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There are very few other industries that have massively different pricings between contries. Considering nearly all of our electrical goods are imported we should have the exact same issue with everything in that ilk. Even GSO goods that ship world wide under a few different gizes are not that far apart from AU to US to UK.
Shipping does not cost that amount, admittedly owning a shop does raise your over heads but alot of these shops do not hold onto stock like a warehouse sure they have a few of the main sellers but anything else... they all operate as a outlet and then send dropship either to the store for you to pick up or to your door at a nominal fee. Most of the Baader gear is the same setup as well common items a few are kept on hand, not so common a few week wait, what do you think is happening? the retailer is slack? no, they have to order it in from O/S.
Also these stores arnt in the middle of the cities where rent is high they are generally out in the wilderness where rent is reasonable.
If you can come up with a logical and plausable reason why the cost of some brands is vastly different between one country to the next for exactly the same goods then you might sway me but till then there is one member of the delivery chain that is taking alot more than they should be!
Brendan
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