I think this is going to vary a bit from one case to another. A while back I was looking for a D60 on the internet using pricerunner.com and the cheapest prices in Europe for UK customers came from a shop in Paris which worked out at about �200 less than anywhere in the UK including VAT and delivery.
A thread has started up about Rip off Britain at Dpreview. http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1019&message=4422336 Ashley Andy Johnstone 19/2/03 9:35 am > > >> I agree that this is a bad situation. It happens with everything - look how >> much a bottle of champagne costs in Dover compared to 20 odd miles away in >> Calais! And if you happen to have no morals and shop in Gap you'll find the >> dollar price in the US simply gets a � instead here in the UK. > > Spare a thought for the french though...they may have cheap champagne to > celebrate the completion of a good job, but it costs them a lot more money > to produce anything than it does in the UK. > > I was quoted about 1700 + tax (VAT in france is 19.6%) for a Nikon LS 4000 > scanner by my local and very good dealer in Toulouse. They are on sale for > 950+ Vat in London.... > > andy =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
