War on personal imports, continued

2010-01-19
How does the car market in Israel? Simple. Any manufacturer (brand) that works in a vehicle only has one exclusive importer, for example if a Mercedes then company Colmobil is the exclusive importer of the brand only. Israeli law does not allow some importers that brand. This situation has various implications, including setting excessive prices for vehicles, offer packages Abzor models of relatively modest prices, loose parts etc.
Once the Israeli consumer wants to buy his favorite car brand has only one place to go and sole and exclusive importer and agree to his conditions and prices, it is no longer a place that could sell him a car he wants. That is really no boundaries importer in determining its price. Why? That no competitors offer the same product to the purchaser.
Is not that something to think about Antitrust Authority? Is it not look like a monopoly? After all, these importers have no competitors and they can do what they want and sell vehicles with reduced simplest minimum Abzor dearly! For example model Eclass Mercedes imported new country with obsolete engines of the previous model and with powerful new engines more economical and of course less polluting. The new E350 sold in the country comes with 3500 cc engine that provides 272 hp (CO2 pollution level of 217228 g km), and other countries of the world motor vehicle comes with the same volume that provides 292 hp (199 level CO2 pollution 205 g km). If you ask the importer why, the answer will probably Israel Oil is not suitable for new engines. Could be, but the question remains, why model CLS350 engine also comes with the above (292 hp), Israel Yes fuel suitable answer is that in CLS manufacturer does not provide more than the old engine and Eclass yes, third world countries the situation is similar in other brands. Why not cheapen the product as possible and sell it at a high price?, then consumers as it No choice.
Our market works this way for several decades in which importers could raise a fortune. Any attempt to open the market with parallel imports or otherwise met with resistance and ultimately failed.
For personal import. In fact in the situation that the consumer only option to import his car he wants and not excessive price to pay for a permanent importer. So theres no surprise to many whose popularity gained personal import. Very day that the only option to open the market and reduce prices, make the situation on Israels roads equipped cars will travel more, safer, more environmentally friendly, lowest prices.
And really what happened. In recent years, with expansion of personal import prices, especially a search to luxury cars dropped significantly. And not only if the person had brought his vehicle a personal import, the importers began to import prices dropped equipped vehicles more.
Who made it? A) the consumer who enjoys good vehicles at prices significantly lower than both personally and for imports importers themselves. B) the state treasury puts more taxes, then all consumers have a specific budget for the purchase of a vehicle if he had not import the vehicle himself, his budget only allows him to buy a second hand car in Israel and of course when a person buys a used car in no state income fund. Another point is, there are those who argue that the state is losing because personal import, the consumers buy the vehicles and their relatively cheap prices abroad and therefore pay less tax. At least this argument requires examination, perhaps every vehicle taxes paid are smaller but because of the reason This large amount of imported cars much more, so the state is losing but the phenomenon makes personal import. So basically personal import is the only tool to balance the market today, at least to open the corresponding imports (if it opens).
Of course, like other attempts to open the market here too we are witnessing a war being waged on all fronts options. One of the most prominent tools in imports during the last war he personally and other such publications in various media. Publications talk about legal cases in the island.
For example last week published a customs agent investigating apparently acting illegally. Adjacent to the above message was published an article that says: new controlled by criminals.
Is it true to formulate an opinion on the whole area because of an isolated incident?
Each domain has less honest professionals are honest, lawabiding criminals. But not all are illegal, contrary Few are those who break the law. Even subjects like medicine practiced law from time to time we steam terrible acts but nobody calls the field includes some domain offenders. It is not about personal imports, experienced reporters here do generalizations without any justification. The question is why? Maybe he has an interest in those who view the field in a certain way? It is not clear. Was never heard the official importer case acted illegally, would not you heard of cases where people bought new vehicles salons of official importers and later discovered the vehicle had been repaired a bad accident and no one said a word to the customer? Im sure youve heard more than once. But no one says importers are criminals, no one makes generalizations good. So why slandering domain personal import every opportunity?
Talk about alleged safety vehicles not arriving in imports of person. It is not known who and how this poor came, and Arcade just lowered the age of the vehicles on the roads of Israel, the price of a vehicle a few years to buy the used market in Israel, personal importation can import a new car or a few months including all the usual safety today. As for vehicles that passed an accident abroad, all vehicles entering personal imports pass the licensing examination in the office contributed to the rise road, regular imports is different, only one of each car passes the test series and for other vehicles importers removed the vehicles to customers without any supervision.
Recently discovered documents forgery affair and tax evasion by a customs agent acting in a personal import. No doubt if someone is running illegally, he should have three penalty, but a far way from a single specific case and to call all the offenders in the domain.
Conclusion. Many opponents have personal imports and most have an interest in the matter. Shipping: bother people with enormous power and wealth have become accustomed for decades to market monopoly. These people cling to each individual case and which can darken the area, but the public already knows the truth, which can also be seen by the responses that are published each wrote a personal import. The truth is coming personally allows each person to fulfill a dream, to bring a car as he wants and not be tied to conditions and prices of the official importer.