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Re: Why the high proce in UK?
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Mon, 9 Jul 2001 09:20:07 GMT
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"aeon" <aeon15@home.com> wrote in message news:GG76Jn.547@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.lego.direct, Lawrence Wilkes writes:
> > I notice the 10014 caboose now has a price of £10.99
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> > I note that the German price of the Caboose is 29.95DM - which is £9.22
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> > Why for a product manufactured and sold within the EU is UK price 20% more?
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> > And considering that all the Shop@home stuff is shipped out of Denmark and youcharge shipping, the only difference in
> > your costs would be the UK call centre. Except I am ordering over the Internet anyway.
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> > Why are you ripping off the UK customers?
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> > regards
> > lawrence
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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
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 distribution centre, and of course local economics.
But it is harder to do this when it is the same shipping centre (I think), and in the same economic zone.
It is almost the equivalent of saying California residents have to pay 20% more than New York folk, even though they are
both being supplied from Texas. For no other reason than someone just thought the Californians ought to pay more.
regards
lawrence
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 | | Re: Why the high proce in UK?
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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)
| | | Re: Why the high proce in UK?
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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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