newold86 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 11, 2018 7:12 amOne more time - those who unhappy about the difference between kite direct cost (materials and the work to put them together) and retail price, why don’t you design own gear, start production and sell everything with 10% markup just on materials/work ?
Or learn at least something about what (costs etc) is involved in designing and bringing the product on the market...
Then enlighten us with some "accuracy". You could even play "The Price Is Right" gameshow with us. If $200 is not an accurate price of a finished kite sitting in Sri Lanka, than what is? And does that not change based on your order quantity? So Slingshot would pay "per kite" less for their initial order, and then Core would have no discount for the same build?
So, from other posts here, would the retailer be the last stop for customer service from Core (and a few other brands)? That why I posit you are pretty much in the same boat with direct ordering vs. paying lots of markups as a retail customer - YOU GET THE SAME CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR ABOUT $1200 LESS!CaptainCore wrote: ↑Wed Oct 10, 2018 7:53 pmCustomer service really is the province of the dealer in a structured retail market, fantasy land folk who think the internet is everything and it can deliver customer service of the sort you get hands on in store on the ground in my view are deluded.
rynhardt wrote: ↑Thu Oct 11, 2018 1:54 pmFor those who haven't yet read it, check out issue 70 of iksurfmag, where they have an industry-focused article.
Apparently the following numbers are indicative of the market for 2017:
Total number of kites sold : between 140,000 and 150,000
Total kites sold by Cabrinha : between 25,000 and 35,000
Total kites sold by Boards And More: between 25,000 and 35,000
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