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Originally Posted by emai7s2
Taxes. Blame your own governments. Most of Europe charges a VAT of about 20%, whereas online shopping in the US is (still) largely tax free. Generous child-support payments, early retirement, universal access to high-quality health care and tuition-free universities, etc., all have to be paid for somehow. Gasoline prices in Europe are about 4 times higher than in the US for the same reason. Everything has its trade-offs.
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I don't think that's true. When I order something from the EU, I still have to pay additional taxes in my country (I am not in the EU, but in "the rest of Europe").
I think it has something to do with the gadget market. The competition is harsher in the US, so the prices are lower.