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Re: Exchange rate at Shop@home?
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Wed, 1 Aug 2007 06:48:29 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Richie Dulin wrote:
   In lugnet.loc.au, David Drew wrote:
   I haven’t bought from shop@home for a while, but the exchange rate there is ridiculous.

For US buyers, the UCS Millennium Falcon is only US$499, but for us Aussies, it’s A$979. This equates to an exchange rate of 51c. At current exchange rates, it should only cost about A$590. Australian buyers are being ripped off to the tune of $400!

Is there anyone we can contact to have this rectified?

David Drew

There’s little chance of having it rectified in the short term, unless it is a typo on the site.

Consistency of pricing between markets is an issue on the Ambassadors’ list which is being pursued with LEGO.

Cheers

Richie Dulin
LEGO Ambassador

It also pays to remember that the exchange rates used by TLG are determined well in advance of the price being announced (as announced by someone official sometime). A fairer comparison is probably the exchange rate six to twelve months ago.

Tim



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(...) There's little chance of having it rectified in the short term, unless it is a typo on the site. Consistency of pricing between markets is an issue on the Ambassadors' list which is being pursued with LEGO. Cheers Richie Dulin LEGO Ambassador (17 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)

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