[Ducati] 1098 price

[Tom]

> No, it's because they are dumping in the US market.  The 1098
> costs the same
> as a 999 everywhere else in the world.
>
> Tom
>
> That's not what dumping means.  To call it "dumping" you in fact have to 
> have a domestic industry that the predatory pricing is hurting.  I doubt 
> any 1098 level of pricing would affect the bottom line at HD or Polaris or 
> any of the boutique custom makers.

>From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumping_%28pricing_policy%29

"A standard technical definition of dumping is the act of charging a lower 
price for a good in a foreign market than one charges for the same good in a 
domestic market"

This is the sense of the word I meant.  In Italy, and the rest of the world 
other than the US, the 1098 costs the same as the 999 did.  In the US, they 
have lowerd the price to a level far below the domestic market level in 
order to build up sales in the US.

Tom