[Elecraft] European Elecraft prices

Fri Apr 11 19:38:01 2003

According to this morning's Seattle Times, 1 US dollar = 0.9257 Euro
and 1 Euro = 1.0803 Euro, so I suspect that you have the conversion
reversed.

73,
Bob, N7XY

On Sat, Apr 12, 2003 at 12:59:29AM +0200, Pauli Nunez EA3BLQ wrote:
> Hi Paul and all,
> 
> If I am not very much mistaken, I think that your conversion USD/Euro
> is wrong. Today's rate is 1 USD = 1.0751 Euro or 1 Euro = 0.930146
> USD so 780 Euro are equal to 838.57 USD and 116 Euro are the
> equivalent of 124.71 USD so the difference between Elecraft's and the
> European Distributor's prices is much wider.
> 
> 73
> 
> Pauli, EA3BLQ
> K2/100  #1044
> 
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> 
> "Paul Bartlett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> : Hi All,
> :
> : It's been pointed out to me that the European prices that I quoted included
> : local sales tax. Sorry for that; I missed it. Prices were quoted including
> : 'S+H' which I asumed meant sales tax and handling.
> :
> : The site I mentioned is based in Germany and I've just spoken to my sister
> : (who lives there) in order to get a figure for the local sales tax. It's
> : 16%.
> :
> : Revised comparative figures are thus:
> :
> : Basic K2: Elecraft price USD 599. European distributor: Euros 780 (before
> : tax)
> : SSB Option: Elecraft price USD 89. European distributor: Euros: 116 (before
> : tax)
> :
> : At today's prices Euros 780 amounts to about USD 722
> : and Euros 116 comes to USD 107
> :
> : This still amounts to almost exactly a 20% mark-up for little perceived
> : added value.
> :
> : If I've made a mistake with the sums, please correct me.
> :
> : Best,
> :
> : Paul
> :
> 
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