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vxf · 11-07-2011, 05:04 PM

I don't know about the UK - but in Italy, every electronics-item costs in Euro exactly as much as it costs in the US in dollars - which, at current exchange rates, means a 35% premium.

Of course it upsets me - but singling out SONY is unfair. It's just the curse of a less-competitive market...

11-07-2011, 05:04 PM	#5
vxf Guru Posts: 944 Karma: 1490348 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Norman, OK Device: Sony PRS 350, 900, 950; Kindles (ALL of them!); Kobo Aura One	I don't know about the UK - but in Italy, every electronics-item costs in Euro exactly as much as it costs in the US in dollars - which, at current exchange rates, means a 35% premium. Of course it upsets me - but singling out SONY is unfair. It's just the curse of a less-competitive market...