Graphic Cards HD 7k series price cuts not reflected in India??

Its not just the 7770.All 7 series graphics cards are overpriced here.Nvidia is not better either.A $229 gtx 660 is launched at 18K price tag while $259 7850 was available for 15-16k.It all seems wierd.
 
Until one company caves in and lowers their price, every other company will maintain. So basically until either nVidia or AMD caves in, we'll see both of their competing cards priced at the same (over-priced) price point.
 
Dealers too are currently maintaining huge margins on sales and not just on gfx cards.. their markup on motherboards seems to be the highest when compared to US retail prices (even after you account for taxes and duties)
 
If the price of the $ or a price hike happens abroad today, the price of graphic cards (and pretty much any PC hardware) goes up here tomorrow even though the cards (or other hardware) have been imported at the older, lower price. Conversely, if the $ falls, or there is a price drop abroad, dealers/importers wont lower prices here until they sell all their stock at the older, higher price.

Welcome to India. This has always been how things work here. This sort of importer/dealer "behavior" has been around for decades. Its not going to change anytime soon. Sucks? Totally. Apart from buying directly from abroad, theres little we can do about it.
 
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