Jamo & Sherwood

Hey Guyz...

Did you all had a look at the latest Croma Magazine...

The combination of Jamo Speakers with the Sherwood Amp...
What is Jamo upto...

Aren't they spoiling the brand by dropping the prices in the market...???

What are your comments on the same...

Please even mark up, are multibranders like Reliance & Tata Croma, etc, spoiling the market by dropping prices to bottom rock...???

And should newbies consider the purchase & installation from these people...???

Please mark in your valuable comments...

No reactions...!!!...No comments...!!!...Strange...

mridul, if you can post on what exactly you read about jamo and sherwood , then I suppose we can say something

saw an ad today that jamo 5.1 HT speaker set-up available for 21 k (model sc607 or something like that... dont remember).

well i think it is good. taking hi-fi to more ppl. also if one store can get low price on such hi-fi brands, why other dealers retail same products at much higher prices?

expensive is not equal to good. and inexpensive may not necessarily be bad vfm.

cheers.

Bro...

Your statement is somewhat true...

But, i think you dont the backend of sales...

Bro, its not price that makes product good, agree, but its price that makes product a class...

I will not mention some statements, out there, as those should be with the sales people only...

But, if you keep on dropping prices, you loose the Brand Goodwill...

See by yourself...

Hitachi & Panasonic, compare them...with there old models...

Buddy i have sold a 42" Plasma @ Rs.2Lacs, which is now priced @ Rs.83K...

But, even today, people request that old model, and they are ready to pay any amount, for that...

And what you are talking about the retailers, so Bro, these big timers, buy in bulk, say 100-200 pcs, so they get much better price than Retailers, and despite of putting a limitation on prices, they go on reducing the prices, and display a price, that is not even the Dealer Price in market...

And there comes the problem, in order to maintain retailers, they have to reduce the prices for them as well, and for that they have to reduce the quality of the product...

This process goes on and on, and what ends up is, a low quality material, with spoiled brand name...
And at last who suffers is the direct consumer...as he has to manage in low quality...
And moreover, people who are quality enthusiast suffers, as they dont get what they want...

Thats why, few quality products should maintain quality aspects, instead of playing with prices...

hi pls do mention about the model num , coz its very normal to get the heavy discounts on the obsolete products and secondly the model in question must be the low budget product ! I think many distributers go for clearance sale on the old stuff for many reasons but two are the main :
1) Discontinued models
2) They want to change the dealer ship
May be these are the reason here.....

Buddy

This reason is not valid, as these big timers, buy directly from company...

And regarding the models, buddy, to be very unfortunate, i am facing a hell lot of problem, as these people are even being supplied with new models at much cheaper prices...

God save the Retailers...

Hi Mridul,
Why is a price drop spoiling the brand as u say? Reasons for a drop could be countless apart from the obvious in the ever changing world of consumer electronics.
Why should newbees not purchase from wherever they get the best deal? If its croma/reliance then so be it i guess.As most dealers/.distributors are not much better at guiding the newbee.
U mention its the price that gives the product "CLASS" !!!!!!!!!!!!! Now that seems a bit difficult to configure.
Actually Relaince is entering many new fields and stock broking is one of them. Their Broking rates are much lower than the prevailing rates of most brokers. But rather than cry foul i guess if i want to stay in business i will have to provide some more services which appeal to the investor and hence makes him comfortable paying the slightly higher brokerage.
Maybe the A/V dealers/distributors are/will be faced with similar situations and like in the case of Stock broking its the customer/investor who stands to gain in the end.

I agree with dinyaar coz todays market is a hyper market where you have to be more competitive in price as well as in service to the customers. LOOK around by visiting hifi dealers who dont provide good service & not to mention the prices they ask................
In the end its a gain for the end user & for the seller with a class !!

Cheers

If the aforementioned products are from the Croma magazine that was out recently as a supplement sort with the Times, I must say imho, these products are absolute waste if you are really behind that excellent sonic traits of brands like Jamo. Its better not to mention about the Sherwood receiver at all, an unnecessary mention will only invite undue respect… And the said speakers (406?)are from Jamo’s entry level models and the only thing the sales guys know is to play the Hell Freezes over DVD and go to Hotel California track - the very first tap on that triple drum will nail the poor uninformed prospect who had most probably be using boom boxes all his life.If possible I wd say atleast start from their S606 range. Kinda ok sounding and bang for the buck setup. I believe these retail giants are behind this noobe customers-someone who had just upgraded his age old and trusted CRT to a funky 32in LCD or the sorts, may be it’s a good fit for his inexperienced ears. May be he might repent sooner or later for the folly he made. Or may be, just may be he will be one happy customer how will cherish his impulse buy all his life.

Good for him. Amen.