14-Nov-2018, 10:28
Hi Brendanalum,
Quite simple:
1. € 27.900 is € 32.850 without banking. Bankcosts will come to this
2. Profit for the importer. And a lot of baked air we call it in the Netherlands! Marketing mix: Price, Place, Promotion and product.
3. Margin to keep the price stable for more then a year. You need a margin of 10% at least to do this. Otherwise prices are going up and down in physical shops and that's not what the costumer expects. And the shops can work with
4. Costs for the transportation, assurance, housing, etc
5. Trump. At this moment this will be the biggest influence in combination with number 3. I will explain it as follows: when a Dutchman buys something in Japan, everything in the world (oil, cars, food and yes the Devialet also) is paid by/ with dollars IN BETWEEN! With euro's you buy dollars and with dollars you buy yen's. The fear (the right word) the US president creates in the world influences the futures-market on money hugely. Buy euro's today and pay in dollars over say 6 months. The world financial futures market is much much larger than the USA on it's own. (compare: like Britain still thinks in term of British Empire in 1815. Sorry guys; not meant wrongly). So even when an American needs euro's at this very moment, the price in the USA is terminated by the futures-market of the yuan in 6 months.... When this situation will take too long (over 1 a 2 years) the world will accept the euro or the yuan (more likely) as a world coin. Especially when Europe and/ or China will also build 13 very strong aircraft carriers....
And there we end with something very very funny: stimulate Europe and China to spend more on Saab viggen, Volvo (China) and Airbus and the world will become much much more expensive in the long term for an American than nowadays. But than Mr. Trump will be no president anymore. Economics are always a choice and a balance between long term wisdom and short-term (4 years?)success.... And even more complex than a link between firestorms and a not existing climate-change...(signed Di-Caprio and Neil Young?)
All in all the difference between 49k and 28k is caused by psychology and not by reason and calculating. As the world turns.....and I can not make it more fun.
Written as a financial auditor and not as a Devialet owner.
Quite simple:
1. € 27.900 is € 32.850 without banking. Bankcosts will come to this
2. Profit for the importer. And a lot of baked air we call it in the Netherlands! Marketing mix: Price, Place, Promotion and product.
3. Margin to keep the price stable for more then a year. You need a margin of 10% at least to do this. Otherwise prices are going up and down in physical shops and that's not what the costumer expects. And the shops can work with
4. Costs for the transportation, assurance, housing, etc
5. Trump. At this moment this will be the biggest influence in combination with number 3. I will explain it as follows: when a Dutchman buys something in Japan, everything in the world (oil, cars, food and yes the Devialet also) is paid by/ with dollars IN BETWEEN! With euro's you buy dollars and with dollars you buy yen's. The fear (the right word) the US president creates in the world influences the futures-market on money hugely. Buy euro's today and pay in dollars over say 6 months. The world financial futures market is much much larger than the USA on it's own. (compare: like Britain still thinks in term of British Empire in 1815. Sorry guys; not meant wrongly). So even when an American needs euro's at this very moment, the price in the USA is terminated by the futures-market of the yuan in 6 months.... When this situation will take too long (over 1 a 2 years) the world will accept the euro or the yuan (more likely) as a world coin. Especially when Europe and/ or China will also build 13 very strong aircraft carriers....
And there we end with something very very funny: stimulate Europe and China to spend more on Saab viggen, Volvo (China) and Airbus and the world will become much much more expensive in the long term for an American than nowadays. But than Mr. Trump will be no president anymore. Economics are always a choice and a balance between long term wisdom and short-term (4 years?)success.... And even more complex than a link between firestorms and a not existing climate-change...(signed Di-Caprio and Neil Young?)
All in all the difference between 49k and 28k is caused by psychology and not by reason and calculating. As the world turns.....and I can not make it more fun.
Written as a financial auditor and not as a Devialet owner.
1: Atelier d'Or no.75 (1.5m. AQ RCA-XLR), 
2812 QuadESL.nl, Kimber 8TC, WBT, Rel StentorII, Oppo105D (surround), Vodafone Next, Quad 303.2(!Quadrepair.nl), Kef RDM1, BenQW4000i, SBooster (3x), IfiX 3x, 125 inch, Stax 507 (2x) on Stax SRM-1S, SRM D-50, all on Iso-Ac. Gaia1, 2 and 3, Kemp Isolator source and power-, Kemp QA/ SNS plugs (6x), Furutech & ALAC maincables, AQ Blizzard, Van den Hul Mainstream, Optical 8k cables, Clearaudio (Synchro+Champion2+TT3 tangential+CM Bearing+Outer Limit+StradivariV2, 530uV, 200 ohms), NUC11 i7, Samsung-980Pro, -A8, -S24Ultra, Roon Life, Netgear 108, AQ Cinnamon all, Live cable USB, AQ jitterbug 5x, WB 18TB 2x
2: 220Pro, Kef R3, Rel Studio, Oppo103EU (surround), Quad 707(mod), Kef RDM2, all on Iso Acoustics 200, Gaia 3 & 1, LG Oled55, Furutech wall outlets(3x), AQ NRG-Z3 (2m., 5x), Kemp powerstrips, Audiotool filters, Oppo HA2+PM3 + AQ cinnamon cables
1900 recorded LP's 24/192, 850 DSD 5.1 SACD (via Oppo), 4800 ripped CD's, Qubuz
2812 QuadESL.nl, Kimber 8TC, WBT, Rel StentorII, Oppo105D (surround), Vodafone Next, Quad 303.2(!Quadrepair.nl), Kef RDM1, BenQW4000i, SBooster (3x), IfiX 3x, 125 inch, Stax 507 (2x) on Stax SRM-1S, SRM D-50, all on Iso-Ac. Gaia1, 2 and 3, Kemp Isolator source and power-, Kemp QA/ SNS plugs (6x), Furutech & ALAC maincables, AQ Blizzard, Van den Hul Mainstream, Optical 8k cables, Clearaudio (Synchro+Champion2+TT3 tangential+CM Bearing+Outer Limit+StradivariV2, 530uV, 200 ohms), NUC11 i7, Samsung-980Pro, -A8, -S24Ultra, Roon Life, Netgear 108, AQ Cinnamon all, Live cable USB, AQ jitterbug 5x, WB 18TB 2x2: 220Pro, Kef R3, Rel Studio, Oppo103EU (surround), Quad 707(mod), Kef RDM2, all on Iso Acoustics 200, Gaia 3 & 1, LG Oled55, Furutech wall outlets(3x), AQ NRG-Z3 (2m., 5x), Kemp powerstrips, Audiotool filters, Oppo HA2+PM3 + AQ cinnamon cables
1900 recorded LP's 24/192, 850 DSD 5.1 SACD (via Oppo), 4800 ripped CD's, Qubuz
