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That makes sense being from the importer, they also carry the risk of holding the stock, warranties etc too. But i still think its excessive.
Also most importers/agents have agreements with USA suppliers etc and also the USA agents will have agreements to only sell to their market.
Local stores bypassing importers and sourcing their own supply is good for the customer but not good for making friends.

I think something similar happened with NZar15 was importing DPMS ar10s and selling them for 2k in A cat config a few years back. When everywhere else was around or over 3k if my memory is right.
In NZar15s case, seems like there was no agent at the time?
But his post gives you an idea on the pricing models.


nzar15.com
4 September 2015 ·
"Who can name the official NZ DPMS agent?

To shine a light on this bright spark in the industry heres a recap on our recent past selling DPMS in NZ

We are always looking for new products that we can introduce at the best price possible. The DPMS being the most affordable wholesaled AR in USA was a perfect fit. We thought Kiwis would enjoy a sharp price. So here is an accurate breakdown on the cost price of our DPMS Oracle AR15.

Cost price approx $US435 ($NZ674)
Exporters fees & freight $US89 ($NZ138)
GST $NZ122
Customs clearance and exchange cost $NZ15
Domestic Freight $NZ10
NZ A Cat modifications $NZ135.
Total NZ Cost Price $NZ1045.

We sold these for $NZ1399 which we thought was a reasonable price - $NZ354 margin or around 33%. Our strategy on pricing was that we could afford to come down more if competitors adjusted their price accordingly. We now see the competitors are meeting our price with the hideous thorsden stock models (which in our opinion have safety issues).

This is our breakdown on our DPMS AR10's

Cost price $US675 ($NZ1046)
Exporters fees & freight $US89 ($NZ138)
GST $NZ178
Customs clearance and exchange cost $NZ15
Domestic Freight $NZ10
NZ A Cat modifications $NZ235.
Total NZ Cost Price $NZ1622.

On these we had a $NZ377 margin or around 20%. As you can see our percentage margin on these is less but we wanted to give Kiwis the best priced AR10 ever (boy has that turned out to be true!).

Now back to our original question - who can name the NZ Agent. We'll give you a clue - DPMS is owned by Remington. Heres the funny part, Remington cant even name their own NZ agent. Google "Remington Firearms NZ". It states Thompson Walker, who were liquidated earlier this year - so it must be someone else? Our exporter performed due diligence attempting to establish a NZ agent before exporting - but there was none.

So when we priced the DPMS at what we thought were reasonable prices Remington USA got a flea in their ear from some unknown located at the bottom of the earth. Within the space of 12 hours exports were shut off. All this from an unknown NZ company to lazy to represent the DPMS brand here in a growing AR15 market, cant even be bothered with a website or even turn up to Sika Show to present the latest and greatest from Remington / DPMS.

I would hazard a guess that we probably sold more DPMS rifles in one week than the NZ agent (whoever that is) did in a year.

...and that is why we will no longer be selling DPMS."

But anyway, I do think Tikka are onto a good thing. I just hope the price comes down a little. Most CZ rimfire models seem to be 50-80 USD cheaper than the T1x.