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$649 in US $699 in Canada $1000 in UK <- What on earth is going on here - even with 20% VAT?

by hackerboos 12y ago

szatkus 12y ago
700 Euro at Redcoon.
albinoloverats 12y ago
But still, at £600 it's much less expensive than most other available 4K displays (that I've seen)
- hackerboos 12y ago
  There's a Samsung 4k pre-order for £500 on Amazon, Overclockers etc.
  - cbartlett 12y ago
    You wouldn't happen to have a link or know the model number would you?
    - hackerboos 12y ago
      U28D590 - You can get it on eBay from Korea for £450 including VAT and customs duty. Although probably better to buy in country for warranty reasons.
    - hackerboos 12y ago
      There's also a Dell UHD for 450 http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00IOUBOB2/ http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00IOUBOB2/
chanux 12y ago
I can't find it right now but I read about a study that concluded British people would chose x£ over x$. That's probably being exploited here.
KhalPanda 12y ago
A trend that appears to be synonymous across a lot of markets (electronics, fashion, etc)... just swap that '$' out for a '£' and call it job done! Why? Because they can.
zimpenfish 12y ago
Isn't the canonical answer to these kinds of questions that you're missing the sales tax that would inevitably be added on to the US/Canada prices? Although, having said that, checking Quebec[1] gives me CAD803 which is ~GBP443 -- ~GBP150 lower than Amazon's UK price of GBP599.99 [1] http://helpsme.com/tools/free-gst-hst-pst-sales-tax-calculator-canada http://helpsme.com/tools/free-gst-hst-pst-sales-tax-calculat...
johansch 12y ago
$649 in US (without sales tax) $721 in Sweden (without VAT, http://www.prisjakt.nu/produkt.php?p=2596044 http://www.prisjakt.nu/produkt.php?p=2596044) $836 in UK (without VAT, http://pricespy.co.uk/product.php?p=2596044 http://pricespy.co.uk/product.php?p=2596044)
jotm 12y ago
Just look at the difference in prices for laptops, those are nuts. I'm importing everything from the US, even if it's more expensive (and it never is), because I will not support this kind of price gouging.
tubs 12y ago
Import tax + VAT.

$649 in US $699 in Canada $1000 in UK <- What on earth is going on here - even with 20% VAT?

szatkus 12y ago

700 Euro at Redcoon.

albinoloverats 12y ago

But still, at £600 it's much less expensive than most other available 4K displays (that I've seen)

hackerboos 12y ago
There's a Samsung 4k pre-order for £500 on Amazon, Overclockers etc.
- cbartlett 12y ago
  You wouldn't happen to have a link or know the model number would you?
  - hackerboos 12y ago
    U28D590 - You can get it on eBay from Korea for £450 including VAT and customs duty. Although probably better to buy in country for warranty reasons.
  - hackerboos 12y ago
    There's also a Dell UHD for 450 http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00IOUBOB2/ http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00IOUBOB2/

chanux 12y ago

I can't find it right now but I read about a study that concluded British people would chose x£ over x$. That's probably being exploited here.

KhalPanda 12y ago

A trend that appears to be synonymous across a lot of markets (electronics, fashion, etc)... just swap that '$' out for a '£' and call it job done! Why? Because they can.

zimpenfish 12y ago

Isn't the canonical answer to these kinds of questions that you're missing the sales tax that would inevitably be added on to the US/Canada prices? Although, having said that, checking Quebec[1] gives me CAD803 which is ~GBP443 -- ~GBP150 lower than Amazon's UK price of GBP599.99 [1] http://helpsme.com/tools/free-gst-hst-pst-sales-tax-calculator-canada http://helpsme.com/tools/free-gst-hst-pst-sales-tax-calculat...

johansch 12y ago

$649 in US (without sales tax) $721 in Sweden (without VAT, http://www.prisjakt.nu/produkt.php?p=2596044 http://www.prisjakt.nu/produkt.php?p=2596044) $836 in UK (without VAT, http://pricespy.co.uk/product.php?p=2596044 http://pricespy.co.uk/product.php?p=2596044)

jotm 12y ago

Just look at the difference in prices for laptops, those are nuts. I'm importing everything from the US, even if it's more expensive (and it never is), because I will not support this kind of price gouging.

tubs 12y ago

Import tax + VAT.