Ikea. The only chain of stores throughout Europe, selling the same merchandise. The disparity of prices, for the same goods, throughout Europe was staggering!
But thank the lord for internet trading. Some fantastic deals are to be had internationally!
Regards,
Simon.
A Brit newspaper some time ago did a comparison with Ikea. The only chain of stores throughout Europe, selling the same merchandise. The disparity of prices, for the same goods, throughout Europe was staggering!
But thank the lord for internet trading. Some fantastic deals are to be had internationally!
Regards,
Simon.
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Australia is no different to Europe and it not only applies to Spydercos so I don't believe it is any policy on their behalf. From my experience the mark-up on knives is much higher in Australia plus the wholesalers seem to charge a lot extra for freight etc. Plus their is an import duty and other taxes to contend with. It's a shame because they are now losing business to the internet which in my view will only increase prices. A lack of no local competition is also a factor.
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loki88
Indeed, but the strange thing is that , even if i order a knife thru the internet, and with shipping the single knife and with import taxes and VAT it still is a LOT cheaper then in the knifeshop. There also seems to be a different pricetag on different knives that have the same SRP in the catalog but seem to differ great in real "shop" price. Strange very strange.
You also see a serious price disparity between the net' prices and the shop prices over here. Also the diffrence in shop to shop prices. The endura is a good example. The typical ebay asking price is about $40-$50. But you go to the shopping mall and the mayjor knife retail shop there charges about $70. Head back down the street to virturally any gunshop that has knives and it's back down to $50
The difference is no Spyderco policy. Differences originate from import export duties, higher VAT taxrates, protective fees and don't forget that there is a "Steel War" going on between EUC and USA. in a progressive manner all imported steel and a listing of other goods imported from the States are exra taxed by the EUC. In 12 months these taxes will run op to 17% extra on top of all other taxes and fees.
Internet trade also worsens the situation as most of these companies cannot buy directly from Spyderco and have to use gray markets. They also sattisfy them selves with very low profit margins. Store front holders have a real hard time keeping up the margins they need to stay in business. Please support your local Spyderco dealer!
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Internet trade also worsens the situation as most of these companies cannot buy directly from Spyderco and have to use gray markets. They also sattisfy them selves with very low profit margins. Store front holders have a real hard time keeping up the margins they need to stay in business. Please support your local Spyderco dealer!
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loki88
I would love to support my local dealer, because i could have a better customer service, and i could inspect the knife "in situ" first. But paying double for a knife just to support the local dealer is IMHO not possible by me. I could buy a second Spyderco just by the profit i make by bying online. So as much if i would like to buy it local, it is easier and faster thru the internet. I do buy from Gatherwood sometimes because it is an European shop, but the European prices sometimes warrants the online purchase.
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