Could There Be Some Price Fixing?

[Lagotete]

Wanted a leather jacket for months and kept visiting retailers laughing at my expectations. "you'd better reconsider your budget if you are thinking leather, mate". Irrespective of the fact that I still don't know if "mate" is a way of telling me that I am now included in a circle of friends, or if it is a way to tell me that I have proven not to be worth of the title "Sir" ...the fact is that I was frustrated to be denied my mini dream.
Yesterday I rode my bike to Infinity in Farnborough and fell in love with the Frank Thomas Bullit Retro Jacket (cafe racer) with a cost reduced from £199 down to £129.
In the evening, I was contemplating (and smelling [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif[/img] ) my nice acquisition when I started wondering who came with the design? Is there a story around this item, etc. I logged on the web and found that all online or otherwise clothes dealers have magically made their own mind to drop their price from £199 to £129. If it is not price fixing...can someone tell me what this is? [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ranting.gif[/img]

[dapleb]

Competition?

This post was last modified: 25-06-2010, 12:59 PM by dapleb.

[hallrob1]

Frank Thomas set sale prices on some of their range a couple of times a year - usually winter gear in spring etc........

[Lagotete]

<!--quoteo(post=167600:date=Fri 25th Jun 2010, 01:59 PM:name=dapleb)-->QUOTE(dapleb @ Fri 25th Jun 2010, 01:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Competition?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->I understand sales and I understand why dealers would check on the internet that their "sales" price should be as attractive as others. THIS is competition. What I don't get is why the rest of the time the "recommended price" is the price implemented by the few retailers of bike clothing. Even in the perfume industry you see department stores making efforts on their margin to cut the price by a few percents. IMHO (from what I have seen) this doesn't happen in the motorcycle accessory world.Then again, I am not naive. I know that this is the way it works in "niche markets. "<!--quoteo(post=167604:date=Fri 25th Jun 2010, 02:18 PM:name=Fernihough)-->QUOTE(Fernihough @ Fri 25th Jun 2010, 02:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I understand sales and I understand why dealers would check on the internet that their "sales" price should be as attractive as others. THIS is competition. What I don't get is why the rest of the time the "recommended price" is the price implemented by the few retailers of bike clothing. Even in the perfume industry you see department stores making efforts on their margin to cut the price by a few percents. IMHO (from what I have seen) this doesn't happen in the motorcycle accessory world.Then again, I am not naive. I know that this is the way it works in "niche markets. "<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->By the way, this post was my way of boasting about my new jacket [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif[/img] Yours shamefullyF

[Studley Ramrod]

Nice jacket !



I like the classic lookin' uns. My local yammy dealer had some o these in [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img] £199 [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif[/img]

[Lagotete]

<!--quoteo(post=167608:date=Fri 25th Jun 2010, 02:33 PM:name=Studley Ramrod)-->QUOTE(Studley Ramrod @ Fri 25th Jun 2010, 02:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Nice jacket !



I like the classic lookin' uns. My local yammy dealer had some o these in [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img] £199 [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif[/img]

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That is the one. Type ref FTL282 on your google browser and you will find it at £129 online in a number of sites or your local "showroom" !

I like the site where a journalist comments that even if he was told that it was made by communist with kitten skin he would still like his jacket [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif[/img]

[Onanist]

Ooh I got one of those Yammy ones in blue from my local dealers for £99 [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img]

[Guest]

<!--quoteo(post=167621:date=Fri 25th Jun 2010, 05:03 PM:name=Onanist)-->QUOTE(Onanist @ Fri 25th Jun 2010, 05:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Ooh I got one of those Yammy ones in blue from my local dealers for £99 [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img]

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If I could only get this in red.

[Studley Ramrod]

<!--quoteo(post=167621:date=Fri 25th Jun 2010, 05:03 PM:name=Onanist)-->QUOTE(Onanist @ Fri 25th Jun 2010, 05:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Ooh I got one of those Yammy ones in blue from my local dealers for £99 [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->


Very nice [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]

[catsbum]

From Aussie down below, £95.00 beat that.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Motorcycle-Leather-J...=item4150325ecd

This post was last modified: 26-06-2010, 04:12 PM by catsbum.