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10-04-2010, 11:44 AM | #1 | |
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Lower prices forever!
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10-04-2010, 12:35 PM | #2 | |
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Finally some good news for consumers. If Mr. Hards is truly aggressive he could become the global price setter. (Like the late Sam Walton of Walmart and Jeff Bazos at Amazon) Looks like he's just strong arming little guys so far. I wonder what the Tam-jimi-gawa folks are going to do about this? They are the key.
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It's cool to see HLJ taking steps to try to provide competitive pricing for their export market. I'm sure they've taken a real beating over the exchange rate the last couple of years.
But I seriously doubt that this represents any possible real shift in Japanese model pricing. The smaller manufacturers have much more incentive to work through HLJ to encourage foreign sales- as they already have very little distribution outside of Japan. But the larger Tamifujigawas will do what they have always done- concentrate on their primary domestic market. Tamiya has already indicated how important their second biggest (US) market is in their global recession strategy by significantly drawing down the operations of their Tamiya USA facility in CA. Until things turn around, they will continue to make their rice and nori the way they always have- sales within Japan.
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10-07-2010, 07:44 PM | #4 | |
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Good thinking on behalf of HLJ. Thumbs up!
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10-08-2010, 05:13 AM | #5 | |
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they are only going towards their rivals` prices. others have "discounts" but hlj is still on MSRP and thats making them more expensive and less competitive and i believe customers are moving away. so they are trying to save the situation..
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While I'm thankful for their efforts to lower kit prices to their export markets, about the only thing I order from over seas these days are decals. The cost of shipping really drives the final price up. As an example the Tamiya 1/20 Lotus 25 is $25.98 and shipping is listed as $15.50.
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of course, shipping is not low, but prices with shipping is still lower than price in LHS or even other than asia online prices
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I went that route 30 years ago, ended up with literally nearly a 100 unbuilt kits that eventually I sold off at loss just to make room for more kits. There are enough USA based online companies to handle my very modest modeling needs. At best I can build 3, maybe 4 models per year. What I stock up on before each build is any and all paints and detail supplies I might need that I'm running low on. |
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obviously you are not customer this is focused on so why the concern then?
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Who said buy anything you don't need or want just because shipping is low? I'm talking about buying what you want or need while taking advantage of low shipping and saving your list up for that time. Nothing more or less. No need to get testy.
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I just interpreted your "loading up" to take advantage of the shipping sale, as just that; loading up. If you need, or planned on purchasing those products and items, then you made out great. I just never seem to need to buy in bulk. I purchase everything I need for my next project before I start it, and I have everything to go when I'm finally ready to start it. Now I build basically OOB at this point, so it's the kit, decals, specific paints, and maybe a few items. I try to purchase from just a few companies. I'm looking for service and completeness of order over price. But other then decals, I've found it prohibitive to purchase from over seas. Again, I'm sorry if you took my comments the wrong way. I had no intention of wanting to come off as testy or snippy. |
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It's about saving money per item when "loading up". If I can get, say, a can of spray paint for $6 vs the normal $7 at the LHS, it pays to buy several, especially if you use a lot (like Semi Gloss Black). In fact, my LHS just had a 20% off everything sale and I "stocked up" on SGB and bought 3 or 4 cans. I saved $6. This is the idea. |
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