tamanaco wrote: > ntom;318089 Wrote: > >> Don't complain Tamanaco, you should be so lucky.......as with most >> things this side of the pond, 40% off in the UK just brings them down >> to the price that you can already find them for with a regular google >> search in the US!! >> > > ntom, currenly the Euro is worth a lot more than the Dollar. All I have > to do is go out on the streets here in NYC and see the endless stream of > european turists. You guys got diposable income. Our salaries have not > been adjusted to make up for the rising cost of living. The cost of > housing, gas, milk... etc have gone up dramatically. The real estate > (housing) business in NYC is being driven by foreign investors buying > second homes (apartments)in the city. Heck, you can buy a round-trip > ticket to the US, buy a dozen Duets and still not spend the same > percentage of your net income as I would if I had to go to Europe at > buy one duet at %40 off. We need a little break... I used to buy one or > two CDs a week... Now I have to use those extra dollars to buy gas. > Right now I have been having a hard time convincing the wife that I > need to buy $299 Controller. If I tell her that I can get it at 40% > off... she'll probably scream "GET IT!"... just so that she does not > have to listen to me talk about my desperate need for a Controller any > more. >
What's the average income in NY again? In Holland it's around 30,000 EUR, and we pay around 40% income taxes from that. And then there's VAT and lots of car and fuel taxes too. Don't worry, you lot still come out on top. Regards, Peter _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
