Europeans are stupid

Sony must be thinking so:
https://www.dpreview.com/files/p/art.../slidea11.jpeg

USD 1400 in the US, 1700 Euro in Europe
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Alfred Molon

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http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyOlympus/
http://myolympus.org/ photo sharing site

On 07/10/2016 07:30, Alfred Molon wrote:
Sony must be thinking so:
https://www.dpreview.com/files/p/art.../slidea11.jpeg

USD 1400 in the US, 1700 Euro in Europe

Trump negotiated a special price for the USA.

Alfred Molon wrote:
Sony must be thinking so:
https://www.dpreview.com/files/p/art.../slidea11.jpeg

USD 1400 in the US, 1700 Euro in Europe



Have you factored in the appropriate domestic taxes? In some areas, the
tax on gasoline costs more than the actual price of the gasoline.

Mort Linder

On 2016-10-06 14:30, Alfred Molon wrote:
Sony must be thinking so:
https://www.dpreview.com/files/p/art.../slidea11.jpeg

USD 1400 in the US, 1700 Euro in Europe


First off, the European price is probably tax in at about 20% whereas US
prices are announced tax-out.

So the European tax-out price is about €1415.

The exchange rate, at present is about 1.115 US$/€.

So, the European price is really about US$1577 before VAT.

So that's a mere $177 (12.6%) more in Europe. That is accounted for by
the higher operating costs in Europe due to social programs, etc. that
drive up the cost of employing people.

Similar pricing differences in Canada v. US due to our higher socialized
costs.

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-Nick (Gone Girl), Gillian Flynn.

On 2016-10-07 00:02:48 +0000, RichA said:

On Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:09:57 UTC-4, Mort wrote:
Alfred Molon wrote:
Sony must be thinking so:
https://www.dpreview.com/files/p/art.../slidea11.jpeg

USD 1400 in the US, 1700 Euro in Europe



Have you factored in the appropriate domestic taxes? In some areas, the
tax on gasoline costs more than the actual price of the gasoline.

Mort Linder

That would be Canada as well.

You should visit California sometime where on top of gas/road taxes we
have to pay for a "California gas formulation".
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-gasoline-manipulation-infobox-20150706-story.html
https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&s=emm_epm0_pte_sca_dpg&f=m

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Regards,

Savageduck

In article , Alan Browne
says...
So that's a mere $177 (12.6%) more in Europe. That is accounted for by
the higher operating costs in Europe due to social programs, etc. that
drive up the cost of employing people.

What would these social programs be? By the way, health care in Europe
costs far less than in the USA.
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Alfred Molon

Olympus E-series DSLRs and micro 4/3 forum at
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyOlympus/
http://myolympus.org/ photo sharing site

On 2016-10-07 06:01:26 +0000, Alfred Molon said:

In article , Alan Browne
says...
So that's a mere $177 (12.6%) more in Europe. That is accounted for by
the higher operating costs in Europe due to social programs, etc. that
drive up the cost of employing people.

What would these social programs be?

Flugelhorn lessons for all.

By the way, health care in Europe
costs far less than in the USA.

No kidding!


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Regards,

Savageduck

"Alan Browne" wrote in message
...
On 2016-10-06 14:30, Alfred Molon wrote:
Sony must be thinking so:
https://www.dpreview.com/files/p/art.../slidea11.jpeg

USD 1400 in the US, 1700 Euro in Europe


First off, the European price is probably tax in at about 20% whereas US
prices are announced tax-out.

So the European tax-out price is about €1415.

The exchange rate, at present is about 1.115 US$/€.

So, the European price is really about US$1577 before VAT.

So that's a mere $177 (12.6%) more in Europe. That is accounted for by
the higher operating costs in Europe due to social programs, etc. that
drive up the cost of employing people.

and the higher costs of consumer protection

Do US camera purchases still come with "3 months warranty after which you
are on you own", or has market forces/legislation improved that?

tim

"Alfred Molon" wrote in message
. ..
In article , Alan Browne
says...
So that's a mere $177 (12.6%) more in Europe. That is accounted for by
the higher operating costs in Europe due to social programs, etc. that
drive up the cost of employing people.

What would these social programs be?

"workers rights"

dunno if it is still like this, but in the US you can be told not to come
back to work tomorrow, for no reason, with zero compensation

property rental costs are much much lower in the US than Europe - that's
just a function of them having lower population density

tim

In article , tim...
wrote:


Do US camera purchases still come with "3 months warranty after which you
are on you own", or has market forces/legislation improved that?

1 year, sometimes longer, which can be extended by an additional 1-2
years via a credit card.