Airsoft Canada - View Single Post - SRC G36's series impact on prices on other G36's?

Crunchmeister · November 25th, 2009, 10:42

The issue with the china cansoft guns is that the market is cornered by a couple of distributors that work tirelessly to be the exclusive importers / distributors of those brands in Canada. That's why the CAS G&G and KJW guns sell for well over 2x what their comparable foreign models (often full metal guns) cost out of country. They've established their market, made themselves the exclusive distributors, and charge whatever they want because they can. That's what a monopoly does to the market. Remember back in the day when Bell used to charge 20+ cents / minute for long distance and had no long distance plans? See what happened once the market opened up? Same deal here.

So far, the only 2 importers that I can see have fair prices with reasonable markups on their goods are Velocity Arms with their new custom JG line, and Mach 1 with their ICS line. If you compare prices to US pricing for the equivalent non-clear products, you'll find that the markup is 1.5-2x, rather than the 2-3x from the others.

November 25th, 2009, 10:42	#13
Crunchmeister Trader rating Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: In your bedroom going though your underwear drawer	The issue with the china cansoft guns is that the market is cornered by a couple of distributors that work tirelessly to be the exclusive importers / distributors of those brands in Canada. That's why the CAS G&G and KJW guns sell for well over 2x what their comparable foreign models (often full metal guns) cost out of country. They've established their market, made themselves the exclusive distributors, and charge whatever they want because they can. That's what a monopoly does to the market. Remember back in the day when Bell used to charge 20+ cents / minute for long distance and had no long distance plans? See what happened once the market opened up? Same deal here. So far, the only 2 importers that I can see have fair prices with reasonable markups on their goods are Velocity Arms with their new custom JG line, and Mach 1 with their ICS line. If you compare prices to US pricing for the equivalent non-clear products, you'll find that the markup is 1.5-2x, rather than the 2-3x from the others. __________________ Last edited by Crunchmeister; November 25th, 2009 at 10:44..