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Old 17th January 2008   #4
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Originally Posted by Melodioso View Post
One reason might be that the US market is bigger than the European market, so the US distributors are ordering more units meaning cheaper price per unit. In my country (Swissland), the market is small, so the prices are crazy! Most of my gear, I bought in the USA. The rest in Germany. Some US manufacturers have a "non outside-US shipping policy" (meaning you should buy it from your local dealer), but you always find some US dealers open for business... With the low dollar, it's very interesting right now!
Yes, exactly ... but if more people start doing the same thing (very naturally), it will hopefully lead to decreasing the prices in EU, otherwise very few people will keep buying there ... if there can buy the same for much lower price somewhere else
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