Why o why!!!
Why o Why do US-retailers convert dollars to Euro’s 1:1 [when was the last time that that was the case in FX?]. It means that we the Europeans won’t buy form them because we pay 30% more! That is not all, it is excluding sales tax. This is normal in the US, but it adds up another 21% that we don’t expect overhere. Including shipping, because they want to sell in Europe, but don’t want a facility overhere. So another 18 EURO. [Well I picked an example, thats why the numbers don’t make sense now.
So a nice “Little Tikes iTikes Canvas Toy” is on sale for EUR 52,01 and I have to pay in the end 83 EUR!!! I can buy the thing here for EUR 15. So that is $108 for a toy that cost $ 60 in the US.
Yep, makes sense to me. In about a couple of years they will complain that the international thingy isn’t working out for no obvious reasons.
Another example: Canon PowerShot A1300
Overstock.com: EUR 115 (excl. tax and shipping)
Sears.com: EUR 117 (excl. tax and shipping)
When I buy it local : EUR 80 ($103, incl. tax and shipping)
Thanks for wasting your time reading this…
