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RE: Re: Clipsal Ulti
- Subject: RE: Re: Clipsal Ulti
- From: "Nigel Giddings" <nigel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 19:23:07 +0100
Kwong,
I have to say that the situation appears less than straight forward.
It is my understanding that Australian outlets are instructed not to
sell to the UK, yet they are allowed to sell to other countries.
I recently asked for a quote for some C-Bus kit from my local
wholesaler. I spend a fair bit with them and they give me good prices,
they are agents for 'other' Clipsal products. After 6 weeks of being
given the run-around my wholesaler called me and apologised saying that
Clipsal were being obstructive and that he could not get any trade
discount.
My personal experience.
Nigel
-----Original Message-----
From: K. C. Li [mailto:li@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 28 March 2006 18:43
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Clipsal Ulti
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006, UKHA wrote:
> While I agree with you whole-heartedly Mark.. it doesn't make it legal
> to do so and while it doesn't make sense for you to take on 'Mr Style'
> as a retailer, TS may take a different view from a consumer point of
> view.
Price fixing, as you have rightly pointed out, is illegal and I don't
believe it is happening in the UK C-Bus market. The fact that a C-Bus
item
might cost more in the UK than it does directly from Australia doesn't
mean that prices are fixed illegally. There are many legitimate reasons
why prices are different.
> FWIW I don;t think C-Bus are particularly interested in home
> automators, I think they look on us as an annoyance they have to put
Why do you say that?
> up with. Their primary targets I guess are places like hotels,
> conference centres etc.. and rich folk who get installers to do
> everything for them.
I don't think Clipsal or its distributors are overly choosy about the
type
of projects that they would like to be involved in. Naturally, the
higher
the value of a project, the better the attention it would command. The
same reaction could be applied to most businesses.
Regards,
Kwong Li
li@xxxxxxx
Laser Business Systems Ltd.
http://www.laser.com
http://www.cbus-shop.com
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