[Ducati] 1098 price

[mike major]

Motorcyclist magazine's smart buy of the month is the 999 because with everyone trading them in for the new 1098 they will be discounted.  I know I'm a minority here but I've always liked the 749/999 look so that may be good news for me.  Later, Moonbeam

"rlabuc at bigpond.net.au" <rlabuc at bigpond.net.au> wrote:   Here in Australia, the new 1098 base model is about $3000 less than the outgoing 999. It's going to do wonders to the resale price of my old bike!

Rob


Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 07:57:04 EST 
From: Veloce916 at aol.com 
Subject: Re: [Ducati] 1098 price 
To: ducati at ducati.net 
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For those who aren't familiar with this term, "Dumping" is a form of price 
discrimination but the term has become over used these days to refer to 
anything that's sold in one place for less than another, instead of less than the 
cost of production which is what true dumping refers to. In this case, as in 
the case of say, Porsche and Mercedes for example, it's cheaper to buy these 
products in the US than in the countries where they are produced. It's 
basically a benefit of free trade. We are a huge market. If the pricing was 
actually injuring the home market as true "dumping" is thought to do, the 
International Trade Commission has a process for filing a grievance. 
At least that's how I understand it in layman's terms. The way I see it, if 
Ducati (or Porsche or Mercedes) was dumping in the US market the numbers would 
pull the year end grosses down rather than raise them, which they do. 
Economics is a complicated subject but one solid truth remains - you can't lose 
money on an item and make that up in volume. :-) 
Vicki 





In a message dated 12/20/2006 2:53:54 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
st2_ at ticino.com writes: 

No, it's because they are dumping in the US market. The 1098 costs the same 

as a 999 everywhere else in the world. 


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