Awning prices
Submitted: Sunday, Sep 18, 2016 at 13:52
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Echucan Bob
Last week I acquired a 2.0 by 2.5 m awning from a
well known German based
supermarket for $169.
Yesterday I had a close look at the same sized awning at a
well known 4WD accessory store. Identical - from the same factory in China! Only difference is cost - $349!
Reply By: The Bantam - Sunday, Sep 18, 2016 at 23:22
Sunday, Sep 18, 2016 at 23:22
There was a discussion on another
forum quite some time ago about tweaking these various awnings.
Apparantly there are better quality clips and hinges available from some of the camping stores that can make them far more durable.
Of course there is the idea of extra or better rivets and upgrading to bolts and such.
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Reply By: chaz r - Monday, Sep 19, 2016 at 09:35
Monday, Sep 19, 2016 at 09:35
This has partly reflects how the price was marked up, it was doubled.
Think about it, most of 4WD accessories are produced in China. We could estimate the cost in different currency, we could even browse and obtain the real cost as long as you know how to do.
Added up the sea freight cost(take you 2 minutes to get a free quote on the web), and count in a GST plus nationwide postage. I can conclude with around 80 percent markup on the original cost.
Naturally people would take the brand value into consideration. Admittedly for brands like ARB and Lightforce, they've adopted themselves in a way of quality control, and lightforce presents excellent beam lights. Except for these brands, I don't see any difference on retailers(web-based or traditional bricks & mortar).
I spent 180 on a pair of
Driving lights from a local retailer, only for their excellent service. But when I become self-educated on price-matching, I realized I could spend 75 bucks to get the same item from an eBay-based company. I checked out all the details and pretty convinced that it was wholesale- retailing thing.
Not saying this is bad, at least the lights are gross. Point is, should we spend twice or triple money for the sake of artificially decorated so called brands?
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