For Europeans the Sony 505 costs the same in the U.K. then in the U.S.!

DDHarriman · 10-06-2008, 01:37 PM

Imagine you can buy direct in the U.S. or the U.K. - vacations, business trip, you name it - and you are from the Euro land!

Let’s talk about the official price, no specials, online lower prices and the likes, the official price is, U.S. 299 dollars U.K. 199 pounds.

Buying today in the U.S.: 1 € - 1,3634 $
The Sony would cost you 219,3047 € (299/1,3634)

Buying today in the U.K.: 1€ - 0.7728 £
The Sony would cost you 220,0899 € (199/0,7728)

And remember the price in the U.K. includes VAT and the one the U.S. does not, and also the in the U.K. you will get an European warranty.

keith · 10-06-2008, 01:54 PM

Hate to be picky but correcting the maths error:

Buying today in the U.K.: 1€ - 0.7728 £
The Sony would cost you 257.5 € (199/0,7728)

DDHarriman · 10-06-2008, 02:03 PM

You are not picky, but completely correct!
My BIG mistake!!!

It's 257,5052 € as you say.

Just if you are a company/professional and can recover the VAT you will get: 219,1599 € (257,5052/1,175).

Once more my apologies for the mistake.

JSWolf · 10-06-2008, 02:31 PM

Remember, the warrenty.. you don't get a UK warrety if you buy a US 505.

10-06-2008, 01:37 PM	#1
DDHarriman Guru Posts: 860 Karma: 4380 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Almada, Portugal Device: Cybook Gen3, Sony PRS 505, Kindle DXG and Samsung Galaxy Note	For Europeans the Sony 505 costs the same in the U.K. then in the U.S.! Imagine you can buy direct in the U.S. or the U.K. - vacations, business trip, you name it - and you are from the Euro land! Let’s talk about the official price, no specials, online lower prices and the likes, the official price is, U.S. 299 dollars U.K. 199 pounds. Buying today in the U.S.: 1 € - 1,3634 $ The Sony would cost you 219,3047 € (299/1,3634) Buying today in the U.K.: 1€ - 0.7728 £ The Sony would cost you 220,0899 € (199/0,7728) And remember the price in the U.K. includes VAT and the one the U.S. does not, and also the in the U.K. you will get an European warranty.

10-06-2008, 02:03 PM	#3
DDHarriman Guru Posts: 860 Karma: 4380 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Almada, Portugal Device: Cybook Gen3, Sony PRS 505, Kindle DXG and Samsung Galaxy Note	You are not picky, but completely correct! My BIG mistake!!! It's 257,5052 € as you say. Just if you are a company/professional and can recover the VAT you will get: 219,1599 € (257,5052/1,175). Once more my apologies for the mistake. Last edited by DDHarriman; 10-06-2008 at 02:17 PM.

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10-06-2008, 01:54 PM	#2
keith Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505	Hate to be picky but correcting the maths error: Buying today in the U.K.: 1€ - 0.7728 £ The Sony would cost you 257.5 € (199/0,7728)

10-06-2008, 02:31 PM	#4
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,750 Karma: 145864619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Remember, the warrenty.. you don't get a UK warrety if you buy a US 505.

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