MayorSimpleton
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My guess is that many non-US consumers already ARE boycotting Grado because of their comedy pricing strategy. I know I certainly wouldn't buy them.
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Originally Posted by xluben I'm guessing that they're afraid that if they make it into chainstores and online shops (at 60% of retail) they're not going to have any chance of keeping up with demand unless they go to faster/cheaper production methods, and therefore their quality will go down. Either that or stick with quality and leave many places out of stock, and get a lot of angry customers. |
Originally Posted by DDRRE Most of you noticed the fact that all Grado products are price-fixed - as in - if the retailer sales it at a lower price he becomes an unauthorized dealer and doesn't recieve shipments from the company. This happened once, with "Powermax" - they even wrote an article regarding this situation (They sold Grados for a really low price.. SR80 for 64$ instead of 95$ etc.) Actually, they lost their authorization because of us head-fi'ers, advertising their price - which reached Grado eventually. I find price fixing very lame, tbh. It also eliminates competition. Debate |
Originally Posted by xluben Grado is the De Beers of the headphone world! They have tricked us into thinking that Grado's are rare, and that you must give one to your wife in order to get married. Especially how if you violate their policy they stop sending them to you! Anyways, I think fixed pricing is ridiculous, and I hate how Apple implies it as well. BUT I think it's Grado's way of keeping demand down, so that their production can keep up. I'm guessing that they're afraid that if they make it into chainstores and online shops (at 60% of retail) they're not going to have any chance of keeping up with demand unless they go to faster/cheaper production methods, and therefore their quality will go down. Either that or stick with quality and leave many places out of stock, and get a lot of angry customers. |
Originally Posted by Tyll Hertsens So, if you don't feel you are getting value for your money with Grado cans, don't buy them. |
Originally Posted by iban btw Allessandro shows to me it IS possible to charge the same price worldwide, including shipping! Customs duty is fixed, it is not 'whatever they wish to charge', so there will be no surprises there. The World is smaller than you think |
Originally Posted by DDRRE Most of you noticed the fact that all Grado products are price-fixed - as in - if the retailer sales it at a lower price he becomes an unauthorized dealer and doesn't recieve shipments from the company. This happened once, with "Powermax" - they even wrote an article regarding this situation (They sold Grados for a really low price.. SR80 for 64$ instead of 95$ etc.) Actually, they lost their authorization because of us head-fi'ers, advertising their price - which reached Grado eventually. I find price fixing very lame, tbh. It also eliminates competition. Debate |