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> In Japan, it sold for 2.6 million yen, but in the United States, it retailed for $40,000, a significant markup. To be fair, shipping them across the Atlantic
by Eric_WVGG 2y ago
> In Japan, it sold for 2.6 million yen, but in the United States, it retailed for $40,000, a significant markup. To be fair, shipping them across the Atlantic and then throughout the United States must have been expensive.
Yes, I imagine the cost of shipping something from Japan to the States across the Atlantic would be nothing to sniff at.
- helpfulContrib 2y ago[dead]
- rasz 2y agoSea transport is really cheap in bulk. Somehow Japanese cars didnt fetch $15K premium after crossing the pond in the nineties.