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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
What Katsunami said I've seen too, in Hungary.
My mother lives there and prices there generally are cheaper for fysical products. Or more expensive. If the latter, it's generally the b-quality (often containing more flaws as if Q&A was done more sloppy) and won't last as long as exactly the same machine bought in the Netherlands. Unless you pay premium (and then it's generally more expensive), then it's the same quality. My mother prefers to buy her electronic devices here (in the Netherlands) as the quality is simply better and it's cheaper in the long run.
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In my case, there wasn't a quality difference. A Canon EF 70-200 f/2.8L IS USM lens cost around €1800 in the Netherlands (at the time... now it almost costs €2100
), while it was around €750-800 in the Blaltic and Balkan area's. You're not going to convince me that the Netherlands adds a €1000 on taxes and imports for a Japanese item.
(I can still find some of those lenses around €1000 second hand, or even less, but they are *very* used, with chipped paint, dents, scratches, third-party replacements for missing parts such as the tripod collar; some even have scratches on the glass.)