Who thinks LTT should create a UK office?

[JammyCreedog]

Maybe start as a brand new channel like short circuit or carpool critics did.  It'd have it's own staff and writers everything. Didn't Top Gear UK do the same thing with new actors?

 

It also might clear up some red tape serving as a base for shipping merch....... lttstore.com

 

Anybody have any thoughts about this?

[piratemonkey]

Not worth it imo. If they were more into physical products, then I could see a case for it but an office for the sake of having an American office is (to put it bluntly) dumb. 

[Hairless Monkey Boy]

It really doesn't matter what anyone thinks except Linus himself. And this really isn't nearly as simple to do as you make it seem.

[Praesi]

Europe, not USA. You guys had enough US/CAN only stuff.

[Shreyas1]

I mean, i could potentially see europe or asia, but US is so close to canada that I don't see the point

[BobVonBob]

Transitioning a business to multiple locations is a massive undertaking, and exponentially more so if the second location is international. This wouldn't be nearly as simple as you seem to think.

[TempestCatto]

There would be no gain or value in doing so. No other way to explain it. I mean, how would they earn money? YouTube is saturated with tech channels so they'd really only be hurting themselves. Not to mention most of the Float Plane work can be done remotely (and is). They have a good system as it is, and if it ain't broke don't fix it.

[JammyCreedog]

UK office would be awesome too. 

 

Side note:  Doesn't LTT have an editor in America already?

[BobVonBob]

1 minute ago, JammyCreedog said:

Side note:  Doesn't LTT have an editor in America already?

Last I remember it was a writer, Jon, but having one person with minimal infrastructure needs work remotely is an entirely different beast to creating a second location.

[piratemonkey]

17 minutes ago, JammyCreedog said:

Side note:  Doesn't LTT have an editor in America already?

It's a writer named Jon. I think he will sometimes work in office, but the majority is off site. I can see having remote workers international, but to have a whole physical building is unnecessary. I think all but two or 3 floatplane people are offsite too

[heimdali]

In case you haven't noticed, the UK has left the EC and that might make it one of the worst places in Europe they could pick.

 

And what of the technology they might be interested in comes from Europe?

 

[Trik'Stari]

Yes but only if they also decide to start functioning as a reseller of computer components only available in Europe, to North America.

 

Specifically, a lot of these newer high end small form factor cases.

 

 

(Maybe reach out to Singularity Computers and sell some of his cases here)

[heimdali]

Wich cases are that, and where are they manufactured?  China?

 

[spartaman64]

whats the point in doing this? it probably makes more sense for them to open an asia office instead so they can be closer to the manufacturing and visit factories etc easier and get stuff earlier

[Bombastinator]

Multiple offices create greater cost and complexity.  The Asia office makes a lot more sense (taiwan maybe? The place seems less opaque to me than mainland China) but even then gains need to outweigh costs.

[pythonmegapixel]

4 hours ago, heimdali said:

In case you haven't noticed, the UK has left the EC and that might make it one of the worst places in Europe they could pick.

That's correct. (I'm not entirely sure what the morons who claimed that this Brexit nonsense would make it a better place for buiness over here - it hasn't)

 

And if they are producing media for international platforms (YouTube and Floatplane) and are getting tech primarily from the US and Asia, then what difference does it make anyway to the audience?

[AvMaverick]

5 hours ago, JammyCreedog said:

Maybe start as a brand new channel like short circuit or carpool critics did.  It'd have it's own staff and writers everything. Didn't Top Gear UK do the same thing with new actors?

 

It also might clear up some red tape serving as a base for shipping merch....... lttstore.com

 

Anybody have any thoughts about this?

More like India/ SE Asia, as it would be great for merch and everything. And Linus always wanted a covert Mac channel, so...

[pythonmegapixel]

Just now, AvMaverick said:

More like India/ SE Asia, as it would be great for merch and everything. And Linus always wanted a covert Mac channel, so...

To be fair, there are already connections between LMG and manufacturers in Asia, as he has told us on multiple occasions

 

(BTW please don't quote the original post, they'll get a notification regardless)

[AvMaverick]

2 minutes ago, pythonmegapixel said:

To be fair, there are already connections between LMG and manufacturers in Asia, as he has told us on multiple occasions

But Indians have to pay outright double for the merch. DOUBLE. That's the whole issue!

[LAwLz]

5 hours ago, JammyCreedog said:

Maybe start as a brand new channel like short circuit or carpool critics did.  It'd have it's own staff and writers everything. Didn't Top Gear UK do the same thing with new actors?

 

It also might clear up some red tape serving as a base for shipping merch....... lttstore.com

Why?

What benefit would opening an office in the UK have?  And no, it wouldn't help with shipping stuff. They have carrier services handling their shipping already.

 

 

4 hours ago, heimdali said:

And what of the technology they might be interested in comes from Europe?

Firstly, there is plenty of tech coming from Europe.

Secondly, you don't need an office in the country where something comes from. Most consumer technology products comes from Asia, and a LTT doesn't seem to have any problems getting products from there despite being located in Canada, right?

 

 

7 minutes ago, AvMaverick said:

More like India/ SE Asia, as it would be great for merch and everything. And Linus always wanted a covert Mac channel, so...

India makes no sense either.

1 minute ago, AvMaverick said:

But Indians have to pay outright double for the merch. DOUBLE. That's the whole issue!

Having an office in India doesn't nullify the taxes India charges on goods. Having an LMG office in India or not makes 0 difference to the cost of the merchandise.

It's only when products start being manufactured in India that things like import duties goes away, and since LMG doesn't manufacture their own merchandise it's not really something just opening an office fixes.

[pythonmegapixel]

Just now, AvMaverick said:

But Indians have to pay outright double for the merch. DOUBLE. That's the whole issue!

That will be because they are being shipped from China to Canada and then back to India. I believe LMG have considered setting up merch warehouses outside North America, but that wouldn't require a full workforce similar to the one in Vancouver.

 

Honestly I won't even pay normal price for the merch - it's really overpriced!

[dizmo]

5 minutes ago, pythonmegapixel said:

That will be because they are being shipped from China to Canada and then back to India. I believe LMG have considered setting up merch warehouses outside North America, but that wouldn't require a full workforce similar to the one in Vancouver.

 

Honestly I won't even pay normal price for the merch - it's really overpriced!

That's not the bulk of the cost. It costs ~$3,500 to ship a container from China to Canada. It can hold 45,000 tee shirts. So, roughly 10 cents a shirt.
All of those are estimates on the low side. It's also just an example, as they don't manufacture those overseas.

It comes down to shipping individual items internationally.

[flashiling]

4 minutes ago, pythonmegapixel said:

That will be because they are being shipped from China to Canada and then back to India. I believe LMG have considered setting up merch warehouses outside North America, but that wouldn't require a full workforce similar to the one in Vancouver.

 

Honestly I won't even pay normal price for the merch - it's really overpriced!

you buy the merch to support them, like donating to a twitch streamer, or buying cosmetics in a game you like.

 

[Lord Vile]

3 hours ago, flashiling said:

you buy the merch to support them, like donating to a twitch streamer, or buying cosmetics in a game you like.

 

They could price it more reasonably though. The hoodies are like 1.5X the price of a good nike one and it's all more expensive than say band rags of the same item.  

[flashiling]

33 minutes ago, Lord Vile said:

They could price it more reasonably though. The hoodies are like 1.5X the price of a good nike one and it's all more expensive than say band rags of the same item.  

could be dependant on the material used for the hoodie and prints.

i don't know what LTT uses or what Nike uses but i'd say if they're 1.5x the price of a good quality Nike hoodie, then the materials probably match or supersede the ones Nike uses.

if that's not the case, then yes they're overpriced.

but then again, just don't buy it if you don't want to support them, or they don't offer a way to support them within your budget range, then it's LTT that loses out.