You have to consider several items.
1. Import duties. This can easily amount to 10%. Consider how much you had
to pay when you brought that Swiss watch back with you on your last European
trip.
2. Transatlantic shipping. As a point of reference, the shipping costs for
US domestic to the West Coast for a full kit is on the order of $1K when
containerized with others, so I could see a transatlantic ship cost of $2K
or more.
3. Is the UK price inclusive of VAT? If it isn't, that's 15% right there
(this is very unlikely).
Now, what's amusing -or painful- is that a lot of the stuff in the kit is
made in the US.
Shaun
A207
Original Message -----
From: <lvackerman@telocity.com>
Subject: US vs UK prices
> Just a note of interest about UK and US prices.
>
> Today the exchange rate is 1.407 US $ = 1 UK L.
>
> Looking at the prices for a monowheel with a 914 turbo
> engine:
>
> Kit 16380 UK L
> engine 11920 UK L
> Total converted to US $ = $39818
> or
>
> Kit 26250 US $
> Engine 19072 US $
> Total in SU $ = $45322
>
> Which results in a difference of $6504 US.
> Which is about a 16% difference in price.
> The Europa costs that much more in the US vs the UK.
> Does this happen because of transportation costs...
> Why the large difference?
>
>
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