ee8kh@gdt.bath.ac.uk (K House) (05/18/91)
stern@CHEM.NWU.EDU (Mike Mendelsohn) writes: >The Postage and Handling to Netherlands was 5$ US. I assume Denmark >is similar. I know that if you send English currency, that is ok. >I don't think they accept credit cards. If you send 11 pounds or so, >that will probably do. I would guess it might be easier to get UK >currency than US$$$, but I may be wrong. >Considering the price we Americans have to shell out for European imports, >though I think a 25% mark up is pretty damn good! It's certainly worth the >extra couple of bucks. >-mjm Sorry to butt in here, but I would just like to make a little point about the price of these *expensive* imports From what I gather, imports tend to hit you at about $23 (correct me if I'm wrong here). Not so long ago the exchange rate for dollars to pounds (UK) was about 2 to 1 I don't know what it is now but it probably hasn't changed too much since. Given that the *normal* retail price for a CD in England is _12_ POUNDS(!!!) then you don't seem to be getting too bad a deal to me. In fact I frequently hear people complaining about the cost of imports which are actually cheaper in the US than in Europe. And just to finish off, when US CD sinles are imported into the UK, we're lucky to find them for less than about 8 pounds, or about $14 by my reckoning So count yourselves lucky, CDs ARE CHEAP in the US. No flames please, I just thought people should understand this. Kevin -- "I hear the word for love, I hear the word for death, ___ But I don't hear any answers." - All About Eve / / )__ __ ^__ __ _________________________________________________________/ / ((_(( (((_((_.____
scott@cs.heriot-watt.ac.UK (Scott Telford) (05/23/91)
In article <9105221421.AA29570@uunet.uu.net> ee8kh@gdt.bath.ac.UK writes: >Sorry to butt in here, but I would just like to make a little point about the >price of these *expensive* imports ... >Not so long ago the exchange rate for dollars to pounds (UK) was about 2 to 1 >I don't know what it is now but it probably hasn't changed too much since. About L1=$1.60, last time I looked. >And just to finish off, when US CD sinles are imported into the UK, we're >lucky to find them for less than about 8 pounds, or about $14 by my reckoning S'true. I paid L8.73 for "Aspects of the Sensual World" last week. _____________________________________________________________________________ | Scott Telford, Dept of Computer Science, scott@cs.hw.ac.uk | | Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK. scott%hwcs@ukc.uucp | |_____ "Expect the unexpected." (The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy) ______|
lazlo@triton.unm.EDU (Lazlo Nibble) (05/24/91)
scott@cs.heriot-watt.ac.uk (Scott Telford) writes: >> And just to finish off, when US CD sinles are imported into the UK, >> we're lucky to find them for less than about 8 pounds, or about $14 by >> my reckoning. > > S'true. I paid L8.73 for "Aspects of the Sensual World" last week. Good lord, why? If you'd just have had one of us in the states buy it and send it to you it couldn't have cost more than half that. I do it all the time, and usually take UK CDs in trade. ...Peace. Lazlo (lazlo@triton.unm.edu) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "You're my orchestra of one."