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Well? I bet this Bill Gates loser will over charge us for his horrible, hackable, hardware hiccup! ha ha ha ha, I bet it costs about £400, Git, I bet it comes with free this and free that that you don't really need, you know you NEED to buy a remote for the DVD playing thing you can't use the controller even if, for some french reason, you might want to!
I don't understand it but I would still like to know the cost, and No stupid remarks like £1398.93 okay!
The Game
I don't understand it but I would still like to know the cost, and No stupid remarks like £1398.93 okay!
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Nothing to say.
*chuckle*
Damn.
We also have to remember that we live in a country here in the UK with a very high cost of living per capita compared to many other countries. (Last time I looked, Switzerland follwed by Germany were the most expensive countries to live in.)
Don't know why it's so expensive. In America the cost of living is very cheap (some would say the cost of a life over there is very cheap too but that's another story) so therefore although we may feel hard done by when it comes to prices over there vs prices over here, we are really very lucky to have the freedom of choice, which is completely denied populations of some other countries. A recent example of this is China installing its own internet to prevent Western decadance disturbing the fragile minds of its citizens.
So although the price we pay is higher, it is bundled with freedom, which you can't really put a price on.
Unless you live in Pembrokeshire.
Don't know why it's so expensive. In America the cost of living is very cheap (some would say the cost of a life over there is very cheap too but that's another story) so therefore although we may feel hard done by when it comes to prices over there vs prices over here, we are really very lucky to have the freedom of choice, which is completely denied populations of some other countries. A recent example of this is China installing its own internet to prevent Western decadance disturbing the fragile minds of its citizens.
So although the price we pay is higher, it is bundled with freedom, which you can't really put a price on.
Unless you live in Pembrokeshire.
FantasyMeiste® wrote:
> 299 USD, 299 GBP.
They don't have VAT (£44.68) in the USA and local taxes are instead ADDED to the price.
There is also the question of import duties, which vary, but I recall the import duty on a CD32 being 15%.
Basically, if you live in the UK then you need to remember that more than the sum of everybody's income in the UK is spent by government. Incredible as it may seem.
Employers have to pay 10% tax ON TOP of everything they pay their staff and typically the RATES on shops are 50% of the RENT. These costs all get passed on to the consumer.
Blame the Government on this one, not Microsoft
> 299 USD, 299 GBP.
They don't have VAT (£44.68) in the USA and local taxes are instead ADDED to the price.
There is also the question of import duties, which vary, but I recall the import duty on a CD32 being 15%.
Basically, if you live in the UK then you need to remember that more than the sum of everybody's income in the UK is spent by government. Incredible as it may seem.
Employers have to pay 10% tax ON TOP of everything they pay their staff and typically the RATES on shops are 50% of the RENT. These costs all get passed on to the consumer.
Blame the Government on this one, not Microsoft
Bill might put it low, after Sony's mistake.
The American version Mk.1 won't be compatible with anything, followed closely by the Mk.II which will work fine, until you try to buy a remote control for the DVD player, which won't work in any case.
The Mk.III British version will work just fine, hence the 'console priced console' as Bill so quaintly put it.
The Mk.III British version will work just fine, hence the 'console priced console' as Bill so quaintly put it.
Darn. $299 is only about £200. That sucks. I assume the American and European versions will not be compatable?
299 USD, 299 GBP.
Well? I bet this Bill Gates loser will over charge us for his horrible, hackable, hardware hiccup! ha ha ha ha, I bet it costs about £400, Git, I bet it comes with free this and free that that you don't really need, you know you NEED to buy a remote for the DVD playing thing you can't use the controller even if, for some french reason, you might want to!
I don't understand it but I would still like to know the cost, and No stupid remarks like £1398.93 okay!
The Game
I don't understand it but I would still like to know the cost, and No stupid remarks like £1398.93 okay!
The Game
Page: