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Originally Posted by fjtorres
This issue keeps coming up.
Yes, it sucks when a desirable product is not available to you or it costs more than in other markets.
But it is also true that each country sets its own competitive environment based onn local laws, wages, real estate prices, and competition rules.
Focusing solely on currency exchange rates to compare prices across markets simply leads to heartburn and offers no insight into the root causes of the pricing differential.
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Not all companies do this, however. Eg, Amazon have extremely equitable pricing; the Kindle costs, in other countries, pretty much a direct conversion of the US price plus the relevant local taxes. Sony certainly leave one with a certain impression that high prices in other countries are perhaps being used to subsidize the price in the US market.