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Re: Euro: one currency does not mean one price :-(
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Sat, 5 Jan 2002 00:59:32 GMT
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Wessel inspired me to do my own little survey. My pick was slightly
different; not so much the high end of the range, but across the themes and
prices (and more or less my own taste ;-). I found some strange stuff.......
My pick:
7191 Collector's X-wing
8466 4x4 Off-roader
9754 Darkside Developers Kit
3451 Sopwith Camel
4701 Sorting Hat (HP)
KT207 Large Engine with Tender
My countries: Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, Germany, Ireland, France.
The sorting hat was the cheapest; EUR7,99 everywhere except France (7,60).
There was very little difference in the Camel; from 54,59(IRL) to 56,99(NL).
The train showed little difference (1 euro) except Ireland being cheap
(26,75 to an average 33,-)
More interesting was the DSDK; not available in Ireland, 95,25 in France and
119,- in the Netherlands. That's +25%!
A similar story for the X-wing; 185.06 in Ireland, 215,- in the Netherlands
(+16%)
The biggest surprise came with the 8466. Everywhere it's 119/129, but in
France only 88! That's a difference of 47%!!!
Other remarkable outcomes:
All sets are most expensive in the Netherlands.
No country has the lowest prices all-round.
For 7191 Ireland is by far the cheapest, France (and Holland) the most
expensive.
For 8466 it's reversed: France is cheapest, Ireland (and Holland) the most
expensive.
I converted US and Danish prices to Euro's (using today's rates from the
Universal Currency Converter) and found that the danish prices are 10%-15%
higher than the average.
In the US 7191 is dirt cheap (at EUR167,74 it's 19% below average) while
KT207 is quite expensive (at EUR39,13 it's 22% higher than average).
So far my EUR0.02.....
I've sent dutch Customer Service an email asking for an explanation. Soon as
I get an answer it'll be here.
I'll put all the figures (long live Excell) on my site (www.briqs.tmfweb.nl)
this weekend. I might put in more sets and countries if I feel inspired....
Duq
Wessel Burgers <wessel_b@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:GpEtBq.KA6@lugnet.com...
> After the introduction of the new European currency three days ago, I was
> very curious about what would happen to S@H's prices in the euro-zone. • What
> now follows are my findings (which are by no means scientific - it just
> illustrates how weird their current pricing policy is)
>
> I picked five sets which were in the upper priceclass, and compared them
> across the countries in the euro-zone. The sets I picked were:
>
> 10000 Guarded Inn
> 10001 Metroliner
> 100019 ebel Blockade Runner
> 6290 Red Beard Runner
> 6291 Armada Flagship
>
> The countries that I compared were Germany, Holland, Belgium, Ireland,
> Finland, Luxembourg and Austria. Since set 10001 is not available in • France,
> I did not include this country in my mini-survey.
>
> After I had totalled the prices of these five sets for each country, I was
> able to make a rough comparisson. Here are the total prices for each • country:
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> BEL: EUR 534,96
> LUX: EUR 534,96
> GER: EUR 539,95
> IRE: EUR 554,53
> AUS: EUR 561,97
> HOL: EUR 563,98
> FIN: EUR 573,48
>
> As you can see, you would be best of in Belgium or Luxembourg if you were • to
> buy these 5 sets. The difference with Finland is EUR 38,52! (you could buy
> yourself a nice set for that, depending on in which country you live of
> course :). I don't know what the VAT % is for each of these countries but • I
> don't think that this would be the only explanation for the differences in
> price.
>
> What's strange is that from these results you would expect that all five
> sets would be cheapest in Belgium or Luxembourg, but that this is not the
> case. Set 6291 for example is cheapest in Germany and Ireland (EUR 54,99),
> while in the other countries it costs EUR 59,99. Another example: set • 10001
> costs EUR 150 in Belgium & Luxembourg, but in Germany it's cheaper - by • one
> whole eurocent!
>
> Another weird thing: while some sets have exactly the same prices in two
> countries, another set may differ as much as 10% in price between those • same
> two countries. For instance, 100019 costs EUR 199,90 in both Belgium and
> Germany. Set 6290 however, costs EUR 99,90 in Belgium, but EUR 109,99 in
> Germany!
>
> To me this comes across as really strange. It is almost as though someone • at
> LD is making up these prices at random. I'd like your thoughts on this. • But
> above all I hope LD is reading this and start scratching behind their ears
> and does something about it so that everyone gets the same amount of Lego
> for their Euros!
>
> Regards,
>
> Wessel
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| (...) The 129EUR is approximately the price in shops here (800FF). 88EUR seems very cheap, maybe I should order before they spot their mistake? Jürgen (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.be, lugnet.loc.de, lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.loc.lu, lugnet.loc.ie, lugnet.loc.fr, lugnet.loc.fi, lugnet.loc.at)
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