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| (...) That could go a long way to explaining your price differences. Government supported monopolies always charge higher prices because they can. Around here, the lower priced clones seem to get about equal shelf space, which exerts a significant (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Weeeeelll... Yes and No. It is basically a patent issue handled by a certain danish company that prevents clones and therefor competition in the european markets. If you violate the patents, the courts get involved, so if seen from a certain (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Well, if I take out the local sales tax of 16%, I still get a EUR 13.79 price tag, and even if the dollar would come up to parity again (where he does not belong, economically), it would still be more expensive. Chances are, that TLC will have (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) That's interesting. So, in the EU the tax is included in the price tag/sticker, but disclosed in the receipt? Things tend to be a bit more dynamic here in the US so that's not as easy to implement. The sales taxes actually vary from state to (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) The valuation of the Euro vs. the USD changes over time, and very few international companies ever vary their local list prices based on these fluctuations. At times in its brief history, the Euro has had parity with the dollar, and indeed was (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) with Mark that that isn't a Moonbase. (a tighter color scheme, or some "neighborhoods" could help too) However, to spin this into something positive I'd like to talk about the long discussed Micro Moonbase standard. Maybe we could even have a (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) Hi! The Brand Stores like the one in Cologne, Germany, get the bricks for the Pick-A-Brick wall in boxes sized for about 1000 2x4. Loads of AFOLs asked to buy these boxes instead of filling the tubs, to no avail, as the store management is not (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Yes. Have a look at the pricetag on a large tub of LEGO in their Brand Stores. Cologne, Germany: EUR 15.99, i.e. with the Euro at $1.25 this is a whopping US$19.98 Solomon Pond Mall, Marlboro MA, USA: US$12.99 Same for allmost all sets. You (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Clarifying a bit: The tax you're referring to in the EU is VAT (Value-added tax), which is a percentage of every item you buy; it varies among countries and items, in my country it is currently 19% for LEGO - I would not be surprised if it (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Ew, there's some Pooh on that table! (2 URLs) Tony Hafner (URL) www.hafhead.com> (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.space, FTX)
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