CRK pricing abroad

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LX_Emergency

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First off I'm not a CRK owner. Don't have the money to spare for it at the moment. Otherwise I'd probably get me a Mnandi (my fav CRK design).

Here's something that I'm wondering though. I know that as a company CRK wants their dealers to sell for a minimum price. (At least this is what I've heard, if I'm incorrect I'm sorry and I stand corrected)

However, what about maximum prices? When I walk into my nearest knifeshop that carries CRK knives the price for a Large Micarta Sebenza was €800 (with current rates that's over $1000 US).

First question I really have is: Does the company know about this?

Second: What's their stance on it?


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LX
 
If an authorized dealer undercuts the minimum price, they can be dropped as a dealer, and can't get new stock directly from CRK.

A dealer selling for more than the minimum price is not undercutting other dealers, so neither they nor CRK care.

If an individual or a dealer gets stock indirectly, CRK is not involved in a minimum or maximum price.
 
You may find that the extra numbers are due to things like import tax. I know that is the case in the UK.

While CRK are harder to come by in the UK than knives like Emersons, a CQC-7 will be about US$230 in the UK that's a fair bit more than RRP in the US.
 
Just an example - in Poland you have to add 8,5% import tax (calculated on knife value AND shipment fee) and than add 22% of VAT to that. Add shipment from US as well. And shops margin. That's A LOT to add to US price. Knives in EU just HAVE to be much more expencive than in US and you cannot change that. It's quite simple. But you can always order in US but you won't avoid shipment fee, import duty and vat tax anyway. Sorry. It's the law.
 
Hey LX,

I actually contacted CR a while ago about ordering a custom and they told me to go via the dutch dealer (for which they provided an address).
Of course I had already checked that dealer and found that they sold sebenzas for twice the value in $ and then replace the $ sign with a euro sign
so a 330$ seb would become about a 700euro seb.

That is a major rip off.

I only order CRK's from the US and gladly pay taxes and shipping costs and this will approximately be the dollar price converted to euros at the moment. So the 330$ knife will be about a 330E cost. Don't forget the dealers already get a discount when buying from CR so they can sell with a profit. So for them it will be even less.

I responded to CRK about this and told them I'd make the order via one of my regular US suppliers because of the pricing.
They fully understood.

In other words: pick the dealer you like, and don't go to ones that rip you of.
I have yet to find a european dealer that doesn't charge insane prices, so I'm sticking to american dealers and a little bit extra shipping costs and import taxes (of which I heard they can be avoided :) )
 
I think sending as "warranty return" or "commercial sample" is much better because you don't get slugged with customs tax. Although Australia has a 1000 aud tax free threshold!:)
 
zyhano said:
Hey LX,

I actually contacted CR a while ago about ordering a custom and they told me to go via the dutch dealer (for which they provided an address).
Of course I had already checked that dealer and found that they sold sebenzas for twice the value in $ and then replace the $ sign with a euro sign
so a 330$ seb would become about a 700euro seb.

That is a major rip off.

I only order CRK's from the US and gladly pay taxes and shipping costs and this will approximately be the dollar price converted to euros at the moment. So the 330$ knife will be about a 330E cost. Don't forget the dealers already get a discount when buying from CR so they can sell with a profit. So for them it will be even less.

I responded to CRK about this and told them I'd make the order via one of my regular US suppliers because of the pricing.
They fully understood.

In other words: pick the dealer you like, and don't go to ones that rip you of.
I have yet to find a european dealer that doesn't charge insane prices, so I'm sticking to american dealers and a little bit extra shipping costs and import taxes (of which I heard they can be avoided :) )
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I 100% agree with the above poster!
Same problem in Norway and it goes for all kinds of knives and flashlights ( I collect and buy both).

Therefor i buy directly from a dealer in US instead of my local knife shop.
By doing this i save ATLEAST 40% of the cost i would be charged in Norway , and that is after I have payed shipping AND all kinds of taxes/fees.

Example: If i order a fallkniven A2 from Sweden the knife will cost me about $440 (listed price on their webpage) + shipping.
If I order the same knife from a US dealer it will cost me $240 + $40 shipping+ 25% tax = $350
So even swedes would save alot of money by importing their "own" knife from US instead of buying from their local shop or even directly from the factory itself.... where is the logic in that? :D
 
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Part of that problem, Meier66, is that Fallkniven is made in Japan.
It's an import whether you buy it from Sweden or the US. :)
 
mollyssurvival.com said:
just ask if it can be sent as a gift
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The one I bought came shipped as a camping tool and I didn't pay any taxes on it. Shipping with FedEx might have helped.Shipping US mail has cost me quite a few Euros already! I live just south of the OP so I would imagine taxes would be similar. Still cheaper then ordering it in Holland or Germany though!
 
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