[WWI] MPM's market strategy

[Magnus Berggren]

I agree with you totally. I was just speculating on why they have done 
something this stupid. I have ordered things from NKR myself, and have 
always been happy with both their prices and service. Just the fact that it 
was cheaper to order a very big kit (not MPM though) from them, sending it 
across the world, to my "secret santa"-victim this year, makes me 
questioning their logic in this. NKR must be servicing more people with 
MPM-kits, than most other online stores put together.

/M

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shane Weier" <bristolf2b at hotmail.com>
To: <wwi at wwi-models.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 8:40 AM
Subject: Re: [WWI] MPM's market strategy


> Magnus
>
>>Maybe the smaller shops have been complaining to MPM about not being able 
>>to compete with NKR´s prices.
>
> There *are* no smaller shops selling MPM.  There are no large ones selling 
> them either in Brisbane, and perilously few anywhere else.  And I'm 
> prepared to bet I won't see them at anything close to Earl's prices, nor 
> in the range he had available, from anyone in Australia with the new 
> arrangement.
>
>>I know it shouldn´t matter, but sometimes you just listen to the most 
>>recent critic, and not the satisfied customers.
>
> It pisses *me* off, because now I won't have easy access to more or less 
> the full catalogue, just whatever few kits the shops can be sucked into 
> stocking.  Or I can buy from overseas, where postage is ludicrously high.
>
> MPM have been convinced by someone wanting to act as a distributor that 
> MPM will sell more product by increasing the number of outlets, and 
> selling more product due to wider availability despite rising prices.
>
> It'll be interesting to see if they're able to get enough shops to sell 
> the kits to be proven right.
>
> Shane
>
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