[quote user="Razlaw"] Every time the discussion of price occurs in this forum, someone brings up this same argument. "My Avant was only twice the price of another TV". When I see this argument I frequently respond with a post asking what TV cost 1/2 the price of the Avant. I did so several pages ago in this thread. Nobody ever answers

[quote user="Mr10Percent"] [quote user="Puncher"] It may well be, but it clearly highlights the issue at hand - products aren't selling and prices are increasing. [/quote] Yes Puncher. They are. But other things are also changing:- Personal taxation, indirect taxation, salaries, mortgages, commodities etc.... certain things that

[quote user="Mr10Percent"] [quote user="Puncher"] It may well be, but it clearly highlights the issue at hand - products aren't selling and prices are increasing. [/quote] Yes Puncher. They are. But other things are also changing:- Personal taxation, indirect taxation, salaries, mortgages, commodities etc.... certain things that

[quote user="symmes"] 20% loss of currency value to Euro over that period does not help [/quote] True, it would be interesting to see the same data for the Danish & German markets.

[quote user="Mr10Percent"]A simple price graph of a few B&O products is only one peice in a rather complicated jigsaw of the truth.[/quote] It may well be, but it clearly highlights the issue at hand - products aren't selling and prices are increasing.

[quote user="Mr10Percent"] [quote user="bayerische"] I would like to see a B&O financial spreadsheet from.... 1996, or 1999, or 1989. This is when products like the TV's was priced at about twice that of the competitors high-end model. Silly inflation hadn't started. Obviously the strategy with a 20.000 euro TV didn't

Let me reiterate - the company lost a small fortune in 2009 with a product range that included the BS1 & BS3. The main reason was a slump in sales - no one was buying the products. The profits you seem to think B&O are making on each product sold can hardly be referred to as a profit if the company is losing money! Increasing the price of the

QED So, using all you learned during your Masters Degree, how would you recommend making more money from existing products having just lost 523 Million DKK in the year 2009 due to slumping sales? How much would you add to the retail price of a BS1 to turn it around? You can ask your friends in manufacturing too if you like.

[quote user="Dkatz"] [quote user="Puncher"] [quote user="Dkatz"] [quote user="Puncher"] [quote user="Dkatz"] Tell me B&O was not making any money from the Century or BS1. Tell me why I should buy a BS8 or Beolit12 instead of the BS1 which costs only a little more than the BS8 yet is not made in China

[quote user="Dkatz"] [quote user="Puncher"] [quote user="Dkatz"] Tell me B&O was not making any money from the Century or BS1. Tell me why I should buy a BS8 or Beolit12 instead of the BS1 which costs only a little more than the BS8 yet is not made in China but looks and sounds much better and is still portable? B&O