What I am about to say will not answer your price question Venson but you do have to consider into the price by dealers the cost to do business, rent, hold inventory, gas & elec. maintain a service dept etc and the willingness to take risk in starting a business. Capitalism offers those who take risk the right to reward.... from the company that invests into research and development, the workeres in the plant to, Distributors and Retailers. <BR><BR>If your going by the rule of cut and dry of course your vacuum seems overpriced but there is much more behind it. In a new world of the impersonal internet we take things for granted WAY TOO MUCH.<BR>Just my opinion of course.
Hi Lucky1,
Thanks for your reply. I am not asking that vendors sell merchandise with no mark-up. I thoroughly understand the cost of overhead and having to pay salaries plus all the other things that end up eating up money and that all must be reflected in the pricing of merchandise. I simply want an idea of pricing to help in deciding where to buy from -- namely vendors whose pricing leans more toward fair as opposed to what the market will bear.
The plight of vendors -- especially independent ones does not escape me. However, consumers have their own special plight which no one appears to be concerned about -- being able to buy what they need. In such cases, informed shoppers are prepared to do the work start looking for ways to save. By way of the internet, we can now bettter investigate quality and price.
As an instance, I've been looking for new tires. I did some searching and investigating and decided on a tire with a good rep that should well suit my needs. (Like vaccuums, everybody has his favorite tire too.) However, price was as much as an issue s quality. Between lowest price and highest, the range is about $70.00 per tire. I have solved the problem. I am buying the tires I've chosen online and will chuck them into the back of my car and have them installed by a small but reputable shop in my community (instead of a big commercial entity) where they will be properly mounted and balanced for far less the price offered by the big kids. AND even with shipping cost included I will aquire the tires at a better price.
I'm not asking for goods at next to nothing. All I want is a decent price.
Venson
