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Not so sir … materials and related costs CAN cost that much more !
My HARBETH dealer lamented the the perfect storm of BREXIT and COVID introduced a recent 2021 large price hike.
why ? Some examples, inter Alia:
(1) Post-BREXIT: the shipping costs have skyrocketed exponentially due to post-BREXIT divorce being an available container space total FUHBAR to actually get product container shipped. There is a huge backlog of all stripes to clear post COVID AND post BREXIT catchup that horribly delay most stock to be shipped into NA, forcing audio distributors to now use $$$$ expensive airfreight at many many multiples of their prior ship laden containers
(2) Simple shipping pallets for airfreight and container are in huge short supply post COVID … he quoted me a distress price of $1500+ for ones that used to be sub $100 for late orders of audio components ordered.
(3) Many audio product materials just to make the audio components are up 25-50 percent due to similar shortages post COVID and post-BREXIT.
(4) For the latter, the tax treaties permitting fast and EZ transport have now been scrapped and ground the paperwork requirements clearance to a glacier speed AND introduced new tax and duties unilaterally until the new tax treaties can be renegotiated at some time in the future,
Not so sir … materials and related costs CAN cost that much more !
My HARBETH dealer lamented the the perfect storm of BREXIT and COVID introduced a recent 2021 large price hike.
why ? Some examples, inter Alia:
(1) Post-BREXIT: the shipping costs have skyrocketed exponentially due to post-BREXIT divorce being an available container space total FUHBAR to actually get product container shipped. There is a huge backlog of all stripes to clear post COVID AND post BREXIT catchup that horribly delay most stock to be shipped into NA, forcing audio distributors to now use $$$$ expensive airfreight at many many multiples of their prior ship laden containers
(2) Simple shipping pallets for airfreight and container are in huge short supply post COVID … he quoted me a distress price of $1500+ for ones that used to be sub $100 for late orders of audio components ordered.
(3) Many audio product materials just to make the audio components are up 25-50 percent due to similar shortages post COVID and post-BREXIT.
(4) For the latter, the tax treaties permitting fast and EZ transport have now been scrapped and ground the paperwork requirements clearance to a glacier speed AND introduced new tax and duties unilaterally until the new tax treaties can be renegotiated at some time in the future,