austinp
#3 Newhouse
the next fur season is never far from our minds :)
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Post by austinp on Jul 28, 2014 15:15:21 GMT -5
Oh Austin. Tell me about your food service Idea? A standard "gut" truck or something new and exciting? Did you and Bruce team up? I have a couple different concepts in mind, AJ. We'll see what materializes next year. A lot of work to do between now and then, not the least of which is lining up venues to serve at.
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Post by blackhammer on Jul 28, 2014 20:14:38 GMT -5
The Duke Dps were being sold at clearance pricing because the new ones are powder coated. I reckon you'll find the new powder coated at a much higher price. Von, Is the Powder Coating on The "New" DUKE DP's as Good a Quality as the Powder coating found on the Z-Traps ? w As I stated the powder coated and I don't think it was as good as the ones on the Ztrap was only five dollars more a dozen. The so called clearance is just not the case.
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Post by walleyed on Jul 29, 2014 20:42:51 GMT -5
Thanks Black Hammer.
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austinp
#3 Newhouse
the next fur season is never far from our minds :)
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Post by austinp on Jul 30, 2014 4:37:41 GMT -5
The new DPs market got a little frothy for awhile with so many knockoffs being produced. Happens every time fur prices cycle high... new traps, new lures, new add-on gadgets hit the market.
If fur prices contract for the next two seasons, most of the current DP brands will be discontinued by then. Only the big-money manufacturers will remain. Prices somewhere near $100 per dozen will be the new benchmark standard now that it's been established. Nobody will sell a lot of inventory at $140 - $160 any more.
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Post by trappermac on Jul 30, 2014 6:31:37 GMT -5
Been doing this for 45 years, thru many ups and downs in the fur market, more downs than ups. Never saw the price of "new" traps drop.
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austinp
#3 Newhouse
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Post by austinp on Jul 30, 2014 6:44:09 GMT -5
DPs have (had?) a much bigger profit margin per unit than most other mainstream traps. The original Grizz set that standard of high margin profit because they were so effective versus standard footholds. When Dukes came out and others followed, they priced at the benchmark Grizz set rather than lowest price to support profits.
I showed DPs to a local tool & die manufacturer in the area here and asked them about cost of production. If ordering them by the 100-dozen or 1000-dozen made a big difference in unit price, but in any event the $130 - $150 per dozen sale price left a solid profit margin. Now at $100 range, only the big companies will survive when factoring in packaging, advertising and promotions, ordering enough volume to meet costs and tying up the necessary capital until inventory turns over in a slow market environment.
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