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EdmundIJones · Aug 27th, 2014, 19:31

TruckbusUK, It's the same with everything through, it's €10 euro cheaper to buy an iPad or iPhone in Germany and Italy than it is in France, they all use the Euro so in theory it should be the same... but isn't.

All big companies have teams of economists working out how much they can charge for products all over the place. It comes down to what people can afford, how strong currencies are (in relation to each other) and what they think they can get away with. People in the UK generally have more cash than a lot of other countries so can proportionately pay more.

Volvo is now owned by the Chinese so I bet they are a lot cheaper there and effectively subsisted by other country sales.

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EdmundIJones Senior Member Last Online: Jan 8th, 2019 20:45 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Near Lymington	TruckbusUK, It's the same with everything through, it's €10 euro cheaper to buy an iPad or iPhone in Germany and Italy than it is in France, they all use the Euro so in theory it should be the same... but isn't. All big companies have teams of economists working out how much they can charge for products all over the place. It comes down to what people can afford, how strong currencies are (in relation to each other) and what they think they can get away with. People in the UK generally have more cash than a lot of other countries so can proportionately pay more. Volvo is now owned by the Chinese so I bet they are a lot cheaper there and effectively subsisted by other country sales. Last edited by EdmundIJones; Aug 27th, 2014 at 19:34.