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Posted by Paul
on 11/4/2009, 8:00 pm, in reply to "Re: An alternative view"
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From a European 1250 producer's point of view, selling 150-200 models a year would be a great deal. But from the manager of the gift shop on board, the view might be that these take up valuable space, don't sell in adequate volume, and thus aren't worth stocking. And the profit margin on the cheap crummy models might be a lot batter than on the expensive 1250's.
Now a Chinese producer like Dragon Waves might get a $45 model sold on board, but how does this help the European producers whom we want and need? If the 1250 business is taken over by the Chinese then we're in big trouble.
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: Oh I agree that the percentage of cruisers
: that care about the ship is somewhat small.
: But if 1 person out of 2000 on each ship
: bought a model per trip, that is still 52
: models sold a year. Considering most cruise
: ships these days are at least sister ships,
: if not members of a class of up to 8, then
: you can multiply that general design by 3 to
: 4. So now you are talking about 150-200
: models of a given design selling in a year
: at a minimum. And there is always a
: replenished audience on board every year. I
: do not think that people would buy a $200.00
: model, but if someone could make a nice
: medium quality $45-50.00 model (like the
: Dragon Waves Carnival Spirit), I think it
: could sell as well as the crappy $25.00
: models they currently sell on board do. And
: those do seem to sell pretty well from my
: cruise experience (at least 20 a sailing as
: they are sold out at the end of each trip).
: An example of what is currently sold on
: board.
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