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Re: Lego UK - A Rip Off Britain Vendor? Some good, some bad prices.
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lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.lego.direct
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Thu, 28 Sep 2000 07:47:30 GMT
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This is all pretty bad when one sees it in black and white - I think I was
happier when I only had a sneaking suspicion that I was being ripped off!
That said, I'm sure LEGO would say that marketing in Europe is much more
expensive as the markets are all much smaller, are quite diverse and require
some degree of tailoring. I suppose the US prices are also VAT/sales tax free?
Please note I'm not hinting that you should produce a pan-European
spreadsheet.
Once we join the Euro all this will be much clearer :-)
Scott A
In lugnet.loc.uk, Lawrence Wilkes writes:
> In the market for yet more bulk bricks, I thought I would do some price
> comparison between UK and USA prices.
>
> It didnt take too long to quickly cut and paste the S@H price lists into Excel
> and automatically calculate the differences in price.
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> On the positive side, most of the bulk elements are priced pretty close to US
> prices in the UK. At an exchange rate of 1.46, many bricks are 0.99x US
> prices, some are 1.1x, though B004 is 1.39x for some reason.
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> Watches and Keychains are just under 1x, and there is a small number of sets
> that are 0.7x or 0.8x US prices, so quite favourable.
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> However, a lot of Lego System is 1.46x
> The worst offenders are lego software, which are at least 2x, with Lego
> Friends 3.65x, as it is on offer at $9.99 compared to UK price of £24.99
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> Star Wars varies at 1.17x to 1.46x more than US prices
> Train is 1.2x or 1.3x
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> If anyone wants a copy of the spreadsheet email me. It shows the comparative
> prices, and also shows gaps in the catalog.
>
> regards
> lawrence
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