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Re: minifig series 3 goes up from $1.99 to $2.99
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 26 Dec 2010 11:10:20 GMT
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S Ram wrote:
> I had to reply, since it looks like $3.52 works out to be cheaper. If
> I account for VAT (25% for Sweden?) you get $2.82. In the case of US
> prices, without tax it is $2.99.
Yeah, I forgot the VAT, sorry, but my comment was to the $1.99 - we paid 25
SEK for that series. The VAT is 25% on the net price, so 20% of the total.
That means 20 SEK before VAT. With todays exhange rate that's $2.92 compared
to your initial $1.99.
Thus, with the new US price $2.99 we're almost equal.
And yes, I understand the difference in 'cost of living' can make an
impact - we see almost the same ratio on everything where we can compare
numbers. Except wages, where it's rather reversed...
--
Anders Isaksson
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 | | Re: minifig series 3 goes up from $1.99 to $2.99
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| (...) True the $1.99 was a much better rate for the US. I realize Lego is a corporate and naturally they need to make a profit -- and more importantly maximize it. But in the 21st century, they may need to factor in ubiquity of information and how (...) (14 years ago, 29-Dec-10, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: minifig series 3 goes up from $1.99 to $2.99
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| (...) I had to reply, since it looks like $3.52 works out to be cheaper. If I account for VAT (25% for Sweden?) you get $2.82. In the case of US prices, without tax it is $2.99. I agree the math does not work for all Lego sets. But that maybe a (...) (14 years ago, 25-Dec-10, to lugnet.general)
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