[UA] Holy Christ!

[Ronnie Grahn]

----- Original Message -----
> Like Tynes said.
>
> Remember some key points:
>
> * The US price does not include sales tax/GST/VAT or what have you.
>
> * Overseas distributors and retailers have to mark up from a higher price,
> due to the costs of shipping, customs, etc.
>
> * The dollar has been REALLY strong lately, though maybe this doesn't
affect
> Sweden as much.  (Sweden isn't part of the Euro, is it?)
>
> >From visiting Europe, I noticed it's not unusual for the retail price in
> stores to be nearly 2 X the US retail price.  For a monster book like
> PoMoMa, $44 then is not too surprising.  How much is the UA core rulebook?
> (In English, the UA rulebook is $25...just $1 more than PoMoMa.  So if
> ratios hold, it should be about $46.)

Sweden isn't part of the Euro, not yet at least.
The UA rulebook costs about $28 at the same place... so I feel somethings
wrong... I'm gonna check it out on friday when I will get the book from the
postal office.
Our sales tax is in fact 25% and we have pretty high taxes, but then again
we have great healt care system etc, etc.


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