[quote user="BYPAHTEC"] [quote user="Puncher"] Evening chaps! [/quote] Speak of the devil! [/quote]

Evening chaps!

[quote user="Dkatz"] I do feel ripped off because it cost them almost nothing to produce it in labour cost and in materials....... If it was hand assembled in Struer from the type of plastics and metals that B&O produces themselves in Struer, I would say it was worth $1500 or even $2000 but $800 for a mass manufactured plastic chinese

[quote user="Bentleyman"] [quote user="Puncher"] As for the small hifi companies that keep getting mentioned - do they employ 2500 people and have €588 million turnover? ................ thought not! They are completely different business models with different objectives, requiring completely different strategies. [/quote] On

I don't believe the Chinese buyers of Rolls Royce buy them for the heritage or the hand stitched leather etc. I believe they buy them because they are instantly recognisable as being a status symbol and very, very expensive. The few Chinese factory owners I've met are very, very keen to tell you just how much all of their possessions cost -

[quote user="elephant"] Another nice one !! And I liked the "His Master's Voice" LPs too ......... [/quote] Maybe the 7" scale works better -

[quote user="Dkatz"] Puncher – It depends how much they sell that product for. And obviously not all companies are out of business that produce in developed countries (including electronics). I can name thousands of electronic products which are produced in a developed country and the companies still make a profit. Look at Fujitsu producing

[quote user="moxxey"] Mind you, these two are half decent, too: and Innovative use of the frets. [/quote] The top one makes it look like a Bowers & Wilkins! Love the bicycle - I actually thought of wire wheels when I first read the thread but combining the front and rear forks is sheer genius!

My feeble photoshopped effort - maybe not such a good idea after all!

Consider a small Chinese electronic assembly as an example, costing $6. Materials account for ~$4.50, meaning ~$1.50 is for labour etc. Assuming this is paid at Dkatz's $1.65 rate, then adjusted for $25 and $55 rates this assembly would then cost from $27.23 - $54.50. The company is out of business at a stroke!