Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ecsvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!ecsvax!mjg From: mjg@ecsvax.UUCP (Michael Gingell) Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga,net.micro.atari Subject: Re: Open letter to Atari and Commodore Message-ID: <724@ecsvax.UUCP> Date: Sat, 9-Nov-85 12:49:11 EST Article-I.D.: ecsvax.724 Posted: Sat Nov 9 12:49:11 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Nov-85 07:42:32 EST References: <246@cernvax.UUCP> Organization: North Carolina Educational Computing Service Lines: 19 Xref: watmath net.micro.amiga:697 net.micro.atari:1630 > subject of END-USER PRICE, in particular for those of us who live in > Europe. > > As an indicator of the problem, consider the following prices for the > Atari 520ST (floppy, mouse, monochrome) :- > > In the USA $600-700 > In England $1000 (+15% VAT) From my experience just about everything is more expensive when imported. Just try and buy a BMW or Mercedes in the USA and see how the price is inflated (even allowing for US emission controls). The Swiss are probably just trying to recoup all the taxes levied to run the navy .... :-) Mike Gingell ..decvax!mcnc!ecsvax!mjg > In Switzerland $1400 >