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Surface Pro
...just bought a US Surface Pro 128GB via Ebay Germany.
Should be here on Wednesday.
I've hesitated for some time.
For one, I don't want to have the US power supply (well, I'll probably buy a German one as soon as accessories are available from Microsoft Germany).
And of course I had to pay a hefty uplift: € 1.250 vs. $ 999 = 60% uplift!
I could have ordered from Ebay US. Prices typically are in the range of $ 1.100 from 3rd party suppliers.
$ 1.100 + 19% tax + $ 50 shipment = ca. $ 1.400 = ca. 1.100.
So I might have been able to save € 100...
Anyway: I absolutely hate the marketing of Microsoft. How hard is it to schedule and announce a roadmap? "Bigger than expected demand" can't be an explanation. It would be nonsense, to postpone for example a European product launch because of demand in the US. As we all know, interest is very short spanned. If they postpone the European launch by, let's say, 5 months, they loose about 1/3rd of the lifespan I assume for such a product...
Whatever...
I'm really curious and will post most likely on Wednesday around noon CET.
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