General topics » Whats up with Wunderlich America

I recently searched various sources for the RS engine protective bar and came across the Wunderlich blue engine bars. I contacted them via their online request form and they diverted me to their American counterpart for ordering here in the U.S. I really liked them because of their design but also cost (or so I thought). The cost in Euros is fine (E 249.00 approx. $282 US dollars), but to my big disappointment, on Wunderlich America, they are $494.00 U.S. What's with the 75% markup ???? I would venture to say that it’s not shipping as I was told by Wunderlich America that bars are typically direct ship from Germany. So still have to pay shipping regardless.
I was so put off, I decided to go for the Hornig bars, also in blue. They are 291 Euros = $335.00 U.S. shipped to my door. I can even do it all online and pay with PayPal, now that’s more like my likings.

Not sure why Wunderlich adds such a high markup for U.S. buyers. Maybe the U.S. market is not big enough or they're not interested in our business,....

Maybe its the Trump tariffs

Here's another example. At Wunderlich Europe, the Guard Concept action camera mount for the R1200RS lists for €89.90 (or $101.87 at the current exchange rate), but at Wunderlich USA the price is $187.95. That's an 84% markup. I think they're not interested in our business.

Didn't your President recently impose massive import duties on the whole world, especially Germany? Some time before or after declaring Canada a rogue nation, Mexico to be locked up (ie the whole nation entirely), North Korea your new buddies, Russians not bad blokes after all and murdering Arabs just misunderstood really nice guys who happen to have a lot of oil? Apparently your local industries are going to manufacture everything at a fraction of the cost. (Come to think of it, he didn't mention the cost.) It's all part of the plan to make america great. Er, again. 😊

Nothing to do with tariffs, Trump, BREXIT, Arabs or Russians.

Just an old fashioned supplier applying analogue distribution agreements in a digital (and transparent) world. They will eventually fail. Buy elsewhere.

Zitat von Holger im Beitrag #4

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...but I do not know how it looks with the customs

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Zitat von PeteT im Beitrag #7

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Didn't your President recently impose massive import duties on the whole world, especially Germany? Some time before or after declaring Canada a rogue nation, Mexico to be locked up (ie the whole nation entirely), North Korea your new buddies, Russians not bad blokes after all and murdering Arabs just misunderstood really nice guys who happen to have a lot of oil? Apparently your local industries are going to manufacture everything at a fraction of the cost. (Come to think of it, he didn't mention the cost.) It's all part of the plan to make america great. Er, again. 😊

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Zitat von Holger im Beitrag #10

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Zitat von Paul B im Beitrag #9

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Zitat von Holger im Beitrag #4

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...but I do not know how it looks with the customs

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Theoretically there should be no import duty if you mark it as a gift.

What if you wanted to send your "long lost cousin" something for his motorbike as a Christmas gift? Should he have to pay some sort of tax? No...

Cheers

Paul B.

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No problem, it seems like I once had a relationship in the USA.

Anyway, my offer is still valid.

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I agree that President Trump does not appear to have the personal capabilities to be a great President, and it is not for me, as an outsider, to "pile on" and express personal opinions in the unrestrained way that many people do about him. It is almost as if it is a national sport - where people who have no serious background in public life express unrestrained contempt.

There is a downside of it.

The more hysterical the criticism of the US Administration, the less power it has internationally. I don't think that Putin would have fired on, boarded and seized the 3 Ukrainian Navy ships this week if the President of the USA was not "wounded". Nor do I think that is the last military adventure he has planned. Europeans should be worried.

I see no honour in pundits saying "he is not my president". My understanding of the Constitution is that those who are elected hold that office for all.
Trump may well have all the faults (and more) - but the electors put him in ahead of Hilary. To deny a politician that you don't like is to deny the very system that all must subscribe to for the nation to be healthy (politically).

In 2 years time there will be another election, and presumably he or someone else will be elected. At least in that election it is probable there will be a clear choice unlike here in Australia where every politician is scrambling to stand on the "middle ground", is a slave to political correctness, dreams up their policies while buttering their toast at breakfast, and then is forced to abandon them within the week because they are nothing more than a thought bubble.

Maybe if you are in the middle of a jungle it is better to pick a route and stick to it, rather than run around in circles.

Of course it matters far less what Australia does, on the world stage, than the US, but US Citizens should not believe that theirs is the only democratic country where there political leaders are flawed.

Zitat von Aussie Import im Beitrag #13

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I see no honour in pundits saying "he is not my president". My understanding of the Constitution is that those who are elected hold that office for all.
Trump may well have all the faults (and more) - but the electors put him in ahead of Hilary. To deny a politician that you don't like is to deny the very system that all must subscribe to for the nation to be healthy (politically).

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No worries.

Sad fact, every bloody thing is flawed!!!