Author: rustic
Subject: Leupold Customer Service is over rated!
Posted: May/02/2013 at 19:04
This is true.
Labor/unions, taxes and regulations are a huge part of the cost of goods here. Evidently much of the same is true with euro scopes.
The "man" has his hand in everyone's pockets here and abroad... the "name" has very little if anything to do with it in the greater scheme of things.
Edited by rustic - Today at 00:01
Subject: Leupold Customer Service is over rated!
Posted: May/02/2013 at 19:04
 MZ5 wrote:You think it's the name, rather than the American labor, that's a/the primary driver of the prices you dislike? Personally, I think that American labor in Oregon costs A LOT as compared to off-shore Chinese, Philippino, and to some degree even Japanese labor. I know it costs A LOT in the facility I'm in. Other, similar facilities (to mine) south of the border have WAY lower labor costs. |
This is true.
Labor/unions, taxes and regulations are a huge part of the cost of goods here. Evidently much of the same is true with euro scopes.
The "man" has his hand in everyone's pockets here and abroad... the "name" has very little if anything to do with it in the greater scheme of things.
Edited by rustic - Today at 00:01