Well, that might be true for most things, but products that are imported from another country should be cheaper there. For instance, French wine ought to be cheaper in Paris. :P Likewise, Japanese figures and other anime- or videogame-related merchandising is cheaper in Japan.
And, of course, products are way cheaper in countries where the currency has been notably devalued, like Russia.
Almost everything is made in China, and they send their stuff everywhere for free, but most of the cool stuff still ends up in the USA and you have to pay a lot to move it out of there. Especially computer stuff.
That might have something to do -it's just a guess, I am no expert- with the fact that America is a big market with essentially one language, one set of regulations and no borders. In Europe, you have 500 million people, yes, but dozens of languages and, despite growing integration of the EU as a single market, local particularities. Another important reason is probably the taxes, which are definitely higher in Europe than in the US.
Still, I bet that some imports, at least those not produced in countries where the average yearly salary is higher than $5000, are more expensive there.
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Still America. Seriously, the answers to all your "where to buy" questions are "America".
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I'm aware of that. Please keep in mind that I live in Brazil and no one beats my country in overpricing, hahahaha.
I don't have plans to visit USA again anytime soon, so maybe is better to get the stuff in Europe.
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Well, that might be true for most things, but products that are imported from another country should be cheaper there. For instance, French wine ought to be cheaper in Paris. :P Likewise, Japanese figures and other anime- or videogame-related merchandising is cheaper in Japan.
And, of course, products are way cheaper in countries where the currency has been notably devalued, like Russia.
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Almost everything is made in China, and they send their stuff everywhere for free, but most of the cool stuff still ends up in the USA and you have to pay a lot to move it out of there. Especially computer stuff.
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That might have something to do -it's just a guess, I am no expert- with the fact that America is a big market with essentially one language, one set of regulations and no borders. In Europe, you have 500 million people, yes, but dozens of languages and, despite growing integration of the EU as a single market, local particularities. Another important reason is probably the taxes, which are definitely higher in Europe than in the US.
Still, I bet that some imports, at least those not produced in countries where the average yearly salary is higher than $5000, are more expensive there.
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Thank you!
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You're welcome.
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