American Paintball Suppy, ein Paintballgroßhändler in den USA, hat eine Pressemitteilung veröffentlicht. Diese hat den Inhalt das in etwa einem Monat die Preise für Paintballs steigen werden. Prognostiziert wird ein Anstieg von circa 5,- $ pro Kiste. Der Grund dafür liegt in den steigenden Preisen von Produkten, die in Beziehung mit Benzin und Öl stehen.
Hier die Original Pressemitteilung:
Some of you may have heard rumors in the wind of an imminent paintball price increase. We here at American Paintball Supply felt it important to fully explain these rumors so that you may be better informed to explain it to youremployees and customers.
As you all are fully aware the price of gasoline and all oil-related products have increased sharply in price recently. The second largest raw material to manufacture a paintball is a chemical called PolyEthylene Glycol (PEG). This chemical is a by-product made from crude oil. There are three primary manufacturers of this chemical worldwide, and they all have decided to sharply increase the price of this chemical to everyone, in all industries. All paintball manufacturers must purchase this vital ingredient and now must pay this new (much-higher) price. All paint manufacturers are operating on a margin that does not allow this cost to be absorbed on their end, therefore the price increase will be passed on all the way through the distribution chain.
What does this mean to you? All stores, fields, even the big-box stores can expect to see about a $3.00 per box increase across the board on all of their paintball purchases. This should translate into about a $5.00 per box increase in the retail price.
When will this happen? If takes a little while for these pricing adjustments to completely work their way into the pricing structure at the factory level. Even though the entire industry's manufacturing cost went up six weeks ago, that increase has not hit you…yet. It most assuredly will, and you should expect this to occur within the next thirty days on all brands of paintball from all manufacturers.
While the other manufacturers and distributors of paintballs have taken the position not to inform you of all the details of this critical development, we here at American Paintball Supply felt it was extremely important to let you know all the facts so that you may be better informed to run you businesses. We have not yet been charged a higher cost from the factories but anticipate it beginning soon. Final determinations as to how this will affect our wholesale pricing policies have not been finalized.
Our staff is available to assist you Monday thru Friday 9AM to 7PM, and Fridays 9AM to 3PM, Eastern Time. Any questions you may have about this should be directed to your APS territory representative during these hours. Thank you for your continued support and best wishes for a healthy and prosperous 2004 for you and your business.
American Paintball Supply is a wholesale distributor; selling only to stores and fields nationwide. We carry products from all of the industries top manufactures like:
Air Concepts, Adrenaline Games, Airgun Designs, ANS, APP, Bauer Compressors, Brass Eagle/Viewloader/JT, Centerflag, Crosman/Gameface, Dead On Products, Derder, Odyssey/Halo/Dragun, Dye, J&J Performance, JCS, Kingman/Raven, Meteor Shower Grenades, New Designz, NW, NXE, PMI/RPS, Pro Team Products, Redz, Severe Paintball, Stiffi Barrells, Smart Parts, Tippmann, Ultimate Airball, Worr Games Products, and WDP/Angel.
American Paintball Supply can be reached by phone at 518-793-6106 or toll free at 1-877-26-BALLS.
