PS3 slim: UK buyers stung.. yet again!

[Postal Dude]

$300 price tag in the US
£250 price tag in the uk
£250 = $413

When will this stupidity end???

[zanzabar]

windows 7 is 65pounds in the UK and $200 in the US for home premium

u guys dont get the worst of everything, and the pound is weak to the euro and has been dropping and its not like u can raise the price without backlash. and u can always go buy one in france

[Oberon]

Including VAT or no?

[Postal Dude]

£250 includes VAT yes. All prices over here are published with VAT alraedy added on pretty much.

Win7 is at that price as all UK suppliers have bought into a pre-order discount thing with microsoft. At the end of august i believe, prices will double

[Xello]

Man i remember dropping 440 big ones at launch for one here :rolleyes:

[Kanzy]

I might be wrong on this, but I think UK charges more import tax for sony.

[zsamz_]

windows 7 is 65pounds in the UK and $200 in the US for home premium

u guys dont get the worst of everything, and the pound is weak to the euro and has been dropping and its not like u can raise the price without backlash. and u can always go buy one in france

oem w7 50$ bud
if u need just pm me i'll tell you where to go

[Jamesrt2004]

I might be wrong on this, but I think UK charges more import tax for sony.

correct

its 15% value added tax then import tax then duty tax on those,, tbh its probably only a little higher you would be suprised at low margins from resellers...

although some places are selling for £229 iv'e seen and you can buy in bulk for £214 :D


http://www.shopto.net/PS3/GAMES/PS3SLIM-PS3%20Slim%20120GB.html
£229
+
HMV selling fo 250 WITH a free game but yeah 229 will be a smallll profit :/

[zanzabar]

oem w7 50$ bud
if u need just pm me i'll tell you where to go

im getting my copies from MS free (should get 5 total).


kinda off topic but i jsut picked up a used 40GB with no cables and a six access for $100 used from a friend this is shaping up nicely. and there was an announcement that a team has a mod chip for region free blue ray and other things that will be out in mid-late sep

[Jamesrt2004]

btw people who want to make money at x-mas buy those £220 ps3's wait till xmas prices I guarantee will go up to around £270 .. also get some wii's ;) (+ wii fit plus)

[Kylzer]

Why would you buy a ps3 anyways....

[zanzabar]

Why would you buy a ps3 anyways....

sony has the best exclusives, with ratchet and clank, grand turismo, GOW, little big planet, infamous, jack and daxter; what dose the xbox have some fps BS and star ocean last hope

[mav2000]

The PS3 normal costs 400 USD here..

[Power5]

Man i remember dropping 440 big ones at launch for one here :rolleyes:

I dropped $599 for a 60gb on launch. Now 4 years later still no GT5 and they are much cheaper and I don't really use the backwards compat any more.

[Jamesrt2004]

I dropped $599 for a 60gb on launch. Now 4 years later still no GT5 and they are much cheaper and I don't really use the backwards compat any more.

man im only getting one cos of GT5 :P

will be out march or may iirc

[Jeffersonian]

How much is 250 pounds in USD? If it's $325 (~1.3:1 exchange), then that's not really much more than you'd pay in the U.S. with sales tax depending upon the state. We're about to get the VAT too, though, and that just plain sucks quite like nothing else. Taxes and spending plus inflation are already way too high in the U.S., but I guess it's not enough for the Democratic Party until 10% of the population is homeless on the streets.

[Jamesrt2004]

How much is 250 pounds in USD? If it's $325 (~1.3:1 exchange), then that's not really much more than you'd pay in the U.S. with sales tax depending upon the state. We're about to get the VAT too, though, and that just plain sucks quite like nothing else. Taxes and spending plus inflation are already way too high in the U.S., but I guess it's not enough for the Democratic Party until 10% of the population is homeless on the streets.

its a 1.61 exchange atm so $400 lol

but then if we add on import tax duty tax(which is a lot higher for us cos we dont like sony apparently lol), tax on those taxes then VAT on top of that..

it probably means we end up paying the same.. i dont think we are getting ripped off.. we just pay for a lot of "free" stuff like medical stuff etc..

+ it is rip off britain for taxes

[pheoxs]

Like said before, it's the taxes and import duties more than anything. In Canada everything is more expensive in the states, often its cheaper to buy it from the south and have it mailed here than buy the exact same item from a Canadian retailer.

[Jamesrt2004]

Like said before, it's the taxes and import duties more than anything. In Canada everything is more expensive in the states, often its cheaper to buy it from the south and have it mailed here than buy the exact same item from a Canadian retailer.

exacta

[lutjens]

$300 price tag in the US
£250 price tag in the uk
£250 = $413

When will this stupidity end???

Well, the government has to pay for all those cameras somehow...they have to keep an eye on everything all the citizens do (whom they completely distrust).:rolleyes:

I find it funny how some governments (not just the UK...they're just the worst offenders) find it necessary to have cameras on nearly every square foot of space, yet are shocked and bewildered when the people don't trust them.

[Crow-]

$300 price tag in the US
£250 price tag in the uk
£250 = $413

When will this stupidity end???

It's not just in UK, here it costs 299€ (~$440)...