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Post by Eorl @ 01:27pm 25/09/12 | 6 Comments
![]() "We are calling it a true gaming laptop, because we want to draw attention to the fact that it’s not just gaming, it’s a gaming laptop that’s super-thin, and super-light; something that you can carry around; not a desktop replacement", Min-Liang reveals. "From that want, and the (pretty badass I think) non-compromising attitude that whenever someone said that “it’s impossible to do this”, we basically said fuck you, we’re just going to continue doing that. We designed the Razer Blade, and launched this in North America last year, and it’s gotten a phenomenal response, but we’ve been getting pinged by Australian gamers all the time on Twitter: “hey man, we always get the things last over here”, and stuff like that." Make sure you check out the full interview here for a look at how Razer came up with the idea of the "Blade". The Razer Blade will be available on November 1st for a SRP of AUD$2999.
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Posted 03:34pm 25/9/12
Posted 03:36pm 25/9/12
Posted 03:37pm 25/9/12
because it costs them an extra $700 to ship it here.
Posted 03:44pm 25/9/12
Posted 03:48pm 25/9/12
As long as people keep paying that higher price, it's generally just not good business sense for most companies to drop to price parity. Almost every laptop you'll find in Australian stores has a similar disparity compared to US pricing, so why would this be any different?
Apple are the only ones I can think of that come close to the 10% GST difference, and I would imagine that's a luxury they're able to do as a goodwill gesture for marketing reasons, because of how massive their mark-ups on Macbooks would already be, and the general size of their company.
EDIT: Just to clarify, am not defending local IT price disparities in general, just that there's little point in singling out a small manufacturer like Razer.
Posted 03:55pm 25/9/12
Still, this "news" post is just thinly veiled marketing, so I understand why you don't see the need to ask any hard hitting questions.