Jon Lane
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- May 1, 2004
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Steve93Talon said:! You think the end seller is making $175 profit?? If that were true, the knock-off would have no reason to exist! It's more like $50-75. And $50/unit to import is way high, too. Assuming a distributor imports a pallet of 50 units, it probably costs about $500 to bring in, including any tariffs/fees/whatever. That's about $10/unit.
A 20' box costs in the neighborhood of $4000 to float and land and clear, meaning roughly $20 per unit for a wholesaler to own it on US soil. Then we have US fulfillment to the dealer, probably not less than another $20/unit.
As far as dealer profit, I speculate, but I wouldn't touch an expensive US specialty retail operation with a 10% margin with a ten-foot pole; would you?