A little prediction for GT

[Joe of South Jersey]

Collect the Extra......In order to replentish stock.

Just because the cost to the consumer increased, the price to the dealer also increased by the same amount.

 

[jamesinwesttexas]

It's not the GT going up, it is the dollar going down. Almost everything now takes more dollars and it is no wonder with our debt at $17 TRILLION. [As an old friend reminds me, there are only about 6 trillion stars in the Milky Way]. Much of that debt is a result of some unnecessary wars, including Iraq and Afganistan, where contractors like Haliburton mopped up, and the repeal of the Glass-Stegall Act, a safeguard passed as a result of the Great Depression. That repeal, sponsored by the Republicans led by Phil Gramm [and a $200 million dollar lobbying campaign], allowed the banks to speculate wildly with depositors money and resulted in the current economic crisis. And now, after the Citizens United decision by the Republicans on the Supreme Court, foreigners can contribute UNLIMITED amounts to our congressional campaigns. John Kennedy, who was for a national health care system and not a socialist, pointed out that our Constitution clearly provides for the COMMON WELFARE and that means welfare for the people, not rich international corporations. We could afford to take care of our people if we quit catering to the filthy ultra rich corporations. Perhaps if we did take care of people in this country, instead of rich corporations, we could all afford to keep buying and selling our metal detectors. James

 

[UncleTom]

n/t

 

[jbow]

It just hit me wrong and I took some other stuff out on you.

Apolgies.

Julien

 

[Mick in Dubbo]

Over here in Oz, it's been $1295 for years. Given that the Aussie dollar is around parity with the US dollar, you are still paying nearly $300 less than what we are paying over here, the home of Minelab.
Just putting some prospective on the fact that the price has gone up as a result of the Aussie dollars rise against the green back.
Mick Evans.

 

[JHM]

Give us time we'll catch up. Soon we will be paying with the Yuan. I wonder how many that will take?

 

[lords20]

No we will not be paying with the Yuan, just the "Ameuro American Euro :-( "

 

[Andy Sabisch]

But in Malaysia, the import taxes and shipping costs are the driving factor in the prices we both are paying . . . . when they were made in Ireland, the same issues applied except moving to Malaysia was intended to reduce production costs. If that was the actual result, then the only thing that changed was the profit margin since the list price has not reflected any savings in production.

Be interesting to see what the import tarriffs are on the detectors coming into the US and other countries. I'm sure that the price us US-built detectors are also considerably more outside the US based on the tax implications of importing them.

Anyone outside the US have some local list prices of some US detectors?

Andy

 

[Mick in Dubbo]

I think that it's around 9 yuan to $1 Aussie/US. I talked with a Chinese lady I work with about it a couple of months back. It was a very interesting conversation and threw some light on how things work in China and what they get paid (from around a quarter to half of what she earns over here).
Yeah Andy. I loss track of what gets made where these days. The Sov must have been quite a revelation when it first got released onto the market.
Probably the real reason you guys are starting to pay more for overseas detectors, is that your dollar has been devalued. It works well for us Aussies who want to buy US made detectors. When the Aussie dollar was around 70-75 cents(3 years ago); whatever a US detector was priced at, the numbers here were double, which means we were paying 1.5 times what you were paying (in real terms). I think the English are still getting hammered by paying twice as much, from what I've seen on the net.
Mick Evans.

 

[otlew]

Just a couple of comparisons.

In the UK joanallen sells the GT for 699 = $1108.55 at today's exchange rate. Excalibur II for 1199 = $1901.55

In the United Arab Emirates the Excalibur II sells for 4740.00 AED = $1293.50 (the only dealer I could find does not sell the GT)

So as it goes, we are still getting a bargain even with the price raise.

 

[synthnut]

Detectors are a cheap comodity .....How much do the arabs pay for oil ? ....... I just paid a gas and electric bill of $756 and I keep my heat on 65 degree's here in NY ...... I think they're still ahead of the game !!....Jim

 

[otlew]

I need oil derived products, detectors, well..... I will not suffer too much if I were never buy another one. Detector sellers might but I won't.

Detectors are a cheap comodity .....How much do the arabs pay for oil ? ....... I just paid a gas and electric bill of $756 and I keep my heat on 65 degree's here in NY ...... I think they're still ahead of the game !!....Jim

 

[Critterhunter]

Just a note...Government does not create jobs or wealth. in fact, government consumes wealth and stands in the way of jobs with taxes and red tape. Better stop hating on business because they are where jobs and wealth are created. Never got a job from a poor man, and never got good service from government. i also say more power to a business finding tax loop holes, because even using them they are still getting taxed every which way. And a government worker should not make more than the middle class on the backs of tax payers. you should get a government job when you can't make it in the real world, not because it pays better than the private sector, which it does now.