| From: | "Paul J. Adam" <paul@********.demon.co.uk> |
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| Subject: | Re: Killing in Shadowrun... |
| Date: | Wed, 22 May 1996 17:25:47 +0100 |
A Olson <volson@********.ca> writes
>Ummm, Paul? Do you know much about buisiness? Do you know what kind of
>markup there is on most of the products you buy today? You buy a pair of
>Nike shoes for about $100, right? Do you know what it costs Nike to build
>said shoes? Yes, about $5. On most of your clothing you haveabout 150%
>mark up, on jewellery closer to 250%. Is the afore mentioned 95%
>unrealistic? Yes,but on the conservative side.
You're talking high-value consumer goods, where the markup is accounted
for by the brand name. I wear Hi-Tec shoes, because they're a third of
the price of Nike and I don't care about brand name :)
I build lightweight torpedoes for the Royal Navy and RAF, and our
margins - on cost, on support - are set by the Ministry and verified by
PQS inspection. Selling for export, we're competing against Honeywell,
Whitehead and Eurotorp before we even start, and I promise you that the
margin is the first thing to go. Military hardware is priced much closer
to the line than running shoes.
"There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable and
praiseworthy."
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Paul J. Adam paul@********.demon.co.uk
