Just curious, I'm asking out of ignorance not out of contempt or an effort to start s**t.
How does it not mean anything to the Canadian gun market? $1200 and $2500 seem quite.... distant.... to say the least..... with the dollar @ par shouldn't the price be say.... at least somewhere close?
I don't mean $1300 or even $1400.... but $1600, $1700, $1800 (with my ignorance of importing) seems reasonable? I mean c'mon... that's like paying $600 for a stamp and a truck ride....
I'm curious where the other $700 comes in.... packaging? Insurance? They're not being flown in on a plane special delivery are they?
Again, I have no experience with importing etc.... just trying to figure out where the $1300 price diff comes from, when I don't see other firearms with that much markup over the american prices?
When the dollar is strong is usually when we see the perks of living beside the USA, not when we pay more than double for the same product.... I'm confused....
Your thinking is logical, but only in concerns to "regular" commodity trading. It's not like buying name-brand clothing or car parts online to save 25-50%...
These aren't available at "every retailer in the country", and the importer has legal rights to distribution & pricing (in this country) on new units.
Then there's the politics between the manufacturer/RCMP/CFC/ATF and the legal-nightmare to make the RFB legally available in Canada, which the OP spearheaded...
After all, the importer (OP) basically made these even available in our country, so a price increase to compensate is to be expected...
The 2 main principles behind marketing and/or selling any product are... Supply & demand...
* If anyone can do it cheaper, they should start a new thread advertising the fact...
** and another retailer on here has them for $2400, if it makes a difference...
I could be wrong though...
