iPhone;454653 Wrote: > Are you somehow thinking Logitech is making a higher profit in Europe? > Not with all the crap that the EU requires to do business there. Also > just getting units from China to the EU costs more then to the West > coast. Then there is the duty on Electronics that are brought in from > outside the EU. Don't think its licensing, I think its the cost of doing > business in the EU with all the crazy regulations and ridiculous > consumer laws. Europeans campaigned for the consumer protections and got > them, now you're paying for them. > > Costs are just higher in Europe when bringing a product in. I would be > surprised if the margin wasn't actually lower on units sold in the EU > even with the higher price related to direct currency exchange prices.
I think the "because we can" is probably the most likely. I do work for a couple of industrial companies who produce machines that they sell worldwide. Most have a department who make documentations for the machines. Without the documentation the machines can not be sold in the US Most pages consist of phrases like "WARNING: If you put your finger between the bade and press the 'CUT' button, you may harm yourself." The have to jump through hoops to penetrate the US market and it effects the bottom line for the products they sell over there. The europeans therefore also think that the US has 'crazy' consumer regulations. I also understand the US companies probably think the same thing about the EU. Then again, Slimdevices is a subsidary of a Swiss company. Shipping to europe will be the roughly the same price. A 40' container may cost $100 more to europe, but you can fit quite a few Squeezebox Touches in a 40' container. -- Sike ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2458 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67398 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
