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From: space@ncc1701.stgt.sub.org (Lars Soltau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Why is the Amiga 3000 so damned expensive in Europe?
Summary: Tax issues
Message-ID: <665@ncc1701.stgt.sub.org>
Date: 21 Jul 90 17:54:28 GMT
References: <JKH.90Jul17192155@meepmeep.pcs.com> <KK102029.90Jul18162412@kaarne.tut.fi>
Reply-To: space@ncc1701.stgt.sub.org (Lars Soltau)
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In article <KK102029.90Jul18162412@kaarne.tut.fi> kk102029@tut.fi (Karsisto Konsta) writes:
>
>Have you ever happened to hear any horror stories about prices in
>Finland? Well, if you haven't then keep reading...
>
>A2000 basic unit without any additional hardware ...  9990 FIM
>(that's more than 4000 DM ~ $2500 USD)
>A2620 Processor Board, with 2MB 32-bit RAM ......... 19995 FIM
>(that's more than 8000 DM ~ $5000 USD)
>(these two examples will suffice; The A2620 is an extreme case)
>(no, I don't think they have been able to sell _any_ '020 board;
> mail order rules Ok, I think.)

Ick. And I thought that We have it bad in Germany.

>jkh> Note that by "reasonably priced" I'm not talking 5 for a dollar, I'm
>jkh> merely asking for something that meets (or, heh heh, beats) current
>jkh> average prices in the U.S.
>
>Couldn't agree more. Really.
Count me in!

>But there's 17% (16? 13?) sales tax in Germany, right ? I suppose you
>do mean to accept that 17% extra you _will_ have to pay, don't you.

Well, but we would save American sales tax, wouldn't we? I mean, if you export
things from the US, do you still have to pay US sales tax?

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