Comment by myrmidon
7 days ago
There is no way shipping alone explains the difference.
I would suspect the majority comes from higher (VAT) tax level; possibly also some indirect overhead because Europe is a more segmented market, and needs a bunch of localization at the very least.
US prices dont include taxes, EU prices do
£70 ($94) in the UK so is US prices exclude sales taxes $14 is VAT, what about the other $10?
GP says its $105 in the EU. I do not think VAT is high enough to explain that anywhere in the EU?
> GP says its $105 in the EU
It's not? Maybe there is some dynamic pricing going on, but it's 79 Euro (~91.75 USD). Which would be close to the US price with Hungary's VAT (27%, which is I think the highest). Then add stuff like copying levy onto it and you'll land on roughly the same price, even with a lower average VAT. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_copying_levy
Maybe they compared the model with the base to the one without? The one with base is more expensive in the US too though.