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Kindle 3G costs over 70% more in UK...........
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Amazon I guess relies heavily on UK retail for its presence. (Kindle, not Amazon)
There is so much world beating kit around that no one speaks of because its not in front of our nose. |
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It's not just here, it's 189 Euros on the German site.
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This is misleading.
The Kindle Touch 3G comes in 2 flavours in the USA with one being subsidised with adverts which gets you a $30 discount. If you compare like for like you get excluding VAT: USA - $189 or £117.33 UK - £140.83 Which means we pay 26% more and not over 70% more as the thread title suggests. |
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It is very bad that even web financial news sites now prefer 'bums on seats' over accurate reporting.
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This is misleading.
The Kindle Touch 3G comes in 2 flavours in the USA with one being subsidised with adverts which gets you a $30 discount. If you compare like for like you get excluding VAT: USA - $189 or £117.33 UK - £140.83 Which means we pay 26% more and not over 70% more as the thread title suggests. |
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Still cheap for what it does.
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When comparing prices you also need to take into account VAT. In most US States the sales tax is between 5-10% but in some States it is 0%. Add in the higher costs of doing business in the UK (taxes, rent, wages and bills) and the two prices aren't that much different.
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When comparing prices you also need to take into account VAT. In most US States the sales tax is between 5-10% but in some States it is 0%. Add in the higher costs of doing business in the UK (taxes, rent, wages and bills) and the two prices aren't that much different.
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If the exchange rate changed it could be come cheaper in the UK than US - would people then complain we should put the UK price up to match the US? LOL
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Amazon I guess relies heavily on UK retail for its presence. (Kindle, not Amazon)
There is so much world beating kit around that no one speaks of because its not in front of our nose. $189 could have the $149 one, but the ads bit put me off, but some say they are not that bad
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Kindle and other electronics are usually more expensive in other countries than in US. Probably in US competition is tougher and this makes prices better for consumer.
I am from Europe and I try to buy most electronics from US when possible. |
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Kindle and other electronics are usually more expensive in other countries than in US. Probably in US competition is tougher and this makes prices better for consumer.
I am from Europe and I try to buy most electronics from US when possible. |
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I remember reading once with regards to video recorders that they were cheaper in the US than UK as US customers wouldn't put up with the higher prices so they got bumped in the UK to make up the shortfall. The same article also mentioned that in the US it tends to be 'how cheap can we sell something and still make a profit' and in the UK it's 'how much can we charge and still sell some'.
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You are comparing two different countries and two different markets. Prices are set by how much a market is willing to spend not by how much another market is willing to spend in comparison. |
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In the UK items will always be more expensive as we have 20% VAT on everything. And in the US a large chain of shops has a population of 250 million people to sell to in the UK it's only around 60 million so they but less from the manufactuer and receive less of a bulk discount. That's two reasons for stuff here to be more expensive.
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The quicker we get rid of crippling VAT the better. It is a regressive and unfair tax as it doesn't allow for variances in income.
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.... considering the free 3G webrowsing i think it's a bargain. i read the papers evvery day. no 3G tariff.
this post on my kindle ! |
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