Rip off Britain?

[postman]

Ok Christmas has reared it's head ,and now is the time to ask,what would you like as a pressie.
So one of our girls has asked for some money towards the Apple i pod touch 5th generation 64gb.
So just now i have googled for info,two sites i looked at one in US of A and one here in GB ,soddin cheek America the thing is $399 or £248 + a few pennies,here in Argos it's a staggering £329.It's a shocking mark up.

 

[Vapin' Joe]

Look on the bright side. If you lived in many parts of the world you couldn't afford food.

 

[ohnovino]

The American price probably doesn't include any local sales tax, whereas the UK price will include VAT.

 

[brucers]

Britain is certainly a rip off, trouble is people keep paying rip off prices for things that they don't need!

 

[postman]

Ignore rant,as usual i went off on a subject i know nothing about.I just saw the £ signs ohnovino you are correct,i have just had a conversation with an Apple person and taxes are added at various points during the transaction.
Foot in moutyh here in Meanwood.

 

[cyberknight]

£ land this year for everyone bar the kids.

 

[biggs682]

i work for an American co and by the time the items get here we have had the europeans putting a mark up on the cost to the uk which adds to our cost

 

[Manonabike]

But if you buy from New jersey then "No Sales Tax"

 

[Night Train]

Just pop an orange into her Christmas stocking as Apples are not the only fruit.

 

[asterix]

Ok Christmas has reared it's head ,and now is the time to ask,what would you like as a pressie.
So one of our girls has asked for some money towards the Apple i pod touch 5th generation 64gb.
So just now i have googled for info,two sites i looked at one in US of A and one here in GB ,soddin cheek America the thing is $399 or £248 + a few pennies,here in Argos it's a staggering £329.It's a shocking mark up.

Presumably she already has a bicycle?

 

[Andrew_Culture]

With American made basses and guitars the difference is astounding, I once worked out it would be cheaper for me to fly to America and buy the bass I wanted brand new than it was to buy it second hand in the UK.

 

[Black Sheep]

I used to know someone who would do a round trip from manchester international airport to the channel islands to by photography kit as it worked out cheaper.

 

[Globalti]

Cautionary tale: I asked my brother in Michigan to buy me an HID light with Li-Ion battery because it was much cheaper in the USA. By the time he had posted it and I had paid the import duty it ended up costing me EXACTLY what I'd have paid for it from the UK distributor.

 

[green1]

Cautionary tale: I asked my brother in Michigan to buy me an HID light with Li-Ion battery because it was much cheaper in the USA. By the time he had posted it and I had paid the import duty it ended up costing me EXACTLY what I'd have paid for it from the UK distributor.

Should have marked it as a gift.

 

[slowmotion]

I bought some loudspeaker drive units a few years ago. They were made in Denmark. It was cheaper to buy them in California, pay all the shipping charges, duty and VAT rather than buy them from a dealer in the UK. Nuts.