Yeah, there was an article in last Sunday's "New York Times" about the
tremendous increase in European/UK tourists coming to the US just for
shopping sprees.


<Colin Thompson> wrote in message news:90E5B82B-E3A5-4CFE-A15E-3171A3855968@microsoft.com...
|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
| news:FzGdh.424$KT2.91@newsfe2-win.ntli.net...
| > 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!).
| >
| >
| >
| >
| > "BillD" <BillD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
| > news:4B9DF220-8B2F-4F81-A3E1-FCAB82F27CC2@microsoft.com...
| >>
| >>
| >> "Brian W" wrote:
| >>
| >>> Belive me, that price is correct! You will not get Vista Premium for 121
| >>> UKP
| >>> (and it is 329 Euro on Amazon.de!)
| >>
| >> 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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