At 07:33 PM 15/11/2008 -0800, Jerome & Elizabeth Moos wrote:
>I also see the weaker pound is making Brooks Ti saddles in UK almost sane i
>n price again. Over the years, I've bought a good many Brooks saddles di
>rect from UK at times when the price difference covered the shipping, as
>well as a number in the US when the US price including freight was competit
>ive. The window now seems to be open again when direct orders from UK wi
>ll make sense. Brooks need to reduce US prices significantly to protect
>US dealers. That assumes the higher US prices are due to Brooks wholesal
>e pricing, rather than US dealer markups. If the later, then US dealers
>will need to take a bit less markup or lose some sales to UK shops that sel
>l on the net.
I remember when the pound was worth 3 dollars for decades. That was back when Great Britain was still a major manufacturer of cars, motorcycles and bicycles. Ev
John Betmanis
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada