Yildiz Pricing

[Gunslinger]

With the current exchange rate and the fact that Yildiz in Canada is imported through Turkey (to the best of my knowledge) why are we being charged on average 2.4X their cost in the US??

 

[Grouser]

Yildiz

Why ask here?-- Call/email/fax Wide North and ask them. They are the importer for Canada.
All I know is that they are priced below (gun for gun)CZ for example and have better wood/fit/finish than the Huglu guns.

 

[Win/64]

With the current exchange rate and the fact that Yildiz in Canada is imported through Turkey (to the best of my knowledge) why are we being charged on average 2.4X their cost in the US??

Why are Leupold scopes so expensive here? Were getting shafted North of the border.

 

[Gunslinger]

Why ask here?-- Call/email/fax Wide North and ask them.

It's a public forum. They would give the same song and dance about duties, shipping, permits ext., which I'd accept to a point, but 2.4x is waaaaay off in my opinion.

Were getting shafted North of the border.

That's my point.

 

[Frontier Firearms]

Why is housing so expensive in Fort Mac? Currently in South Africa, a Sako rifle sells for almost twice of what we pay for them here.

 

[Gunslinger]

You can't compare a mass produced easily distributed item with a fixed asset produced at a slow rate like housing. It's easier to react to supply/demand changes with something massed produced and mobile.

So far as Sako's being twice the price in SA as what we pay here I can't comment on. It's a completely different country, economy, with laws & regulations that have recently undergone some huge changes. That and the fact that the market there is tiny by comparison.

Canada and the US on the other hand have very similar economies. There is a certain consistancy in price difference between products on both sides on the border for the most part. Double the cost of what is available across the border is considerably over that threshold in my opinion, hence posing the question.