Swampghost I'm, among other professions, a manufacturing engineer. When dealing with equipment that may be life-threatning approximately 30% of your add+cost is due to potential threats (lawsuits, et al.). Add another 30-35% for inefficient labor or unions. Then add our distribution system: manufacturer to distributer to dealer and you can see where your money goes.
In the good old US of A, if you pay retail, it's approx. 1/5 of cost. Add the above numbers and you'll really wonder how it all works but it does, every day.
So, my 500-600 dollar Glock would cost 100 bucks to make, if it was made in the US. Then, I sell it for 225 to the LAPD. I make 125% profit, NOT bad. Course Gaston probably has way less production cost, so it probably costs him 50 bucks a gun, or less, with 200-250% profit. The lawsuit is already factored into the price, so, if nobody sues, you get to make another 300 dollars on the gun!!! WOW!! for 99.9% of the guns you sell, you make nearly 400-500%, provided no one gets shot, thanks to your non-existent, 20 year out of date design.
Now, for every retail gun he sells, he's making 450%, unless someone sues...
So, what we should do is include a Ford Pinto in the price...
Nice matching pair...:barf:
Hillary? The person everybody dies around? NO Thank you!
Are you an Enron fan?????
I'm sorry, but your assertion that Glock is not at fault is worth what I paid for it. With the legal concepts of 'warranty of marketabilty'(I may not be remembering that exactly right), anticipated misuse, industry standard, and a design in serious need of a real safety, I think the guy has a solid suit.
Also keep in mind that I've never had such a case properly reported in the news, so, it was probably a 6'9", 23 year old kid, who wanted to kill his father, and, the retraction for the error is on the third inside, back page, in 1 font print...
Minor details that will come out at trial...
PS
Gaston must have the same acountant that Ford had that figured it was cheaper to pay the wrongful deaths off then retool the production line so your Pinto didn't blow up, if you got hit from behind, making a left turn...I sure hope that guy sleeps well at night, comforted by the fact that he sentenced a bunch of people to a random, horrible, burning death.
Maybe Gaston could bring this guy over to Austria, and use him as a testimonial to 'Glock Perfection', and, how well his 'safety' system works...