silo_m8 wroteGeorges00 wrotevegetaleb wrote
Not at all, pcandparts is paying VAT and customs, the majority of his items are from Lebanese official dealers like Asus giving the official warranty, it has nothing to do with amhaz's kind of business, it's just that instead of gaining 90$ profit per item he get 10$ but he sells 100x more
I looked at some Lebanese dealers price and compared them with pcandparts. Didn't compare it alot but his profits were sort of the 10% VAT
A friend is a shop owner and he has access to dealer pricelists, we once compared them to pcandparts and his theoretical profits would be around 5% which would be ridiculous. So there is something fishy in his deals.
I still buy from him, but I realize that something is wrong
Nop this is new marketing vs old dusty Lebanese one, you want to sell more? you drop the price, this is something some old Lebanese shops don't understand, they think people are still stupid and have no access to internet to see the real prices, nothing fishy, the real fishy shops are these old style ''steal the customers'' ones.
See black market in the US, they drop 900$ on high end TVs, results? they sold 50 TVs in less than a minute in small shop, here in Lebanon they drop 5% and they sell 1 TV per week, see the difference?