| Going through the various stores that deal in teak | | | | business models, which may emphasize on volumes |
| garden furniture, you can't help noticing the | | | | more than margins). But in the final analysis, we see |
| considerable price differences between those stores. | | | | teak garden furniture as the sort of product for which |
| Indeed, you notice a trend where a given teak furniture | | | | there tends to be no known 'standard prices,' meaning |
| item costs at one store, double (or sometimes even | | | | that each vendor basically sets their own prices. For |
| triple) the amount that it costs at another store nearby. | | | | you as a buyer, this means that this is the sort of |
| This can get you thinking in terms of what, really is | | | | product where shopping widely (in terms of asking for |
| behind these major price differences. Of course, in a | | | | pricing quotations) before making a purchase |
| free market economy, reasonable price differences | | | | commitment can translate into a considerable |
| are to be expected as part of the shopping fun. But | | | | monetary saving. |
| where we end up with an item costing double or triple | | | | 2. Whether it is, in fact, genuine teak furniture, or 'replica' |
| the amount it costs in another store, it becomes clear | | | | teak furniture: this is another important pricing |
| that there must be some other factors at play. Those | | | | consideration. Genuine teak furniture is rather rare, and |
| are the factors we now proceed to check out, in the | | | | seeing that its demand is on the other hand rather high, |
| case of teak garden furniture. And as it turns out, there | | | | it tends to be naturally costly. Not so with 'replica teak |
| are three major factors that affect the pricing of teak | | | | furniture,' which is simply furniture of another sort that is |
| furniture, and those are: | | | | cleverly crafted to look like teak furniture. The vendors |
| 1. Where you purchase the teak furniture: specific | | | | of such replica furniture, who sometimes misrepresent |
| considerations in this regard will include the one on | | | | it as genuine teak garden furniture, can afford to sell |
| whether you purchase the teak garden furniture in a | | | | theirs at prices several times lower than what the |
| brick and mortar store, or in an online store. The latter | | | | vendors of genuine teak furniture are selling theirs for - |
| are known to sell items are somewhat lower prices | | | | and still make a profit. |
| than the former, although in most cases, there tends to | | | | 3. The part of the world you happen to be in: if you |
| be a shipping cost element to be taken into account. | | | | are in the few parts of the world where teak grows |
| But even where a provision for that has been made, | | | | naturally, it may be possible for you to get genuine |
| you still tend to find the furniture purchased online being | | | | teak garden furniture are prices that are, (sometimes |
| cheaper than furniture purchased in a traditional brick | | | | several times) lower than those paid for by people in |
| and mortar furniture store. But then again, even | | | | other parts of the world. This would be happening on |
| amongst the online furniture stores themselves, you still | | | | account of your not having to pay for the hefty costs |
| tend to see a trend where some are known for selling | | | | associated with teak importation, and teak |
| their products cheaply (probably on account of their | | | | transportation over long distances. |