Can anyone explain
2006-09-20 04:48:45 · 7 answers · asked by vnrtyu 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Other - Electronics
every store sets it's own prices. usually they are all similar and competitive, but now n then u can find a store that has prices significantly different.
2006-09-20 04:50:08 · answer #1 · answered by Roger 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Legally, Sony cannot go to their retail stores and say 'You Must Sell at This Price'. This is called 'Price Fixing' and is against the fair trades act. Dealers are free to set the pricing in their own stores. To do so, the owner/manager looks at the costs involved, such as rent, heat, lights, power, maintenance, cleaning, wages, etc. Then he looks at the cost incurred to bring in the item, raw cost (paid to the manufacture/supplier), plus freight, duty, taxes, exchange rate, etc. Now that he knows how much the item actually costs him, he adds his profit margin and hopes that someone will buy it. And don't think the profit is going straight into his pocket, either. This is where the money comes from so that he can expand the business and buy the other items that you want. It's not like running a lemon aid stand where your mom covers all your costs and what you don't drink you can spend. He has to pay for the stuff either up front or by the end of the month.
Since many of the things that affect cost vary from store to store, the prices vary as well.
Don't forget the competiton factor, where stores will offer a similar product (either a cheaper model or an off shore 'clone'), or offer a product at cost as a lost leader (a gimic to get people into the store so they can up-sell them), and the big box stores who buy the things by the trailor load so they can flood their market area and drive the small dealer into insolvency.
And you wonder why the clerk grits his teeth when you say "is that the best price?"
2006-09-20 15:24:29 · answer #2 · answered by Aurthor D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Different stores have different markup on goods. Maybe the store with the higher price offers better service, but I doubt it. With Sony stuff, go for the lowest price.
2006-09-20 05:10:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the company and retail store both know what they can get away with charging for an item in any given region.
It's all about supply,demand and the economy of that area.
2006-09-20 04:57:40 · answer #4 · answered by BigTip$ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think each company gets it as a different Price. or probably just want different profit on the product.
2006-09-20 04:50:49 · answer #5 · answered by Labo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on how much profit the greedy store
owner wants to make!
2006-09-20 04:50:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
due to different taxes,sales strategy,and competiton and working on lower margins,hope you got what you wanted
2006-09-20 04:51:34 · answer #7 · answered by americandreamboy4u 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋