Sony suckering uninformed people?

[camille]

i dropped by a local Sony Store today, and to my surprise they are carrying the SA series (SA1K, SA3K)...

a closer look...the price:
SA1000 = 299.99CAD
SA3000 = 599.99CAD

wow. i feel sorry for the unlucky person to buy em there; taking a glance over at Audiocubes:

SA1000 = 119USD
SA3000 = 179USD
SA5000 (for kicks) = 499USD

that's just unbelievable how expensive sony is trying to sell these. why not i get a SA1K + EX90SL over @ A/C and i'll have about $70 left to spare

and to think i was close to buying a Hi-MD blank at the sony store for $13CAD...

just to let you know (if you didn't know)

 

[003]

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Originally Posted by camille Sony suckering uninformed people?

Is this surprising to you?

 

[TheMarchingMule]

Yeah, seriously...it's Sony

 

[redshifter]

naw, just canadians.

"what aboot some new headphones, eh? doze sonys suuure look nice, eh? holy mackeral would you look at the price. i could get a life supply of backbacon and labatts for that!"

 

[TheMarchingMule]

You're so mean, redshifter

But on topic...Sony...money is first matter to them. Customers are second

 

[camille]

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Originally Posted by redshifter naw, just canadians. "what aboot some new headphones, eh? doze sonys suuure look nice, eh? holy mackeral would you look at the price. i could get a life supply of backbacon and labatts for that!"

yea, has to be. pardon me, i'm missing the rest of the Curling match.

of course i'm not surprised; from an MD user, they screwed me too many times. but this is just unbelievable.

 

[K2Grey]

While we're on our Sony bashing spree let's not forget Shure sells the E4c for like $300?

 

[redshifter]

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Originally Posted by camille yea, has to be. pardon me, i'm missing the rest of the Curling match. of course i'm not surprised; from an MD user, they screwed me too many times. but this is just unbelievable.

heh, i love canada. i'm just yanking your chain a bit (been watching too much red green and 22 minutes on cbc).

 

[MatsudaMan]

Oh, the poor uninformed people

. Companies will sell things for what people are willing to buy them for. Sony is not the only company that does this.

 

[TheMarchingMule]

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Originally Posted by MatsudaMan Oh, the poor uninformed people . Companies will sell things for what people are willing to buy them for. Sony is not the only company that does this.

Bose, perhaps?

 

[MatsudaMan]

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Originally posted by AtheisticFreedom Bose, perhaps?

Indeed. However, unlike Bose, Sony uses "middle men" to sell their products and give the resellers the freedom to set what price they want to. Thus, if you go to some online reteller, you can get sony stuff for much more reasonable prices. Bose, sets their prices and that's all you get - Triports for 150 bucks - the deal of a century.

 

[TheMarchingMule]

True, Sony is more flexible with their prices...

Crazy how big of a company they are with dealings in seriously almost eveything electronics these days.

 

[MatsudaMan]

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originally posted by AtheisticFreedom Crazy how big of a company they are with dealings in seriously almost eveything electronics these days.

Sony Corporation (Japanese: ソニー株式会社, Sonī Kabushiki-gaisha?) is a multinational corporation and one of the world's largest media conglomerates founded in Tokyo, Japan. One of its divisions Sony Electronics is one of the leading manufacturers of electronics, video, communications, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets.

Got this from Wikipedia:

Sony Corporation is the parent company of the Sony Group and is engaged in business through its six operating segments - electronics, music, games, pictures, financial services and other. These make Sony one of the most comprehensive entertainment companies in the world. Sony's principal U.S. businesses include Sony Electronics Inc., Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., and a 50% interest in Sony BMG Music Entertainment, the second-largest record company in the world.

Sony recorded consolidated annual sales of approximately $67 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005[2], and it employs 151,400 people worldwide.[3] Sony's consolidated sales in the U.S. for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 were $18.4 billion. As a semiconductor maker, Sony is among the Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Sales Lead

 

[Gaughtfried]

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Originally Posted by camille i dropped by a local Sony Store today, and to my surprise they are carrying the SA series (SA1K, SA3K)... a closer look...the price: SA1000 = 299.99CAD SA3000 = 599.99CAD wow. i feel sorry for the unlucky person to buy em there; taking a glance over at Audiocubes: SA1000 = 119USD SA3000 = 179USD SA5000 (for kicks) = 499USD that's just unbelievable how expensive sony is trying to sell these. why not i get a SA1K + EX90SL over @ A/C and i'll have about $70 left to spare and to think i was close to buying a Hi-MD blank at the sony store for $13CAD... just to let you know (if you didn't know)

It's not just Sony; Sennheiser, Grado, and everyone else does it.

The fact of the matter is that there are only a few headphones sold up here without a huge markup.

 

[lan]

Well you went to the Sony store itself. Things are sometimes more expensive in an original / non-3rd party store.