Klarinet Archive - Posting 001161.txt from 2000/02

From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Ligatures $$$: why is life so expensive?
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 10:57:28 -0500

The list goes on and on. All of the line items listed above are part of
the "cost" of a part, not just the fact that it had 35 cents of steel bar
stock. After these cost are paid, then we can talk about setting a profit
so the business can thrive and survive into the future. Some times the
markup is 3/4/5 or many more times the cost of the raw materials. Is
that wrong? Go back and start adding up 1 through 7 again...>>

Gil....

You forgot the portion of the price added on by the retailer, often up to 40% of the total. (They have overhead to, invest a lot of bucks, and have to profit or close up and go find a job).

I'd still rather pay a higher price, than buy shoddy merchandise.

Walter

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