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James Powell wrote:
> I'm however, somewhat supprised by the price of Lego in Aus. in comparison to
> here in Canada. We both have relatively high taxation (much to Lar's dismay!),
> but Lego is _far_ more expensive in Aus. than it is here.
Part of that probably has to do with the fact that shipping from
Enfield, CT to Canada is cheap and fast. Shipping from Europe (Denmark
and Switzerland) to Australia is both expensive and slow. The cost of
shipping has obvious effects. The speed of shipping impacts prices
because it reduces LA's ability to react to shifts in popularity of sets
and increases the amount of warehousing they need to do.
Of course, I don't think this explains away the ridiculous prices
imposed by LA, but it does justify a certain portion of the differences
between Australian and Canadian prices.
--
Tim Buchheim
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| (...) -note, a fair number of the special parts for Can/US/South America are made in Denmark and Switzerland...have you ever thought how many of _any_ lego piece you could cram into a container??? Believe it or not, it would cost _less_ to ship a (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Ah, Larry is a true capitalistic pig dog troll! :) ...of course, this is coming from someone who is proudly communist, so take it in accordance with your own worldview. (I'm communist in the Marxist sense, not in the real world sense, in the (...) (24 years ago, 5-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.loc.au)
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