Mmmmmmmm Czech women
http://www.phillippdunn.com/liqour/MakingGinVodka.pdf
In the US 10c of alcohol costs $10-$20
The dollar figures involved are informative. When alcohol is made on a large scale, as it is for the fuel-alcohol industry (gasohol) its cost of manufacture is about 25 cents per litre. This is for 100% alcohol. If diluted to the 40% commonly used for vodka, gin and other distilled spirits a litre would contain about 10 cents (U.S.) worth of alcohol. The retail price of a litre of vodka will lie somewhere between $10 and $20 depending on the country and level of taxation. The mark-up is enormous.
The other even more insidious behaviour of manufacturers/importers is the 'requirement/push' to be a 'destination' dealer.
HD have been doing it for a while, including 'drop brand X/Y' or???? As well as insisting the said dealer must sell 'manufacturer clothing' {KTM are on this particular drive at present} Usually highly expensive and often of not superior quality. This 'destination dealer drive' also includes shop layout, stock numbers, sales staff, decor, brand placement 'for maximum sales effect' regardless of other brands/bikes being sold. I know that canam's are not high in number or highly regarded by many riders, but, this is a classic. Several bike shops country wide took the 'plunge' in the early days, they are really being 'muscled out' as BRP want 'destination dealers'... more BRP products you sell, spyders/clothes/quads/etc,etc.. the bigger dealer discounts you get.
Come on guys, NZ has a total population that is less than a large number of USA cities, just HOW do they expect this one brand mentality to work in this small 'backwater'?
The only losers are the customer {shops will end up closing or dropping brands} and the businesses themselves. Do we as purchasers really want to have to travel to a 'dedicated dealer' for servicing, parts, repairs, and oh yes warranty issues? Wonder what the cost would be to ship a canam from Wellington to Palmy north in the event of a complete breakdown under warranty? That is the reality being faced now. Want to have to 'biketranz' your ducati/HD/MV Augusta 2-3-500km's to a dedicated dealer?? That's the direction we could be facing in the future if this 'craziness' continues.
If the road to hell is paved with good intentions; and a man is judged by his deeds and his actions, why say it's the thought that counts? -GrayWolf
Aye, I long ago gave up even browsing through duty free shops, it just made me angry. They need every cent of the extra profit they take just to pay for the couple of square meters of shopfront the airport company leases them.
Airport companies, there's another fucking joke, a natural monopoly that could have been developed for the sole purpose of demonstrating that monopolies price shit completely unrelated to their supply costs.
Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon
Ha that's gold. I know how you feel- I work in a similar situation - the amount of daft people who earn big money and still live pay check to pay check is laughable. I've kept more or less the same standard of living - still mostly drink in cheap bars. Buggered if I'm going to blow a weeks wages pretending to be something I'm not on a night out.
I love the smell of twin V16's in the morning..
I'm sick of the attitude of NZ companies. I understand some things are more expensive, but it should be offset by good support and a good customer experience. These are the sales equivalent of being a good Kiwi, but the customer experience in NZ is always so toxic.
I purchased some performance car parts from the official website in the UK recently, I was comparing shipping times with a friend on Facebook who had purchased some similar parts too. An NZ bike parts distributor commented on the photo claiming to be the NZ distributor and asking why we hadn't purchased from an NZ company. I had to explain that I used the website to find an NZ distributor and was told the parts I wanted weren't available in NZ, I also had to explain that he was not listed as a distributor on their website.
I've contacted that NZ parts distributor about some parts recently and heard nothing in 3 days. I'm not sure if they're so busy making money they can't afford to take mine or whether they're too busy harassing 'friends' on Facebook.
Can I scream?
Bit of a tar brush going on there but you make a good point regarding retail. Problem is it's always been looked at as a short term job. In that yeah I'll sell that until I get a real job. Often driven by managers who treat their retail staff poorly as second class workers.
There are very good retail shops in NZ with staff who know their stuff and enjoy their jobs. But unfortunately it is generally not seen as a career or a place where one can move upwards in. Probably due to being paid at the arse end.
The responses are cracking me up
I could buy an AGV Pista GP online, pay tax/duty/biosecurity/admin/any other BS charges, undercut any NZ retailer, and still make a good profit. And I'd also throw in a free balaclava cause the Pista GP is noisy, and chilly in the colder months.
And lets not get started on OVERpriced LAMS bikes...
Just my 2c..
...the best cure to such a sickness would be, not to buy anything...
Well....don't buy new bike or cars and do the service yourself, once your bored with it sell it on TM and buy another.
I've looked at parts overseas and been 'directed' to the local importer like Whites, Forbes and Davies. Former motorcycle shops from pre 90's who clearly build up good overseas
networks and decided it was easier to clip the ticket and pass the costs onto the dealers.
Well Mr White and F and D, screw you, I just buy all my stuff other than tyres off the net.
Example:
Set of YSS Z shocks for a BMW- can get from UK for $600 plus $50 Post. There will be $150 'tax' when it arrives, that's $800 and that's UK retail with VAT of 17% added.
Here the same set is $850, on back order.
BMW parts I order from the UK, great website, here is 4 days, even the GST part is easy with their courier.
Experience BMW , not even worth asking
Only time I did buy a bike in the last 10 years off a Dealer, it was 3 years older than they told me it was....gee I miss Haldanes.
DeMyer's Laws - an argument that consists primarily of rambling quotes isn't worth bothering with.
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