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Ugh. Why is is so much more expensive in Denmark? Here it's DKK5499 for the 256 GB version. That's USD857.
by madsohm 7mo ago
Ugh. Why is is so much more expensive in Denmark? Here it's DKK5499 for the 256 GB version. That's USD857.
- buckle8017 7mo agoThe US price doesn't include tax, Denmark price I assume does.
- pcurve 7mo agoIt's the 25% VAT. Pre VAT, it's ~$685. With state sales tax of 8% where I live, the base would cost me $648. So not a huge difference.
- hnra 7mo agoWith or without VAT? The USD price is without VAT.
- madsohm 7mo agoThe DKK5499 is with VAT. If I enter a San Francisco zip code, it still only comes out to about USD654.
- thatfrenchguy 7mo agoSales tax in the US is nowhere near 25% :)
- rtkwe 7mo agoYup, Louisianna has the highest combined state and local sales tax rates on average of ~10% which is no where near the VAT standard which seems to be around 20% for most of Europe? https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/state/sales-tax-rates/ https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/state/sales-tax-rates/
- TazeTSchnitzel 7mo agoThat's around $85 more expensive once you account for the fact Danish advertised prices include VAT at a rate of 25%, whereas the US advertised price excludes sales tax.
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- sbrother 7mo agoDoes that include VAT? Also the USD has been getting weaker quickly so I wouldn’t be surprised if the differential there is even larger than when they settled on pricing.
- rtkwe 7mo agoThat's only a little more than the EU price of 699 Euro or approx $813. Part of that is VAT which is included the price (right?) instead of being added at checkout like the US. That would bring the USD price up to $713. IDK where the rest of the increase would come from though. edit: Denmark VAT is actually 25% not 20% so the USD price plus Denmark VAT is ~$750
- rtkwe 7mo agoTaking the German price of 699 Eur and accounting for the extra VAT in Denmark (25%) vs Germany (19%) I get 853 USD which means you're basically in line with the price for Germany which I expect is close to the price for the rest of the EU +/- VAT. So the higher price in Denmark looks like VAT + some extra costs for being in the EU market; import duties, corporate taxes, etc.
- retired 7mo agoThe Danish version has two years of warranty.
- sthlm 7mo agoEuropeans (I'm German) often sigh at the price differences, but a big part of it is just that US prices are listed without VAT, while European prices are, and VAT differs across EU member countries. Denmark has a VAT of 25%, so the DKK 5499 price without VAT is DKK 4399, which amounts to ~$684. Still more but not substantially.
- dmitrygr 7mo agoVote for politicians who'll lower VAT from 25% (!!!) to the same about as we pay in sales tax (5-9% depending on locale, 0% in some states) -- see lower prices :)