Why Do We Get Ripped Off In The Uk?

[dark_is200]

Just been looking at some subwoofers and wondered why we get ripped off so much in the UK:

In the UK:

Kicker S12L7-4 sub - £299.99

In the US:

2 x Kicker S12L7-4 subs - $359.99, $100.00 deliver, import duty (say $100?) = $559.99 = £336.30

We are paying almost twice as much in the UK for the same product.

:tsktsk:

[dark_is200]

On the same subject (prices I paid for my new amp and speakers):

Hifonics ZX6400 - $210.00

Focal Utopia 165W - $400.00

Focal Audioum 6W - $150.00

Shipping - $150.00

Total - $910 (£546.62)

In the UK (europe)

Hifonics ZX6400 - €499 (£350)

Focal Utopia 165W - £550.00

Focal Audiom 6W - £150.00

Total - £1050

Again almost twice as expensive in the UK!

[sorted avensis]

You are not wrong mate.Us guys on TOC are saving up for the new supra and in the USA it's going for £17000 cheaper

[Mr-Lex]

We get ripped off on anything and everything...and it effects me in all catergories: fags, petrol, u name it...and I fall in!!!!

[UKPulse]

Someone was telling me that the new MG-TF built here in good old Blightey, and sold to UK punters for nearly £22K, is also shipped out to the Far East where it sells for £6K less!!?

[javadude]

US is a bigger market so lower overheads etc eg in meeting local safety regulations etc

[Fever]

Javadude, what you say is true...but I really have too agree with Kieren....the price's for things in the UK take the pi$$!!!!

[javadude]

I completely agree. I buy CDs on the web (often from the US) and even with shipping I rarely pay more than £10.

[TonyGoose]

I completely agree. I buy CDs on the web (often from the US) and even with shipping I rarely pay more than £10.

www.cdwow.co.uk.

£8.99 delivered to your door ... mostly from Hong Kong too