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Re: UK gets a raw deal again
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lugnet.loc.uk
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Mon, 1 Jul 2002 22:20:39 GMT
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The value of the US dollar had been falling the last several months - the pound
has gained about 20% to 25% against the dollar recently. LEGO may not have
planned on that when determining the prices. Also, isn't tax already included
in the UK prices? If so, that would account for some more of the price
difference.
John
In lugnet.loc.uk, Grahame Reid writes:
> Huw Millington wrote:
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> > The new Spybotics sets, such as 3806 Gigamesh G60,
> > http://shop.lego.com/product.asp?id={6D0D9615-6F23-11D6-8037-00C04F5ED856}&C
> > atID=&OrderBy=0 are GBP59.99 in the UK, or $59.99 in the USA.
> >
> > I make that about 50% more! Surely such a difference can't be justified.
> > Could it be a mistake?
> >
> > Huw
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> >
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> And currently in New Zealand, 59.99 USD = 122.98 NZD whereas LEGO want
> 149.95 NZD for the Gigamesh G60. So it's not so bad here, but it is
> still about 22 percent more than the US price.
>
> Grahame
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| (...) Oops - sorry about that - I should check how recent things are before posting and not rely on my memory. The dollar has only dropped about 8% against the pound in the last few months, which doesn't cover that much of a difference. The Euro, on (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jul-02, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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