lizard.king wrote: > Hi > I've been a Slimdives customer for quite a while. I even bought 2 of > the original SlimMP3 Players when they first came out (they still > work). Today I own 4 players of different generations. > > Today, when I wanted to order the new Squeezebox Duet in shop on > www.slimdevices.com (as I did in the past), I realized that I'm not > accepted a a customer anymore. Instead I'm refered to the Logitec shop. > > > In the Logitec shop, the prices are much higher than in the US shop. > The Squeezebox Duet lists for 399.99US$ on Slimdevices and for 599CHF > in the Logitec shop. Since the value of 1US$ and 1CHF are currently > almost equal, it is very easy to compare the prices and so I realized > the Logitec/Slimdevices expects me to pay 50% more because I'm living > in Switzerland. > > I can uderstand that products are sometime a bit more expensive in > Europe (manual in other language, different voltage), but a dfference > of 50% is just a pure rip off. To me this really feels like > Logitec/Slimdevices are seriously trying to cheat me. > > Does anyone understand why Europe customers have to pay 50% more? >
There was a guy here recently complaining that the Duet was so much cheaper in Switzerland than in Holland. He had found a pretty cheap web shop there apparently. Search recent threads and mail him for the address or do some searching yourself. It's not uncommon that the manufacturer charges more than the retailer. Else, who would buy from a retailer and why would retailers bother to stock the product? Regards, Peter _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
