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27th May 2007, 12:13 AM #1
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Why is the US so much cheaper then aus with domino and festool tools in general
why domino tennon so expensive
i checked out the festool usa site 65$ for a box of 5x19x30 1800 qty so if you add 20% to allow for us dollar that takes it to 78$ aus surly the postage 0f all the stuff they import to aus is not that expensive.
the other thing is that us are selling domino for 660.00us add 20% that only come to 792 aus the domino here is 1325$ we are getting ripped off in aus what is going on????????????????????????
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27th May 2007, 01:22 AM #2
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It’s not that the Australian prices are high, but that the U.S. prices are lower. The U.S. prices are lower than prices in Germany too. This is because Christian Oltzcher, CEO of Festool-USA, is very active in gauging the product line to the needs of the market. Festool-USA is the only division of Festool that is actively pursuing improving the product manuals too. There are many other things that Festool-USA does differently than the other divisions of Festool.
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27th May 2007, 01:35 AM #3
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Our prices are higher because of market size, here they might import a couple thousand in the 1st year then a few hundred a year... USA be in the hundred's of thousands.
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27th May 2007, 02:12 AM #4
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Because they think they have us by the short & curlies
And despite being convicted & fined in court, they seem to still be engaging in price fixing.
The best way to demonstrate your displeasure is to buy someone else's tool, or find a work-around, like a Leigh FMT jig instead of a Domino, or your old router & a simple jig like the one Rocker put up. And/or complain about price fixing to the ACCC.
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