Originally Posted by jaco
[Also we have had a certain increase in the price in July 2009 (10-25%) which is in no relation to the currency ( pound/euro exchange )
But i think this price increase was also in the UK.

Perhaps M steers the price depending on the market ? I think more brands do this.

Well, the January 2009 pricelist was fair on basis of currency rate of that time. The increase of July was necessary because the GBP/EUR rate changed in June. It fully get that.

Since the end of August the rate stabilized again to almost the rate of the Jan-May rates.
However even till today this big difference in rate is maintained on the dutch pricelist.

Imagine shopping for a pair of DSP7200:

1 GBP = 1.10871 EUR (jan-may 2009 average)
1 GBP = 1.16369 EUR (jun-aug 2009 average)
1 GBP = 1.10990 EUR (sep-dec 2009 average)

DSP7200 (pair)
2009 UK price 17499 GBP
2009 feb NL price 21900 EUR
2009 jul NL price 25000 EUR

At the current rate this makes a difference of 5075 euro !


This is the reason why I bought my HD621 in the UK. Even with 55 GBP shipping cost it is a big saving.

HD621
2009 UK price 1500 GBP
2009 feb NL price 1895 EUR
2009 jul NL price 2100 EUR

Very sorry for my dealer, who made me a decent offer. But with the NL price list handicap just cannot compete.



Last edited by Robbo; 2010-01-25 08:37.
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