April 4, 201411 yr http://www.brickpicker.com/bpms/set.cfm?set=76013-1 When I looked at the Lego 76013 'The Joker Steam Roller set', I was astounded by the retail price difference between Europe and the US. If I convert the Dutch Price of 64,99 euro's to dollars, (64,99 : 0,725) the outcome = 89,64 dollars! It isn't far off to say that the price in The Netherlands is almost double of the US price. I cannot think of a good explanation for this price difference. I think it's unfair of LEGO to the European Customers. Has anyone got an explanation for this?
April 4, 201411 yr Note that some themes don't suffer higher prices in europe, and dollar/euro ratio is ok overall. I can mainly think of lego technics: http://brickset.com/sets/theme-Technic/year-2013 Some Items at 39$ <=> 29
April 4, 201411 yr Our friend Grolim wrote an article on this subject:http://blog.brickpicker.com/comparing-lego-retail-purchase-prices-across-regions/ Tax differences can explain something like a 15-20% price differences. As you can see, some themes, particularly the licensed ones, go beyond that. Whether that is because of some legal reason, or it's just Lego's strategy, I don't know. Or maybe they produce these themes in their factory in Mexico and it's the transportation costs. I will say that sometimes the difference is just ridiculous. The Lone Ranger Stagecoach Escape for example was $30 and
April 5, 201411 yr I've been seeing some fantastic deals in supermarkets recently which never used to happen much. One day, things will even out I think.
April 10, 201411 yr 1 to 1 conversion is not fair at all. 1 dollar = 0.725058005 euro's 1 euro = 1.3792 U.S. dollars So when you are talking about a set which has a 40 dollar / 40 euro retail price. The Europeans are paying 55 dollars!The Europeans are paying a whopping 37% more. We have a disadvantage from the start, when it comes to investing. How can this be fair? You have to concider two things: 1. In the U.S. Prices are usually published with sales tax not yet included. The rate varies by state from 0-10%. So costumers wouldn't actually pay 40 for a 40$ dollar set, but somethong like $43. 2. Europe's value added tax (the Dutch BTW) rates are much higher than the American sales taxes. Varies by country but around 20%. So when Lego sells you a set for
April 10, 201411 yr You have to concider two things: 1. In the U.S. Prices are usually published with sales tax not yet included. The rate varies by state from 0-10%. So costumers wouldn't actually pay 40 for a 40$ dollar set, but somethong like $43. 2. Europe's value added tax (the Dutch BTW) rates are much higher than the American sales taxes. Varies by country but around 20%. So when Lego sells you a set for
April 10, 201411 yr I think we must keep cheeking amazon, i think we will see it around 45-50 euros in the future! Thats only my opinion!
http://www.brickpicker.com/bpms/set.cfm?set=76013-1
When I looked at the Lego 76013 'The Joker Steam Roller set', I was astounded by the retail price difference between Europe and the US.
If I convert the Dutch Price of 64,99 euro's to dollars, (64,99 : 0,725) the outcome = 89,64 dollars!
It isn't far off to say that the price in The Netherlands is almost double of the US price.
I cannot think of a good explanation for this price difference.
I think it's unfair of LEGO to the European Customers.
Has anyone got an explanation for this?