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"It's only S$98 for a power cord that retailed @ US$595 in USA"

http://classifieds.singnet.com.sg/ [...] =29&Num=21

look for - Count Down to ISSE'04 - 27 days from now!

Can somebody out there confirm this Ad?
Regards

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On 24 Oct 2004 15:24:21 GMT, "Chelvam" <chelvam@myjaring.net> wrote:

>"It's only S$98 for a power cord that retailed @ US$595 in USA"

http://ohiovalleyaudio.com/classic_toys_008.htm

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Still twice the price.
"François Yves Le Gal" <flegal@aingeal.com> wrote in message
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> On 24 Oct 2004 15:24:21 GMT, "Chelvam" <chelvam@myjaring.net> wrote:
>
> >"It's only S$98 for a power cord that retailed @ US$595 in USA"
>
> http://ohiovalleyaudio.com/classic_toys_008.htm
>

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On 26 Oct 2004 00:08:03 GMT, "Chelvam" <chelvam@myjaring.net> wrote:

> Still twice the price.
>"François Yves Le Gal" <flegal@aingeal.com> wrote in message
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>> On 24 Oct 2004 15:24:21 GMT, "Chelvam" <chelvam@myjaring.net> wrote:
>>
>> >"It's only S$98 for a power cord that retailed @ US$595 in USA"
>>
>> http://ohiovalleyaudio.com/classic_toys_008.htm

And, more importantly, still much more than a top-quality
fully-shielded computer power cord, which will run you not more than
$50 in any good electronics or computer store - and is still total
overkill for domestic audio!
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

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"Stewart Pinkerton" <patent3@dircon.co.uk> wrote in message
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snip....

> And, more importantly, still much more than a top-quality
> fully-shielded computer power cord, which will run you not more than
> $50 in any good electronics or computer store - and is still total
> overkill for domestic audio!

What I don't understand is how could someone markup the price from about $60
to $595. Even at $50, they probably make some profit.

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Chelvam wrote:

> "It's only S$98 for a power cord that retailed @ US$595 in USA"
>
> http://classifieds.singnet.com.sg/ [...] =29&Num=21
>
> look for - Count Down to ISSE'04 - 27 days from now!
>
> Can somebody out there confirm this Ad?
> Regards
>

man, that classifieds page sure has some audio tweaking quackery!

Are Singaporean/Malaysian audiophiles that gullible to such stuff?

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Chelvam wrote:
> "Stewart Pinkerton" <patent3@dircon.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:clmoh50i2p@news2.newsguy.com...
> snip....
>
>
>> And, more importantly, still much more than a top-quality
>> fully-shielded computer power cord, which will run you not more than
>> $50 in any good electronics or computer store - and is still total
>> overkill for domestic audio!
>
> What I don't understand is how could someone markup the price from about $60
> to $595. Even at $50, they probably make some profit.
>
>
>

Even at $5, they probably make some profit.

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"Tat Chan" <le_king_num_7@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Snip......

> Are Singaporean/Malaysian audiophiles that gullible to such stuff?

Not as bad as some in US or even UK. If you look around, you would notice
prices in Singapore is almost 40% less than UK. And that got nothing to do
with GST or whatever tax structure.

Sometime ago, I posted about made in China Tara Labs cables here but I also
know of another cable made in China being sold in US almost 20 times more.

In fact some of the wonderful Chinese product designs probably originated
from some US or UK outsourcing policy.

Another example, one of the top US power transformer was copied and being
sold in Malaysia under different brand. Dare to say at least 50% high end
shops use them. So who's gullible?

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Chung wrote:

>>> And, more importantly, still much more than a top-quality
>>> fully-shielded computer power cord, which will run you not more than
>>> $50 in any good electronics or computer store - and is still total
>>> overkill for domestic audio!
>>
>> What I don't understand is how could someone markup the price from
>> about $60
>> to $595. Even at $50, they probably make some profit.
>>
>
> Even at $5, they probably make some profit.
===================================

But that's got no panache whatsoever...nothing to brag about, to amaze
your friends with.

-GP

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