Need help from someone that works in music instrument retail

[Dave_Mustaine84]

because of our dollar surging to $0.77 does that mean that all instruments and equipment prices must go down? its something that i've been pondering for a week.

because if the shops didn't wouldn't they effectively be overcharging?

for instance say our dollar hit US$1.00 then would all guitars have to have their prices slashed in half? because the current prices suggest that our dollar is around US$0.50


i need to know so that i can get on my high horse

p.s. with our dollar being so high, import's become cheaper and exports become more expensive right? but how is that so?

 

[phlogiston]

It's like everything, it depends on when the STORE bought it, not when you buy it. If they spent $1000 importing a guitar they're not going to sell it to you cheaper just because it cost $700 to get one now.

And b) it's not like they HAVE to go down. The store can charge whatever the hell they want.

Imports become cheaper because a guitar that cost $1000 to import 6 months ago now only costs $700. Exports become more expensive for the same reason, but backwards.

 

[Dave_Mustaine84]

thanks alot Phloggy

 

[Cooperman]

However, in reality the prices won't go down. The store will just charge the same and make more money. But you should always haggle them down anyway. If I'm buying a major piece of musical equipment I don't buy it unless they give me at least 20% off RRP. Most places will happily negotiate a good deal for cash.

 

[Dave_Mustaine84]

at Allans the lowest they can go in a regular haggle, is 15%, but of course they do have sales during the year where they can go down to 50% thats how i got my Marshall vs65r for $550 instead of around $970

 

[Shannow]

Once upon a time (well in my lifetime at least), the U.S. dollar was worth only 75 cents Australian.

Then, the world's greatest treasurer floated it, and it sunk.

A year ago, the worlds (second) greatest treasurer told us that every U.S. dollar per barrel that crude went above $36 U.S., and every cent that the Oz dollar dropped (below .45) would translate into 1c/litre at the petrol pumps.

By that, I think that petrol is currently worth 66 cents per litre.

What makes you think that the exchange rate actually changes the price that you pay for stuff ?

 

[Dave_Mustaine84]

yeah i know about that oil stuff, people have been sending heaps of letters to the Herald Sun about it.