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SpikeUK
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:38 pm    Post subject: Map Prices - It's not fair Reply with quote

If I purchase a USA / Canada map DVD from the UK Tomtom site, it's 120 euros, which equals £79.

If I purchase a USA / Canada map DVD from the USA Tomtom site, it's $50. which equals £25.

Therefore, if I get a friend in Canada to purchase a DVD and send it to me here, I have saved £50.

The question is (apart from the unfairness of the price differential) would a USA purchased DVD work in my UK purchased GO700?
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 11:07 pm    Post subject: Re: Map Prices - It's not fair Reply with quote

SpikeUK wrote:
The question is (apart from the unfairness of the price differential) would a USA purchased DVD work in my UK purchased GO700?

yes
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's a fact of life that things cost different prices in different countries.

There can be several reasons for this local taxes, economies of scale, demand and supply, culture, etc.
Until there is a complete and unified worldwide economy there will never be price parity, and even then it'd still be very unlikely. For example despite a single currency within the Euro zone items still differ in price.

Of course, there's nothing preventing you from taking advantage of favourable prices elsewhere, however if the goods were purchased outside an EU country you'd still be liable for tax when the they reach these shores.

It could be worse you could be living in one of the Scandanvian countries where beer is much more expensive than in the UK.
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

RDS wrote:
It's a fact of life that things cost different prices in different countries.


Yes, it's called "Rip-off-Britain". Evil or Very Mad
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 5:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just tried the UAS site and all the prices come up in euros! How does it know?
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 5:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Skippy wrote:
RDS wrote:
It's a fact of life that things cost different prices in different countries.


Yes, it's called "Rip-off-Britain". Evil or Very Mad
It is also called "the effect of different exchange rates between currencies" Smile
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 6:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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It is also called "the effect of different exchange rates between currencies

That's one hell of an exchange rate difference!
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 7:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

alan_dr wrote:
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It is also called "the effect of different exchange rates between currencies

That's one hell of an exchange rate difference!


Ahh, the good old $1 = £1 exchange rate. Evil or Very Mad
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Same with "Windows Vista", roughly double the price in the UK compared to the US... :x
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's only 'cos us sensible Brits are far less likely to upgrade than the Yanks! Laughing

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup/topics?lnk=sg&hl=en

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