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I notice the 10014 caboose now has a price of £10.99 I note that the German price of the Caboose is 29.95DM - which is £9.22 Why for a product manufactured and sold within the EU is UK price 20% more? And considering that all the Shop@home stuff is (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) It's not just UK. 29.95DM is 12.9791 USD while the price for us s@h is $14.99 (23 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"aeon" <aeon15@home.com> wrote in message news:GG76Jn.547@lugnet.com... (...) Well you can construct an arguement as to why a product would be more expensive in another continent. Different packaging, additional transportation, local labour, a (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Well, that may not be the best example to cite because in many cases, someone DID think the californians ought to pay more!!! We have all sorts of pricing disparities from state to state in the US. A tiny minority are due to transportation but (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Well Uk is farther from Denmark than Germany is. (...) They often do, due to various things.. No offense but, I felt the "poor pitiful British" current in the post needed to be dampened a bit. It almost seems there ought to be a (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"aeon" <aeon15@home.com> wrote in message news:GG8pDI.4wH@lugnet.com... (...) You miss the point It is shop at home WE pay shipping. (...) are (...) what things? Things you might think are reasons for the difference are covered in this case. Like (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GG8oF6.1tD@lugnet.com... (...) But there is no different taxes or regulatory environments that affect this. Tax is charged locally. I pay Danish VAT whether I order from UK or (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Dear Todd, In the interests of compartmentalised dorkitude, could you please establish lugnet.loc.au.whinge? We'd rather bemoan our pitiful condition without disturbing the neighbours. many thanks, Dave Low (23 years ago, 10-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) From Denmark? Or do they have a distribution center in Britain? --Bill. (23 years ago, 10-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"William R Ward" <bill@wards.net> wrote in message news:m2elroy0y9.fsf@...iew.com... (...) From Denmark. Shop from home ship to Europe from a single distribution centre in Denmark. And we pay shipping. Are you getting my annoyance at why I should (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) LEGO no longer has any UK employees to take your orders over the phone or be involved in any other way in this? (...) Are you saying that nothing else in Ripoff Britain suffers from this problem? ++Lar (23 years ago, 10-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I agree with you Lawerance, paying extra dough for the train tracks is a classic example (...) be (...) The call centre for Lego Shop @ Home is in the Headquarters for european opertaion, believe it or not is in Slough, "UK"not far from (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) What's the currency story? Are there large fluctuations between the currencies you're talking about? By having fixed prices in both currencies, is LEGO trying to do something that represents exchange rates averaged over a time? And thus at (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) here's an interesting point of view....I've taken International "Global" accounting in university (in 1997) and I still remember portion of the class (no I didn't sleep in or try to ditch class...actually got a "B") anyways....companies have (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Michael Edwards" <medwards@ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message news:GGA55r.1Dr@lugnet.com... (...) Can you clarify this? Are you saying shop@home 's call centre for Europe is in Slough, or that the UK call centre is in slough? I see that everywhere (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GGA22M.ExD@lugnet.com... (...) Yes there is a call centre in the UK. But I am ordering over the internet - though I realise I would still be funding the UK call centre. But that (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Kyle D. Jackson" <flightdeck@sympatic...mblock.ca> wrote in message news:GGACuB.IB5@lugnet.com... (...) There has been about 10% fluctuation over the last 2 years. The pound is currently about as strong has it has ever been agaionst the Krona over (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Kyle D. Jackson" <flightdeck@sympatic...mblock.ca> wrote in message news:GGACuB.IB5@lugnet.com... (...) Apparently yes. I received this from Lego today in response to my questioning the price ---...--- Dear LEGO® Shop at Home Customer, Thank you (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Plus Denmark is not in the Euro either. Psi. (23 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Simon Bennett" <simon.bennett@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:GGBEwC.Azv@lugnet.com... (...) both (...) But it is in the Exchange Rate Mechanism. So there has been almost no variation of the Krona against the German mark Euro over the last 18 (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) It is true as i have been told, by some Lego Employees at Shop@Home on the freephone number. about 6PM tonight, as i wanted to make sure its right (...) Again the employees said they are in Slough, and i believe it mentions the call centre in (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Okay, so exchange rate is part of the difference. Now could the rest be due to "price gimmickry"? Meaning the bit where (in N.A. at least) things are always priced at $10.99 or $12.99, but usually never like $2.67. So if they took the Danish (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Kyle D. Jackson" <flightdeck@sympatic...mblock.ca> wrote in message news:GGC7w3.76u@lugnet.com... (...) Good answer. Price gimmickry might play it's part . The set is priced £10.99 after all However, they have 'My own train' sets at 18.75, and (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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