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In lugnet.trains, Lawrence Wilkes writes:
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> "Reinhard "Ben" Beneke" <r.beneke@tu-bs.de> wrote in message
> news:H07GEu.1sp@lugnet.com...
> >
> > I just wanted to ask about pricing of the Santa Fe coaches:
> >
> > I have heard about a 5-waggons-kit for a discount price of 148$. Is that • true
> > and what is the number to order?
> >
> > For Germany that kit has already been announced for 179 Eur (obviously the
> > price we pay for the absence of Mega-Bloks in Europe, since 1Eur = 1$)
> >
> > But there is no number for the kit available in the German part of S@H • also.
> > If I now pre-order my five cars: will they cost me the 200 bucks or do I • get
> > the discount price of 179 Eur? (Same for US-Folks: will the first buyers • now
> > have to pay 5x35$=175$ instead of 148$ when the discount will have been
> > announced?)
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> To be fair, remember that EU prices will include VAT.
> Whereas there is no sales tax added to mail order products in the US, other
> than in the state they are shipped from (or something to that effect)
>
> As such, if you add VAT to the US price it comes out around the same
>
> Lawrence
Hi Lawrence,
of course you are right. But still there is the difference between the Santa
Fe (40$ in the US and 40 Eur in Germany) and the coaches (35$ but 40 Eur). The
engine has more parts and a probably somewhat better part collection. In my
eyes the coaches are too expensive in relation to the engine.
And second thing I do not understand:
5 coaches in the US are (if 'rumors' are true) 148 against 175$ =>18% discount
5 coaches in Germany will be 179 Eur against 200 Eur =>18% discount => 12%
discount.
In general Germany has often had quite reasonable prices (especially in
comparison to the UK), so I will not claim any more about too high costs for
these sets. But a complete Santa Fe is not a cheap hobby. For A-B-A units you
need 4 Sets 10020 = 160 Eur
Then 5 sets of waggons = 179 Eur
2 further waggon sets for moc waggons (you need 'normal' passenger cars, dont
you?) = 80 Eur
2 motors = 70 Eur
2 light set = 18 (?)Eur
Sum: 507 Eur for 1 train! That is for sure an AFOLs train only.
Kind Regards,
Ben
(P.s.: I would definitely never buy Mega Bloks, but I would like to have them
in the shops as an argument against the Lego prices...)
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In lugnet.trains, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke writes:
> And second thing I do not understand:
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> 5 coaches in the US are (if 'rumors' are true) 148 against 175$ =>18% discount
>
> 5 coaches in Germany will be 179 Eur against 200 Eur =>18% discount => 12%
> discount.
>
> In general Germany has often had quite reasonable prices (especially in
> comparison to the UK), so I will not claim any more about too high costs for
> these sets. But a complete Santa Fe is not a cheap hobby. For A-B-A units you
> need 4 Sets 10020 = 160 Eur
> Then 5 sets of waggons = 179 Eur
> 2 further waggon sets for moc waggons (you need 'normal' passenger cars, dont
> you?) = 80 Eur
> 2 motors = 70 Eur
> 2 light set = 18 (?)Eur
>
> Sum: 507 Eur for 1 train! That is for sure an AFOLs train only.
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Ben
What I want to know is why do both the "kits" cost the same but one has almost
100 more pieces?
Dan
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