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anybody notice Tower's prices have gone way up? - 7/2/2008 12:42:05 AM   
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Status: online 		i just bought some new toys, mostly electric stuff.....1 GP Reactor and 1 GP Reactor bipe...........both have gone up 15%.
almost all their GP ARF's have gone up 15% and more...........Futaba servos?.....same thing.
bought some S3154's for 32 bucks, now they are 35 bucks.......3114's, 12.99, and now they are 14.99.
some new (4) 9252's for 74 bucks and now they are 84 bucks...etc etc.

are the Chineese raising their wages and we are now seeing the affects?
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RE: anybody notice Tower's prices have gone way up? - 7/2/2008 3:46:20 AM   
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RE: anybody notice Tower's prices have gone way up? - 7/2/2008 4:17:47 AM   
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are the Chineese raising their wages and we are now seeing the affects?


not necessarily, it's just that the Dollar isn't worth it's weight in dirt right now. Therefore, the exchange rate makes for a higher cost of labor using the American Dollar...But, we all know dang well that when the dollar rebounds, prices won't drop!

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RE: anybody notice Tower's prices have gone way up? - 7/2/2008 4:24:06 AM   
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Status: offline 		It was just a matter of time before it got to us. Everything is being brought back to the cost of gas and transportation to bring things to Tower and us. All the things that are made overseas have to come to us on a boat or a plane, and they all need fuel and gas. I am now being told that the Chinese are not making nitro until after the Olympics are complete, so there goes the price of fuel. Just the full circle as they say. Good Luck, Dave


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RE: anybody notice Tower's prices have gone way up? - 7/2/2008 5:12:52 AM   
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Status: offline 		Actually, the Chinese standard of living is getting better and so the wages and benefits they receive are increasing. It will eventually come to a point where there is no more economic advantage to Chinese made goods and the production of cheap stuff will move somewhere else.

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RE: anybody notice Tower's prices have gone way up? - 7/2/2008 12:16:40 PM   
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Status: offline 		The way it's going the production of cheap stuff will move here...

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RE: anybody notice Tower's prices have gone way up? - 7/3/2008 5:44:19 PM   
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ORIGINAL: *JCB*


quote:

ORIGINAL: summerwind

are the Chineese raising their wages and we are now seeing the affects?


not necessarily, it's just that the Dollar isn't worth it's weight in dirt right now. Therefore, the exchange rate makes for a higher cost of labor using the American Dollar...But, we all know dang well that when the dollar rebounds, prices won't drop!



smarter than you look...

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RE: anybody notice Tower's prices have gone way up? - 7/3/2008 5:49:20 PM   
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The way it's going the production of cheap stuff will move here...



Actually that probably isn't far off the mark it will just take time. Manufacturing is done where it is cheapest to do so, if it becomes less profitable to do it in China over somewhere else then it will be done somewhere else. There are a lot of other Asian countries that are just getting their manufacturing systems off the ground. Vietnam is an example, as these other countries get off the ground china will be less profitable. Eventually the cycle will run around the world until everywhere has been 'industrial revolutionized' and then it won't much matter where anything is manufactured.

This is of course highly generalized as some countries may have things like materials in abundance that make it cheaper for them to do one thing over another...

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RE: anybody notice Tower's prices have gone way up? - 7/4/2008 12:48:53 AM   
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RE: anybody notice Tower's prices have gone way up? - 7/4/2008 3:54:53 AM   
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