gn2 wrote:Data wrote:You appear to know nothing about the actual way machines are marketed. Marketing to the different segments of the bike market calls for particular pricing strategies.
Your opinion which you are of course perfectly entitled to, isn't going to change because you need to do more research to understand how things work in the real world.
What I know is that actual real world sales figures of Sym maxi scooters in the UK remain dismally poor at the current prices.
This is an indisputable fact, not my opinion.
Time will tell if Sym have the pricing of the Maxsym 600 set correctly for the real world or not.
Excellent, and goes some way to illustrating differences in buying from a variety of countries.
Fortunately, I am also involved with the import and distribution of Daelim in the UK and there are good reasons for the price differential
1) Goods from Taiwan and China attract an 8% import duty
2) Goods from Korea have Zero % duty
3) Shipping rates $500 per container less from Korea (34 JoyMax or MaxSym per container)
SYM over 125cc have three year warranty not two as is the case with Daelim
No promotional Finance or Insurance with Daelim
The Daelim product is good - but not as good as SYM, nor is their model portfolio anywhere near as broad - and I have no reason to be biased!!!!
Do you not think it a strange coincidence why SYM and Kymco are similarly priced!
The TGB is powered by a SYM motor as are several of the TGB models (SYM use TGB to manufacture some of the CVT components for SYM models...)
The TGB is however not in the same league as the New Joymax
SYM produce complete machines for Peugeot (who charge £200 per unit more than SYM in UK!!!!!)
Kymco will produce a machine for Kawasaki and that will be more expensive than the Kymco.....
Ha, with a SYM, the quality remains long after the price has been forgotten!
Thanks
SYMUK