Thorman: "The Manufacturers operate at a Mark up of 500%...Thats the reality of it....."
I suppose that's true from one perspective, and I've heard that parts cost typically is only about one-SEVENTH of the RR$.
But do understand, first, that the manufacturer is lucky to get 1/2 of that retail price, and then labor, plant overhead, customer service, administrative costs, product-development costs, and last and only last, profit have to be covered in that wholesale price. Lots of hi-end-equipment manufacturers are NOT profitable and eventually die. Certainly some hi-end manufacturers are profitable, but to blab with no apparent understanding that equipment manufacturers operate on a 500% markup is simply idiot.
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I suppose that's true from one perspective, and I've heard that parts cost typically is only about one-SEVENTH of the RR$.
But do understand, first, that the manufacturer is lucky to get 1/2 of that retail price, and then labor, plant overhead, customer service, administrative costs, product-development costs, and last and only last, profit have to be covered in that wholesale price. Lots of hi-end-equipment manufacturers are NOT profitable and eventually die. Certainly some hi-end manufacturers are profitable, but to blab with no apparent understanding that equipment manufacturers operate on a 500% markup is simply idiot.
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