I think that's due to the great* pound to dollar exchange rate at the
minute. I for one have stopped looking for people going on a European trip
to get me cheap cigarettes and am now looking for people going to the US for
cheap everything.


*Great unless your a British exporter/business
Colin T
"Brian W" <brian.NOSPAMwescombe@PLEASEntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Not just Amazon, I think the price will be the same everywhere in the
> UK/Europe.
> By way of a comparison, XP Pro Upgrade is $184.99 (around £94) on Amazon
> US, it's around £160 just about everywhere in the UK (not just Amazon!).
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> "BillD" <BillD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4B9DF220-8B2F-4F81-A3E1-FCAB82F27CC2@microsoft.com...[color=green]
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>> "Brian W" wrote:
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>>> Belive me, that price is correct! You will not get Vista Premium for 121
>>> UKP
>>> (and it is 329 Euro on Amazon.de!)[/color]
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>> Amazon is profiteering because that price is too high!
>> I will never buy Vista at that price!!!!!
>>
>> On Microsoft site there's written:
>> [url]http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/editions/home_basic.mspx[/url]
>> "Suggested retail price for full package product, $199.00 USD"
>>
>> [url]http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/editions/home_premium.mspx[/url]
>> "Suggested retail price for full package product, $239.00 USD"
>>
>> Amazon is profiteering
>> Amazon is profiteering
>> Amazon is profiteering
>> Amazon is profiteering
>> Amazon is profiteering
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