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Old 04-15-2016, 07:07 AM   #779
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Originally Posted by Jason90 View Post
The voyage is $199 and £169 here ,the higher the amount the greater the difference should be,basic economics people!
Don't neglect the special offers discount. The Voyage is $219.99 in the US without special offers.

Today's exchange rate is $1:£0.705400

$219.99 = £155.18

£155.18+VAT = £186.22
Actual UK price: £169.99

And that's because the exchange rate was different when Amazon set the UK price of the Voyage when it was released. If they were releasing the Voyage now, they would probably list it at £189.99.

And this change in the exchange rates, coupled with Amazon's general policy of not changing a local price, leads to the situation where the Oasis is £100 more expensive than the Voyage in the UK, but only $90 more expensive than the Voyage in the US.
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