[LINK] sigh

Nick Ross nickrossabc at gmail.com
Tue Feb 12 06:56:22 AEDT 2013


Car parts are the worst. Subaru Forrester headlight USA: $150. Australia, I
shit you not: $750.

It was fun coming back to that hit and run, I can tell you.

And no I couldnt, headlights are almost unique to each country.

N
On 12/02/2013 2:53 AM, "Rick Welykochy" <rick at vitendo.ca> wrote:

> stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:
>
> > "Microsoft, Apple, Adobe summoned by Australia pricing inquiry"
> >
> > Lower house committee summoned the three firms to explain why Australian
> > customers paid more for same products
>
> And in Canada, nothing is being done about similar pricing discrepancies.
>
> 'Country pricing' a cause of Canada-U.S. price gaps ...
>
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2013/02/07/marketplace-country-pricing.html
>
> The practice called 'country pricing' affects products across the board,
> not just IT products, i.e.
>
> "Edmonton resident Christine Maligec was shocked to find the playpen she
>   bought from Toys "R" Us cost $129.99 in the U.S., but jumped to $249.99
>   in Canada."
>
>
> cheers
> rickw
>
>
>
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>
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