Hans_NL;535330 Wrote: > Yes, prices in Europe are generally much higher, even when we consider > the difference in taxes. Europe is also a somewhat smaller market, and > a 2-year unconditional warranty is mandatory in most countries. Add the > fact that you're an early adopter and you know that something has to > give....
Being an early adopter never bothered me. I'm not asking for a rebait on the numerous Slimp3's that I bought nearly 10 years ago. The EU has nearly double the population of the US, if you count the whole continent europe gets up to nearly 3 x the population of the US. If europeans really is that much richer than americans, then they must sell a lot more in europe than in the states. If the device price is double then the profit margin a lot more that that, therefore they have to sell less devices over here to get their cost back... Hans_NL;535330 Wrote: > > If you don't like the price level of a Touch, you can always look at > the competition (depending on your requirements). The Sagem My Web 500 > comes to mind (82 euro), or the similar priced Muvid IR 615. I have my touch on preorder. I'll probably end up buying a couple of them to replace the SB3s. I used to order 10 at a time directly for the states... Those were the good ol days.. -- Sike ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2458 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77371 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
