Amps

[infragreen]

Fender, Mesa, Vox, Marshall...I was looking at prices and I swear they're 20% higher then they were last time I checked.

[hcprimerib]

everything else has gone up in price: gasoline, utilities, food. I wonder why amp prices have went up? hmm, never saw that coming.

[HKSblade2]

Everything is going up. Just finished a seminar for instance that discussed these very things. Most of what is happening is merely technology in place. That technology has an immediate cost to ANY business, however that technology used reduces need for more employees. CT is another huge impactor on mid wage jobs.

Parts companies, warehouses are all moving to automation. The upfront automation costs will have to be recovered before the $ starts to really show margins they expect. depending upon the scale of the automation, those companies will hike their prices.

Parts shoppers, new builders are all getting their parts online. They can get automated quotes without havin to talk to a salesman during regular business hours.

I was talking to an automotive parts supplier than went LSA. Large scale automation. He went from having 65 employees to 17. In the new age of healthcare, higher payroll taxes this IS the trend.

This affects the amp designer in much the same way. Immediately, they see the higher prices of their own inventory and shipping which they must pass on to the retail side of their product. At the same time, they might be rescaling their business as well (at a cost) and market their product respective to new costs etc. 

Off to catch another flight! 

[Steve2112]

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HKSblade2 wrote:

Everything is going up. Just finished a seminar for instance that discussed these very things. Most of what is happening is merely technology in place. That technology has an immediate cost to ANY business, however that technology used reduces need for more employees. CT is another huge impactor on mid wage jobs.

Parts companies, warehouses are all moving to automation. The upfront automation costs will have to be recovered before the $ starts to really show margins they expect. depending upon the scale of the automation, those companies will hike their prices.

Parts shoppers, new builders are all getting their parts online. They can get automated quotes without havin to talk to a salesman during regular business hours.

I was talking to an automotive parts supplier than went LSA. Large scale automation. He went from having 65 employees to 17. In the new age of healthcare, higher payroll taxes this IS the trend.

This affects the amp designer in much the same way. Immediately, they see the higher prices of their own inventory and shipping which they must pass on to the retail side of their product. At the same time, they might be rescaling their business as well (at a cost) and market their product respective to new costs etc. 

Off to catch another flight! 

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Mostly because of the falling US dollar. Our dollar buys less, whether a manufacturer or consumer. So, to buy the same thing...it costs more.

I sometimes think about our wacked out economics system. We pay more for stuff, then we need a raise, then they have to raise the price of stuff because they are payrolling more, than we need a raise to pay for rising costs of stuff, then they have to raise the price of stuff becuase they paying more for stuff, then we need more money to pay for stuff and....etc. LOL. wnt:

[nakedzen]

Diezel prices have gone down about 5%, the Engl SE costs 13% less than what it used to, Kemper has gone down 7% from launch price.

(In europe that is).

[eco007]

lemme' do one of my old ones, lol

The system is dead!

[gregtallica]

Everything has gone up. It seems like MIM strats & teles were $250 across the board, just like.. standard used price. Now they're all over for $350+. $300 seems about the lowest for a decent quality mim strat.

[WildNorth]

New stuff seems to have gone up some, but with the economy being what it is you can get some KILLER deals on used gear right now.

[Inspector 71]

Economic Fiat Masturbatory Antics

[chrispeter]

You know what they say "spit rolls down hill" with that said...

Minimum wage went up big time in the past 4-5 years. Cost every company more to operate so they adjust their prices to reflect their constant greed for more profits. Therefore cost of living goes up and now people that work in higher paying jobs want an increase in pay to adjust to it. Its just a cycle from here.

Now the two minimum wage roommates renter wants more $$$ to adjust to it AND their food and products cost more now to so they got nowhere with it.

As for the higher paying jobs same thing happens to them.

My favorite complaint is from the trucking industry whom fuel cost have pretty much nothing to do with the above. Winy about fuel cost so they charge more for the SAME end profit/wages. What's the complaint here??????

If I were a CEO I'd take FULL advantage of the new pricing!

Food 4 Thought

The rich get richer and the poor get............BLEEPED!!!

[OMG WTF LOLZ]

It is inflation you fucking retards.

EDIT -  prices would have gone up about 10% in 5 years due to inflation.

[OMG WTF LOLZ]

"My favorite complaint is from the trucking industry whom fuel cost have pretty much nothing to do with the above. Winy about fuel cost so they charge more for the SAME end profit/wages. What's the complaint here??????"

They have to charge more to cover costs, and maybe profit margins stay the same per unit sold, but that doesn't mean profits stay the same. If prices have to increase for a particular good or service (relative to everything else), demand goes down, and total profits are less than before.

[Mogwix]

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Steve2112 wrote:

Mostly because of the falling US dollar. Our dollar buys less, whether a manufacturer or consumer. So, to buy the same thing...it costs more.

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 The prices you're paying in the US are starting to get closer to the prices we've always been paying in Canada. Everything up here has always been much more expensive, and since CAD is now ~ 1 USD a lot of Canadians have been hopping the border and shopping on the lower prices.