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  Re: Euro: one currency does not mean one price :-(
 
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 (...) (22 years ago, 5-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)
 
  Re: Euro: one currency does not mean one price :-(
 
(...) (snip comparison) (Your curiosity saved me the trouble of investigating myself, so I thank you for that) (...) Hmmm... I had noticed previously some differences in prices, which I attributed to different transportation costs. I never realized (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.loc.be, lugnet.loc.de, lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.loc.lu, lugnet.loc.ie, lugnet.loc.fr, lugnet.loc.fi, lugnet.loc.at, lugnet.loc.it, lugnet.loc.es, lugnet.loc.pt, lugnet.loc.gr)
 
  Re: Euro: one currency does not mean one price :-(
 
(...) Sorry if it wasn't clear but I was agreeing with you... this is an inexplicable variance that over time would expected to become invariant, hopefully at the lower price points. That's the thesis of The Economist, and my hope as well. (22 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: Euro: one currency does not mean one price :-(
 
"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GpFJ64.LBE@lugnet.com... (...) No. I meant there isn't any VAT difference at all, now. Period In the EU VAT is charged at the rate of the selling country, not the customers country. (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: Euro: one currency does not mean one price :-(
 
(...) Right, I think that's what The Economist was driving at... that these sorts of inexplicable variances will, over time, either become explicable or become invariant, and that when they become invariant, competitive pressure will tend to cause (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.lego.direct)


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