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WTH is with these scope prices??
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<blockquote data-quote="Buano" data-source="post: 637014" data-attributes="member: 21641"><p><span style="font-size: 12px">I actually have a masters in finance so I understand financial markets quite well. The problem I see isn't the exchange rate, it's the monopoly given to the importers. Importers jacked prices on European scopes when our currency fell due to not funding the wars in Iraq & Afghanistan & the Bush tax cuts for the rich. Those price increases were justified based on exchange rates. Since then, the Euro has dropped against the dollar, which SHOULD have meant a drop in the prices of European scopes. To date none of those drops have happened, which means the importers are keeping the extra money that we would have saved, but for the monopolies given to the importer. Simply said, if the importers had to compete with other importers, the importers would only keep a reasonable price unless he wanted his competition to undercut his prices & take ALL the business. With a monopoly there is no competition, so market forces do not force a reasonable price. This is what I was talking about.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">I am tempted to find a European seller to see what it would cost me to buy from Europe.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buano, post: 637014, member: 21641"] [SIZE="3"]I actually have a masters in finance so I understand financial markets quite well. The problem I see isn't the exchange rate, it's the monopoly given to the importers. Importers jacked prices on European scopes when our currency fell due to not funding the wars in Iraq & Afghanistan & the Bush tax cuts for the rich. Those price increases were justified based on exchange rates. Since then, the Euro has dropped against the dollar, which SHOULD have meant a drop in the prices of European scopes. To date none of those drops have happened, which means the importers are keeping the extra money that we would have saved, but for the monopolies given to the importer. Simply said, if the importers had to compete with other importers, the importers would only keep a reasonable price unless he wanted his competition to undercut his prices & take ALL the business. With a monopoly there is no competition, so market forces do not force a reasonable price. This is what I was talking about. I am tempted to find a European seller to see what it would cost me to buy from Europe.[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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