Found out how much margin EB will make on GT3 sales.

[Aquaman]

For anyone that is interested about the GT3 release on Wednesday (July 11th).

My cousin works for EB part time and he found out, from the weekly e-mail, that if he sells:

Gran Tourismo 3 ($79 Cdn)
New Logitech GT Force Wheel ($150 Cdn)
Hint Book ($18 Cdn)

for a total of $247 Cdn EB makes $83 Cdn margin.

That's 33.6% mark up.

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[bacillus]

that's sad but certainly not the highest markup I've seen!

 

[Aquaman]

Yeah not like the $61 Cdn (93.85%) pure profit that they get from selling a two year $65 Cdn Extended Service Warranty for a PS2 ($4 bucks go to the person who sells it).

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[Muadib]

There's a hint book for GT3?:Q

 

[Aquaman]

Yup....... to help you get all the cars ie. teach you how to get certain drivers licenses to unlock cars so you could use them. I remember go to EB to look at the GT2 book for hints on how to get past certain parts.

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[Aquaman]

BUMP

 

[lowfatbaconboy]

take cologne / purfume thats like 1000% mark up

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

This is actually a relatively low markup. Most retail prices are twice what the store pays for the item (though there are also many very short-margin items, like computers, bicycles, and others). Jewelry probably has the highest margin of amy major category of retail sales.

 

[Noriaki]

~34% isn't that bad.

At least it's not piss in a bottle sell it as perfume for $500 a bottle.

 

[pulse8]

Does it annoy you guys to have to always put Cdn after you write a dollar amount?

 

[Noriaki]

Yes, but it's less annoying that people jumping on us and telling us what a horribly innaccurate price or huge ripoff we just posted, especially when it's irrelevant to the conversation

 

[SuperSix]

<< For anyone that is interested about the GT3 release on Wednesday (July 11th).
My cousin works for EB part time and he found out, from the weekly e-mail, that if he sells:
Gran Tourismo 3 ($79 Cdn)
New Logitech GT Force Wheel ($150 Cdn)
Hint Book ($18 Cdn)
for a total of $247 Cdn EB makes $83 Cdn margin.
That's 33.6% mark up.
Cheers,
Aquaman >>



Good for them.

They should charge as much as the market will bear...

 

[Keego]

damn cdn's

 

[N8Magic]

That markup is not all that high. Consumer electronics in general have a markup of ~30%, so that isn't completely outrageous.

Try the `*!HUGE!*` markup on furniture and mattresses on for size. Not to mention designer clothes.