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Another price increase (for Canada)!

By Rob_G

7 years ago


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    #1 7 years ago

    Another price increase came today, at least for Canadians. Since January there have been 2 major price increases. This new one takes a pro from $7099 to $7499. Prior to January 1, a pro was about $600-$700 cheaper than now.

    The first increase was from Stern, this new one appears to be from the sole Canadian distributor of Stern gamers.

    Unbelievable!

    Rob

    #3 7 years ago

    IMVE 9,699.00. I hope that's a typo on their site...

    Rob

    #5 7 years ago

    It must be the distributor? We only have 1 distributor for Stern here. I guess they don't want to sell NIB games... shrugs

    Rob

    #14 7 years ago
    Quoted from Khabbi:

    $7095 is only about $100 more than what we are required to pay in the U.S., not sure why that's a big deal?
    Sure dealers can mark up/advertise higher, they do the same here, but you have to shop around.

    It's a big deal because the price was $5000 for a Stern pro 3 (or 4?) years ago. Now it is apparently $7500. Wages certainly don't keep up to that kind of increase.

    The one main Stern distributor/importer supplies all the other distributors so it remains to be seen if the price is increased to them as well.

    Rob

    #53 6 years ago
    Quoted from PinballNewb:

    Right. 3 years ago someone from Canada could sell a pin for 5k USD and realize 5k CAD. So now on that same sale I'm sure they are fine with getting that same 5k CAD today and selling to someone in the US for only 4k USD...
    The Canadian distributor buying from Stern in USD isn't going to sit back and watch their gross profit decrease due to the FX impact of a weaker CAD. Now will they decrease prices when the CAD bounces back significantly and their cogs decrease as a result? That will truly tell if they are gouging more than they should.

    They are certainly price gouging, no question about it. I was very close to picking up an AS pro, but this new price increase just killed the deal. Perhaps we should start sending complaints to Stern about unfair pricing tactics.

    Rob

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