Sony USA vs UK rippoff pricing

LilElvis

Some more companies you need to boycott due to their pricing differential between the US and UK:

Levis, GAP, Ralph Lauren, Apple.

Make sure your other half doesn't buy any cosmetics from Clinique, Bobbi Brown or Estee Lauder.

And you will no longer want to buy her anything from Tiffany.

Don't forget that Macdonalds, Burger King and KFC all charge less in the US.

You might not like it but companies charge what the market will bear - it's a basic economic principle.

peachyprice

Newsflash, companies can charge what they like for their goods.

InsideInsurance

LilElvis wrote: »

Some more companies you need to boycott due to their pricing differential between the US and UK:

Levis, GAP, Ralph Lauren, Apple.

Make sure your other half doesn't buy any cosmetics from Clinique, Bobbi Brown or Estee Lauder.

And you will no longer want to buy her anything from Tiffany.

Don't forget that Macdonalds, Burger King and KFC all charge less in the US.

The vast majority of those companies however are US based and therefore non-US prices will also have currency fluctuation protection built in.

It is more understandable when you compare prices in home country -v- another country that others will be hire. In the case of Sony etc however you are talking about both the US and UK being non-dom currencies for it so both should have less currency volatility protection built into the pricing.

As you say though to some degree, most companies will sell for as much as they can get away with which is very much a local market consideration - the rest of this just sets the floor that theyre willing to sell for

tomtontom

peachyprice wrote: »

Newsflash, companies can charge what they like for their goods.

And we'd no doubt be worse off if regulatory agencies tried to tell them what to charge. This is nearly as bad as the people that signed the govt petition to lower school holiday prices!

LilElvis

InsideInsurance wrote: »

The vast majority of those companies however are US based and therefore non-US prices will also have currency fluctuation protection built in.

It is more understandable when you compare prices in home country -v- another country that others will be hire. In the case of Sony etc however you are talking about both the US and UK being non-dom currencies for it so both should have less currency volatility protection built into the pricing.

As you say though to some degree, most companies will sell for as much as they can get away with which is very much a local market consideration - the rest of this just sets the floor that theyre willing to sell for

True that I was comparing US companies pricing at home v UK. I admit to being lazy as these are ones that I know the pricing in the 2 countries without googling lots of sites. I can't remember any prices for foreign products I bought in the US - apart from the mental amounts I used to pay for Cadburys choc and Heinz beans!

Money-Saving-King

LilElvis wrote: »

Don't forget that Macdonalds, Burger King and KFC all charge less in the US.

And pay their staff a lot, LOT less!

Money-Saving-King

icarusi wrote: »

This is the Money *Saving* Forum isn't it? I'm surprised there are so many apologists here.

I'm surprised you're so argumentative when your told how something is!

LilElvis

Money-Saving-King wrote: »

And pay their staff a lot, LOT less!

Nope - they have a minimum wage in the USA too.

dacouch

LilElvis wrote: »

Make sure your other half doesn't buy any cosmetics from Clinique, Bobbi Brown or Estee Lauder.

I'm not surprised Bobbi Brown charges more, after all it's his prerogative

LilElvis

dacouch wrote: »

I'm not surprised Bobbi Brown charges more, after all it's his prerogative

Prepare for the lawsuit - unless she has had a sex-change