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Originally Posted by kacir
Because the prices were set when the exchange rate for dollar was much higher and why would Microsoft lower the prices when people are buying Vista like never before.
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It's not *all* to do with the exchange rate. And the dollar-to-euro and dollar-to-gbp has been reasonably stable for over a year now.
The EU (and especially the UK) charges obscene business fees (especially for licensing) for any outside company that wants to do business there. It's a problem my employer is facing right now because we have to charge so much more to our UK/EU clients to make any sort of profit and offset the fees/taxes of doing business there.
You might want to rethink your anti-US tirade.
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You still have to pay for handling + shipping + Value Added Tax (approx. 20%, depending on country) + whatever customs officer decides.
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Yep, exactly right. And you know what? I'm pissed that my favorite yarn company is in France and I have to pay ridiculous shipping/VAT fees to get knitting patterns and yarn shipped to me. But it's part of the price of doing business with another country.