On Tuesday 08 May 2007 05:59:03 Mike Tatum wrote: > Here in the UK the dealers take the USA price figure, for example US > $2000.00 and change the sign to pounds so it becomes UK £2000.00 > but if we look at the exchange rates US $2000.00 = UK £1000.00 so we > are charged DOUBLE the price with all the profit going in the dealers > pocket!
Mike, In the May RadCom, an IC-756 ProIII is 1989 pounds in the first advert. This includes VAT at 17.5% (blame the government, not the dealer) so the tax exclusive price is 1693 pounds. The cheapest I can find it in the USA is 2699 dollars, excluding sales tax, which varies from state to state. Comparing tax exclusive prices, at the current exchange rate, buying the 756 in the UK is (1693 x 2 / 2699) times the USA price - that's 1.27 times, The dollar has not always been so weak compared to the pound. Just a few months ago, when prices were the same, the exchange rate was 1.85, which brings the price ratio to 1.17, not double. Ian, G4ICV, AB2GR, K2 #4962 -- _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
