isocleas Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Maybe it becomes offtopic, but what is the mood in the US massmedia considering the Putin / Crimea? Are they beating the war drums? The lunatics on the far right can't seem to ever pass up a war, but the majority of the country doesn't want any part of it. Seeing as how Ukraine though is so close to joining the EU/Nato its definitely a tougher situation than say Georgia a few years back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biniou Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Note that some themes don't suffer higher prices in europe, and dollar/euro ratio is ok overall. I can mainly think of lego technics: http://brickset.com/sets/theme-Technic/year-2013 Some Items at 39$ <=> 29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard74 Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Our friend Grolim wrote an article on this subject:http://blog.brickpicker.com/comparing-lego-retail-purchase-prices-across-regions/ Tax differences can explain something like a 15-20% price differences. As you can see, some themes, particularly the licensed ones, go beyond that. Whether that is because of some legal reason, or it's just Lego's strategy, I don't know. Or maybe they produce these themes in their factory in Mexico and it's the transportation costs. I will say that sometimes the difference is just ridiculous. The Lone Ranger Stagecoach Escape for example was $30 and 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biniou Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 The Lone Ranger Stagecoach Escape for example was $30 and Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcarin Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Well I got Stagecoach for 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGod Posted April 5, 2014 Author Share Posted April 5, 2014 Well I got Stagecoach for 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TabbyBoy Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 I've been seeing some fantastic deals in supermarkets recently which never used to happen much. One day, things will even out I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard74 Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 1 to 1 conversion is not fair at all. 1 dollar = 0.725058005 euro's 1 euro = 1.3792 U.S. dollars So when you are talking about a set which has a 40 dollar / 40 euro retail price. The Europeans are paying 55 dollars!The Europeans are paying a whopping 37% more. We have a disadvantage from the start, when it comes to investing. How can this be fair? You have to concider two things: 1. In the U.S. Prices are usually published with sales tax not yet included. The rate varies by state from 0-10%. So costumers wouldn't actually pay 40 for a 40$ dollar set, but somethong like $43. 2. Europe's value added tax (the Dutch BTW) rates are much higher than the American sales taxes. Varies by country but around 20%. So when Lego sells you a set for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcarin Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 You have to concider two things: 1. In the U.S. Prices are usually published with sales tax not yet included. The rate varies by state from 0-10%. So costumers wouldn't actually pay 40 for a 40$ dollar set, but somethong like $43. 2. Europe's value added tax (the Dutch BTW) rates are much higher than the American sales taxes. Varies by country but around 20%. So when Lego sells you a set for 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luisesluis Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 I think we must keep cheeking amazon, i think we will see it around 45-50 euros in the future! Thats only my opinion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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