Mark Lanctot;240591 Wrote: > It turns out that the exchange rate has very little to do with pricing. > Things are priced at what the manufacturer feels the market will bear. That's how free market economics work. :) Mark Wrote: > That doesn't make it right, but that's how it is. Europe is more > expensive to do business in than the U.S. due to taxes and bureaucracy > - so is Canada. In fairness, we do get things in return for those taxes. Cheaper squeeaebox vs. free heart surgery? You pays your money and makes your choice. Mark Wrote: > You can get a Squeezebox here off the U.S. website, but the extra > charges will easily add $100 to it. The worst is "customs and > brokerage", it seems this is a random number - there have been times I > haven't been charged anything, but once it was $50 on a $200 US order. The customs charges are fixed and the brokerage fee varies by carrier, but can easily be determined prior to ordering. I order a couple of hundred pounds worth of electronic components from the US recently and quick calls to C&E and Parcelforce informed me of the exacty charges.
The times you don't get charged are 'escapes' but they are fewer and further between these days as C&E are focussing more on personal imports as the volume has increased with more people ordering on line from aboad. Of course, you -should- inform C&E of any escapes and pay the relevant duty and VAT ... ;) -- Fifer ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fifer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=639 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39979 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
