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odp · October 23rd, 2005, 03:41

Well, here's some food for thought.

The MSRP from STAR on their web site for the UMP is $385 USD.

http://starairsoft.com/List.htm

WGC sells the STAR UMP (pre-order) for $280 USD. War 4 has the same price, as well as Boom Arms.

So that would be about 73% of MSRP. One could extrapolate that WGC will sell it for around the same ratio, so around $470 USD???

In addition, Aqua was able to get the UMP for 42,000 Yen, so that comes reasonably close to the $385 MSRP.

This reasoning doesn't always work though. Maybe the $385 MSRP is an error, as it's not on the actual product page. Also, Echigoya International jacked the price of the UMP to $500 US. About a 30% increase from the MSRP. They also sell the STAR M14 for $800, a 12% increase on the MSRP of $712.

In the end, I'm optimistic that it will be within 30% of the MSRP + the markups from the Canadian retailers.

October 23rd, 2005, 03:41	#8
odp Trader rating Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Vancouver	Well, here's some food for thought. The MSRP from STAR on their web site for the UMP is $385 USD. http://starairsoft.com/List.htm WGC sells the STAR UMP (pre-order) for $280 USD. War 4 has the same price, as well as Boom Arms. So that would be about 73% of MSRP. One could extrapolate that WGC will sell it for around the same ratio, so around $470 USD??? In addition, Aqua was able to get the UMP for 42,000 Yen, so that comes reasonably close to the $385 MSRP. This reasoning doesn't always work though. Maybe the $385 MSRP is an error, as it's not on the actual product page. Also, Echigoya International jacked the price of the UMP to $500 US. About a 30% increase from the MSRP. They also sell the STAR M14 for $800, a 12% increase on the MSRP of $712. In the end, I'm optimistic that it will be within 30% of the MSRP + the markups from the Canadian retailers.