Outrunn Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 i am saving up for the hornby digital elite controller, and was expecting it to be about £160-£180 (its cheaper on amazon) so when it suddenly went up to £200 (amazon) i was confused why the sudden increase, so i checked here and the rrp has gone up to £220! but why are hornby suddenly charging more? does anyone know?Side Note - you would have thought they learnt from live steam about hefty prices... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poliss Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 The minimum wage has increased in China. They are also restricting the export of the special metals electrical components are made from which also puts up prices.Amazon aren't the cheapest btw. You can find them a lot cheaper (£159.99)from other reputable stores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outrunn Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 poliss said:The minimum wage has increased in China. They are also restricting the export of the special metals electrical components are made from which also puts up prices.Amazon aren't the cheapest btw. You can find them a lot cheaper (£159.99)from other reputable stores.ah ok thanks for the info. the cheapest i have found it now is £175, where did you find it for £159.99? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulleidboy Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Sorry Poliss I'm not trying to out do you, but I found it for £157. So, Outrunn you need to start looking around. Best of luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poliss Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I( just Googled 'Hornby Elite', clicked the shopping tag at the top and then clicked on the first result which compared shop prices. Making sure of course that the shops showed that it was actually in stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outrunn Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 bulleidboy said:Sorry Poliss I'm not trying to out do you, but I found it for £157. So, Outrunn you need to start looking around. Best of luck.i seem to have started a competition! i found it for £159.50, so the race is on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poliss Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 You might be able to find it cheaper, but what do you know about the shop? The price I showed was from a shop that I've known about for a long time. There's another shop on that list that I wouldn't touch with 20 barge poles connected with Kapton Tape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulleidboy Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 It's not a race. I would agree with Poliss and pay a few pounds more and either get from a reputable dealer or from a shop near to where you live and that you are familiar with - but no need to pay £220. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graskie Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I bought mine some years ago, when they first came out, on a famous online site for about £105 including postage. I've noticed these massively increasing "Chinese" prices over the last few years. Is it perhaps time to bring production back to Margate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poliss Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Only if you want to pay treble what they cost now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graskie Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 On what do you base that assumption? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poliss Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 The fact that because of exchange rates it's three times cheaper having products made in China than the UK. Why do you think production moved there, for a laugh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnerZ Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Some online shops sell packages which include the elite and several decoders for almost less than the RRP of the elite alone. That's where I got mine from and I got 8 loco and 2 accesory decoder with it. Very good if you have many locos to convert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterz Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 You could make a tidy profit on Ebay with your £105 elitw now fetching arround £130sedcond hand.Personaly I decided to play safe and buy a brand new one for £159 from a reputable supplier.Still a good spec machine for price imho.especially if you install the upgrade,though the hike to £219 would have put me off!I don't entirely fall for all these price rise excuses.Sooner or later people will simply not pay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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