On 25 Aug 2003 at 6:48, Tapani Tarvainen wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 01:27:39AM +0100, Dickbo
> ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > From: "Willem-Jan Markerink"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> > > it baffles me that the UK-industry hasn't been wiped out by
> > > mail-order resellers from the rest of Europe, Germany in specific.
>
> > One would still have to pay VAT
>
> Taxes and customs don't explain it all. I've been considering getting
> the EF180/3.5 macro, and it turns out that ordering it from B&H in
> USA, paying shipping (US$36.50), customs (6.7%) and VAT (22%) it still
> would end up about 20% cheaper than ordering it from TechnikDirekt in
> Germany.
Note though that the largest market (USA) plus largest dealer can
buys at much lower prices from Canon Japan -> Canon USA than a small
market plus small dealer ever could.
In general, small shops can't even *buy* from their distributor for
the price the larger shops sell for....and that's only on national
level.
But that still doesn't explain the difference between UK and mainland
Europe....otherwise NL would be even worse than the UK, given the
large market that Germany is in comparison.
--
Bye,
Willem-Jan Markerink
The desire to understand
is sometimes far less intelligent than
the inability to understand
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