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"Christian Treczoks" <ct@braehler.com> wrote in message
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> Matthew Miller wrote:
> > Christian Treczoks <ct@braehler.com> wrote:
> > > > EURO 5,49/ DKK 44.95/ USD 4.99 /GBP 3.75
> > > Again, we europeans are shortchanged. Why? USD4.99 is worth about
> > > EUR4.00, and not EUR5.49. As with the retail prices, we subsidize the
> > > American market...
> > Are taxes included in the Euro price? They're not in the US one.
> OK, but it's not as if we had 38% sales tax here...
Perhaps, but what does the VAT do? Are the labor costs for running the
distribution center more? It's really hard to compare prices in two
countries because of different tax structures, different labor costs, etc.
Of course the US and Canada have a well entrenched competitor to LEGO which
may also affect pricing, does Europe have a similarly entrenched competitor?
Frank
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