<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 7:09 PM, ian douglas <<a href="mailto:ian.douglas@iandouglas.com">ian.douglas@iandouglas.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">Vincent wrote:<br>
> 2. 19% VAT in germany<br>
> 3. x% additional fees (recycling, ...) in germany/europe<br>
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</div><div class="Ih2E3d">> Regarding points 1, 2, 3 and 6 - doesn't the US have something similar?<br>
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</div>2. I'm originally from Canada, but my experience in the US is that each<br>
state, and sometimes within separate counties within the state can<br>
charge varying amounts of tax. On a whole though, the Federal government<br>
does not add a value-added tax (VAT), like the Canadian government does<br>
with the GST (goods and services tax).<br>
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3. California typically charges an "environmental waste impact" (or some<br>
similarly-phrased term) for electronics. I don't know about other<br>
states. We're all supposed to be a bunch of tree-huggers or something<br>
out here /shrug<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"></div> </blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
> Regarding 5 - shouldn't the prices be according to current exchange<br>
> rates? Isn't that the whole point of exchange rates?<br>
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</div>Currency exchange rates can be pretty volatile though, and basing a<br>
price on a currency that's fluctuating a lot (like the US dollar), in my<br>
opinion, doesn't make as much sense. At the same time, marketing the<br>
Freerunner in, say, Euros, might make these Americans around me feel<br>
alienated or something. ;o)<br>
</blockquote><div><br>Yeah sorry, I didn't use the best wording. With "current", I meant "when the Freerunner arrives"...<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Just my $0.02 ... plus tax.<br>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Vincent