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Old 07-15-15 | 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by fietsbob
What does Your Math of Costs of Manufacturing Overhead calculate To be?
I already included labor overhead in my calculations. I calculate the total NL labor costs "premium" on the sales price of Dutch-type bikes sold in the U.S, (because "the Netherlands has better Health Care and better wages for their factory workers than China") to be a small fraction of the percentage attributed to U.S. distributor and retail markup.

Note that the better components (which may or may not be NL sourced) that may be found on some Dutch-type bikes are not necessarily any more labor intensive to assemble at the manufacturer than the lesser type components.

You are of course entitled to believe whatever suits your political agenda.

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