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Re: Prices for SW sets UK prices
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lugnet.starwars
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Sun, 2 May 1999 21:04:47 GMT
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On Fri, 30 Apr 1999 05:40:20 GMT, Gintaras Rumsas uttered the following
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> SW Ep 4,5,6 sets finally arrived to Lithuania. I spotted 4 of them
> (except Speeder Bikes) in toy chain shop. What striked me - it is price.
> I purchased for the begining only Landspeeder. It costs here 12,25USD
> (which looks like twice as in US)! Tie Interceptor-Y-Wing costs 97.25USD
> which is crazy price for me. Here in our country where average salary is
> 250USD - SW sets are real luxury.
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> May be it is the same policy in all European countries for SW sets? It
> is intereting how much these sets cost in EU countries.
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> Other sets here usually cost 1.2-1.3 times more expensive as in US, and
> it is general policy. They (managers) explained it as higher
> transportation costs and small market.
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> Play well
> Gintaras
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>
In the UK, the cheapest known prices are as follows:
7110 GBP4.99 USD7.98
7128 GBP6.99 USD11.18
7130 GBP14.99 USD23.98
7140 GBP24.99 USD39.98
7150 GBP37.99 USD60.78
These prices include our 17.5% VAT (sales tax).
Subtracting the VAT makes the price comparable to US S@H
prices.
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| SW Ep 4,5,6 sets finally arrived to Lithuania. I spotted 4 of them (except Speeder Bikes) in toy chain shop. What striked me - it is price. I purchased for the begining only Landspeeder. It costs here 12,25USD (which looks like twice as in US)! Tie (...) (27 years ago, 30-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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