UK prices as compared to others

[Ukastronomer (Jeremy)]

APOLOGIES if this has been ask3ed before but...........

Why are we in the UK, (I am in Wales actually a separate country ) charged stupid prices as compared to the US, is it me.

I recently wanted a celestron GPS "Celestron 93969 SkySync GPS Accessory ", US £99, UK from £150 to £230.00 !!!!!! (note **)

In fact I could import it from the US and still save, fortunately I got a mint one off Ebay for £60.

In the US my triplet skywatcher came with a FREE field flattener uk no chance, and this is standard across the board.

There is 100% price fixing actually supposedly illegal here, NO reseller can sell for less than another reseller (for the main scopes etc **), what is in one shop is the same in another and if it is cheaper by "much" they can lose their right to sell I checked this as a Journalist.

[Saturn488]

Same here in Australia.

Prices are double and sometimes triple for certain astro gear.

[Pepper (Steve)]

happens with everything. metal detectors are the same.

[skysurfer]

Don't forget that US prices are excluding GST, unlike in the UK / EU or AU. And another factor is that the £ exchange rate is a bit too high and the AU$ a bit too low. The latter is favorable for me so my current Oz trip is a cheaper trip for me, but for the Ozzies astro and electronics gear is too expensive.

[Ukastronomer (Jeremy)]

Originally Posted by PCH

Skysurfer, whilst I personally couldn’t give a rats about what people find to get on the sandbox about, your avatar is clearly a HUGE political statement and as such is against the TOS and should have been picked up by the mods long ago.

Mods, why do you close other threads that merely hint at a political opinion, yet choose to let this blatant statement pass by?

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In what way

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[RugbyRene (Rene)]

Personally I find prices in the UK more than competitive with local prices. I buy from First Light Optics and with the saving on VAT, they are less than some unnamed local suppliers.

Rene