which proves the old proverb "Every cloud as a silver lining"forge wrote:Oh yes...that's right my UK passport has expired! I'm no longer allowed to make such assertions!rozling wrote:Oi - that moniker is reserved for this country! Have at you!
BTW - more fuel for the fire: http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/twi ... 2008-08-14
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/12/t ... ges-c.html
the 2nd link makes the 1st link infuriating
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Just in case: I was referring to Ireland's claim to the Rip-Off-____ title, not to your elopage!forge wrote:Oh yes...that's right my UK passport has expired! I'm no longer allowed to make such assertions!rozling wrote:Oi - that moniker is reserved for this country! Have at you!
The scumbags! Of course that doesn't mean that the carriers weren't charging Twitter for their troubles - although they could easily have stepped in when they realised it would mean less revenue from the Twitterers (Twitterees? Twits?). I know I forgot about text-tweets once the announcement was made.BTW - more fuel for the fire: http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/twi ... 2008-08-14
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/12/t ... ges-c.html
the 2nd link makes the 1st link infuriating
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For some reason I'd unsubscribed to Graham Linehan's blog - thanks for reminding me about it!
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I think "rip-off-Britain" may even be in some of the dictionaries now....rozling wrote:Just in case: I was referring to Ireland's claim to the Rip-Off-____ title, not to your elopage!forge wrote:Oh yes...that's right my UK passport has expired! I'm no longer allowed to make such assertions!rozling wrote:Oi - that moniker is reserved for this country! Have at you!The scumbags! Of course that doesn't mean that the carriers weren't charging Twitter for their troubles - although they could easily have stepped in when they realised it would mean less revenue from the Twitterers (Twitterees? Twits?). I know I forgot about text-tweets once the announcement was made.BTW - more fuel for the fire: http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/twi ... 2008-08-14
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/12/t ... ges-c.html
the 2nd link makes the 1st link infuriating
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For some reason I'd unsubscribed to Graham Linehan's blog - thanks for reminding me about it!
yes - I think you're right it's probably not Twitter but the bastard Mobile phone companies - I just thought they were a swimming example of rip-off-britain in action!
just like 399 quid for the APC when it's $399 USD every where else - don't know what the current exchange is like, but at one point I think that would have almost been double!
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Sadly, forge, it's the case with EVERYTHING. If it costs £200, it'll be $200 in the states. It's like 'they' don't take monetary conversion into account...forge wrote: just like 399 quid for the APC when it's $399 USD every where else - don't know what the current exchange is like, but at one point I think that would have almost been double!
Bastards.
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A $399 RRP in the USA equates to £320 RRP in the UK, using the current exchange rate and taking VAT in to account. So if it is £399 RRP in the UK, we're being charged around 25% more than in the USA.
The chances of getting it for much below RRP upon release are pretty low. No one discounts whilst a product is in demand and there isn't enough to go round, which is likely to be the case with this for a while at least after release.
Probably the best bet for getting a decent price is to find a local / friendly DJ shop which will cut you a deal. Pretty certain Akai are distributed by Numark in the UK, so most DJ shops will be able to get it.
The chances of getting it for much below RRP upon release are pretty low. No one discounts whilst a product is in demand and there isn't enough to go round, which is likely to be the case with this for a while at least after release.
Probably the best bet for getting a decent price is to find a local / friendly DJ shop which will cut you a deal. Pretty certain Akai are distributed by Numark in the UK, so most DJ shops will be able to get it.
Fairly certain I'm not the only one who has placed an order.Khazul wrote:There is allways one who accepts the precedent that enables everyone else to get ripped off.UKRuss wrote:Pre-Order placed. Now I wait.
To be honest, I feel the price is a fair one for the controller that it is. As a consumer you have thr right not to buy one if you feel the price is wrong.
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Agreed! And this aint a recent thing. Speaking of Akai, I was looking at getting a MPC500 (the little one) a couple of years ago. They were £350 here. I went to New York for xmas and saw them for $350! At the time the exchange rate was up to 1.9 dollars to the pound, so I could have effectively got one for half the UK price.logic_user99 wrote:Sadly, forge, it's the case with EVERYTHING. If it costs £200, it'll be $200 in the states. It's like 'they' don't take monetary conversion into account...forge wrote: just like 399 quid for the APC when it's $399 USD every where else - don't know what the current exchange is like, but at one point I think that would have almost been double!
Bastards.
Unfortunately, having paid for me and my wife to go to New York at xmas, I didn't have the spare money to buy one
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http://www.dv247.com/invt/61684/
DV says:
£399.00 (inc vat)
€447.68 (euros)
Has anyone found better than this in the Euro zone?
DV says:
£399.00 (inc vat)
€447.68 (euros)
Has anyone found better than this in the Euro zone?
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B&H has it listed for $399 US. No pre-orders though.
B&H has it listed for $399 US. No pre-orders though.
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and free shipping as wellMcQ714 wrote:http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/5 ... ntrol.html
B&H has it listed for $399 US. No pre-orders though.
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ok thanks for link - shafted again, unsuprisingly.
$399 = £268
+ VAT at 15% = £308
but yea, pretty much an extra 25%
its actually less than £320 inc vat:Jonny72 wrote:A $399 RRP in the USA equates to £320 RRP in the UK, using the current exchange rate and taking VAT in to account. So if it is £399 RRP in the UK, we're being charged around 25% more than in the USA.
$399 = £268
+ VAT at 15% = £308
but yea, pretty much an extra 25%
Just the way it is though. Partly down to higher import cost (transportation, smaller market, whatever) and partly down to greed and the ability to take advantage of the situation. Maybe a reason to join the euro?
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