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Granted, most of us don't work for minimum wage, but some debate about the Playstation3 price difference on (URL) between the States and Europe has yielded an interesting tidbit of information, perhaps useful in understanding the LEGO price (...) (18 years ago, 27-Mar-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Not neccessarily true. You cannot make a broad generalization simply based on the average wage in dollars. The average American pays less for everything than the average Brit so may or may not be "poorer" in material goods and access to (...) (18 years ago, 27-Mar-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) If you're suggesting that Lego pricing is due to income levels of citizens, I don't think that's the case. Some of the issues (as I've been told from people in Lego and outside of Lego) are: 1) People in Europe are willing to pay more for toys (...) (18 years ago, 27-Mar-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Also in the US tips are expected, whereas in Europe they are not (although they are generally accepted). I couldn't find any info on the relative amounts made in tips, but they are not included in wage comparisons. ROSCO (18 years ago, 27-Mar-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Waiters earn tips, and generally earn less than 5.15 due to this. Cashiers at Burger King, Book shelvers at a University Library, and such menial jobs earn no tips and recieve 5.15 minus taxes for their labor. (18 years ago, 27-Mar-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Of course relative buying power plays a big point. I earn approximately half of my British counterpart, but my house, food, etc costs half as much as well. My point is that comparing British to American at strict monetary conversation rates (...) (18 years ago, 27-Mar-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) My point isn't that LEGO is saying "Americans make less money, therefore we will charge less" but rather than the uneven income (...) Americans, because they make less, do not buy equally priced (to European sets) LEGO because it is (...) (18 years ago, 27-Mar-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Your mistake is to compare minimum income instead of median income. The minimum wage is not a good representation of the earnings of a country. In fact until about a decade ago the UK didn't have a minimum wage so would that mean LEGO should (...) (18 years ago, 27-Mar-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Well apparently (URL) Jon Palmer was making more than $13/hr slinging coffee in Tulsa> ;) ROSCO (18 years ago, 29-Mar-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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