locally available = pay more. How high would you go?
Good morning Skunks, I am interested at where you draw the line on how much more you would pay for goods locally if you can get them "cheaper" online elsewhere. Take for example Macbook Pro 17" i7/2.2 GHz/4GB/750GB This costs KSH 299,000/- at The Junction Mall. Walk in with the money, walk out with the machine
From the Apple store it costs USD 2656 after tax = KSH 252,000/-
A difference of KSH 47,000/- Considering you can get someone to carry it over for you and you very generously give them KSH 10,000/- for their troubles this leaves KSH 37,000/- better off than buying it locally. But you have to wait, you have to find someone accommodating and trustworthy to make the purchase on your behalf, you have to find someone trustworthy and accommodating to bring the machine over etc. For some us all that is worth saving KSH 37,000 others would just pay the KSH 37,000/- extra and have the machine immediately. What would you do? Where do you draw the line? 10k? 50? 100k? Thanks D
Bought my Mac locally, price differential was 8,000 KES at the time. The USD has gone haywire... Problem is that, according to Apple, we, in Kenya, are affluent Europeans, so we get the same pricing as the UK etc... Given that they have higher income per-capita, their pricing is higher... Really silly, in my book to have EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) as one territory (Old Money, Oil Money and No Money)... On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Daudi Were <daudi.were@gmail.com> wrote:
Good morning Skunks,
I am interested at where you draw the line on how much more you would pay for goods locally if you can get them "cheaper" online elsewhere. Take for example Macbook Pro 17" i7/2.2 GHz/4GB/750GB This costs KSH 299,000/- at The Junction Mall. Walk in with the money, walk out with the machine From the Apple store it costs USD 2656 after tax = KSH 252,000/-
A difference of KSH 47,000/-
Considering you can get someone to carry it over for you and you very generously give them KSH 10,000/- for their troubles this leaves KSH 37,000/- better off than buying it locally.
But you have to wait, you have to find someone accommodating and trustworthy to make the purchase on your behalf, you have to find someone trustworthy and accommodating to bring the machine over etc.
For some us all that is worth saving KSH 37,000 others would just pay the KSH 37,000/- extra and have the machine immediately.
What would you do? Where do you draw the line? 10k? 50? 100k?
Thanks
D
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On 17 August 2011 10:24, Phares Kariuki <pkariuki@gmail.com> wrote:
Bought my Mac locally, price differential was 8,000 KES at the time. The USD has gone haywire...
If the difference had been KES 10,000 would you have still bought it? What if the price difference had been KES 30,000? Where would you draw the line? Really silly, in my book to have EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) as one
territory (Old Money, Oil Money and No Money)...
Ha! Like that line. Perhaps change Africa to New Money?
Really silly, in my book to have EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) as one territory (Old Money, Oil Money and No Money)... Nice one Phares. @ Daudi, more like will work hard for money :-) On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Daudi Were <daudi.were@gmail.com> wrote:
On 17 August 2011 10:24, Phares Kariuki <pkariuki@gmail.com> wrote:
Bought my Mac locally, price differential was 8,000 KES at the time. The USD has gone haywire...
If the difference had been KES 10,000 would you have still bought it? What if the price difference had been KES 30,000? Where would you draw the line?
Really silly, in my book to have EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) as
one territory (Old Money, Oil Money and No Money)...
Ha! Like that line. Perhaps change Africa to New Money?
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On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Daudi Were <daudi.were@gmail.com> wrote:
Ha! Like that line. Perhaps change Africa to New Money?
SubSaharan Africa has a total GDP output of 1 Trillion USD against a population approaching 1 billion... Close to 8% of that comes from Gauteng province in SA... Average per capita GDP is 1,000 USD (basically, the average African does not 'generate' enough to buy a MacBook. Contrast that to 15 trillion in the Euro zone (which has half our population, btw). Average per-capita is 30,000 USD. Middle East has a GDP output of 5 Trillion USD, on a population of 460M. Roughly 10,000 USD per person... And the Middle East economy is going to accelerate buoyed by OPEC. If the difference had been KES 10,000 would you have still bought it? What
if the price difference had been KES 30,000? Where would you draw the line?
If the price differential was more than 10% of the cost of the device, I would not have bought it. Problem though is availability... Another alternative is getting DHL to ship it to you. They are expensive but they can get it from their Sarit Shop in 1 week. -- With Regards, Phares Kariuki | T: +254 720 406 093 | E: pkariuki@gmail.com | Twitter: kaboro | Skype: kariukiphares | B: http://www.kaboro.com/ |
If the price differential was more than 10% of the cost of the device, I would not have bought it. Problem though is availability... Another alternative is getting DHL to ship it to you. They are expensive but they can get it from their Sarit Shop in 1 week.
Now that I think is a wise bench mark. we will pay more for goods available locally but not more than 10%. -- Ni Wakati! Pamoja! Daudi Were Digital Strategy
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 9:36 AM, Daudi Were <daudi.were@gmail.com> wrote:
If the price differential was more than 10% of the cost of the device, I would not have bought it. Problem though is availability... Another alternative is getting DHL to ship it to you. They are expensive but they can get it from their Sarit Shop in 1 week.
Now that I think is a wise bench mark. we will pay more for goods available locally but not more than 10%.
Yeah shipping shouldnt be more than $150 -- so it makes sense to buy online and ship since there is no duty or customs on laptops.
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Phares Kariuki <pkariuki@gmail.com> wrote:
Bought my Mac locally, price differential was 8,000 KES at the time. The USD has gone haywire...
Problem is that, according to Apple, we, in Kenya, are affluent Europeans, so we get the same pricing as the UK etc... Given that they have higher income per-capita, their pricing is higher... Really silly, in my book to have EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) as one territory (Old Money, Oil Money and No Money)...
Looks like it costs more in China: http://store.apple.com/cn/browse/home/shop_mac/family/macbook_pro?mco=MTAyNT... Though I still feel that we are paying the price of being in the Euro Zone - Not sure if Microconseil send them in from France.
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Daudi Were <daudi.were@gmail.com>wrote:
Good morning Skunks,
I am interested at where you draw the line on how much more you would pay for goods locally if you can get them "cheaper" online elsewhere. Take for example Macbook Pro 17" i7/2.2 GHz/4GB/750GB This costs KSH 299,000/- at The Junction Mall. Walk in with the money, walk out with the machine From the Apple store it costs USD 2656 after tax = KSH 252,000/-
A difference of KSH 47,000/-
Considering you can get someone to carry it over for you and you very generously give them KSH 10,000/- for their troubles this leaves KSH 37,000/- better off than buying it locally.
But you have to wait, you have to find someone accommodating and trustworthy to make the purchase on your behalf, you have to find someone trustworthy and accommodating to bring the machine over etc.
For some us all that is worth saving KSH 37,000 others would just pay the KSH 37,000/- extra and have the machine immediately.
What would you do? Where do you draw the line? 10k? 50? 100k?
Thanks
D
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Phares Kariuki
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