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mike_bike_kite · 06-10-2010, 03:55 PM

fjtorres: I understand what you're saying but ...

Looking on wikipedia corporate tax is 15-39% in the US and 21-28% in the UK.
It's difficult for me to judge warehousing costs etc in the two countries so I'll take your word for it. Are wages that much lower in the states to the UK?
I'd of thought localisation costs on ereaders is pretty minimal. The menus come in a few different languages and perhaps the manual but we're not talking big money here - it's just a one off fee for translation. I believe the users themselves have been adding new languages to the pocketbook ereaders.
Looking on the web again I saw that the warranty is the same in the US for Irex as it is here - 1 year.

I'm not convinced

06-10-2010, 03:55 PM	#70
mike_bike_kite Digitally confused Posts: 500 Karma: 1500000 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: London, UK Device: KPW, K2i, Nexus 7 32gb, Kobo Mini	fjtorres: I understand what you're saying but ... Looking on wikipedia corporate tax is 15-39% in the US and 21-28% in the UK. It's difficult for me to judge warehousing costs etc in the two countries so I'll take your word for it. Are wages that much lower in the states to the UK? I'd of thought localisation costs on ereaders is pretty minimal. The menus come in a few different languages and perhaps the manual but we're not talking big money here - it's just a one off fee for translation. I believe the users themselves have been adding new languages to the pocketbook ereaders. Looking on the web again I saw that the warranty is the same in the US for Irex as it is here - 1 year. I'm not convinced Last edited by mike_bike_kite; 06-10-2010 at 03:57 PM.