TheBlondeFella
Go Kart Newbie
- Location
- UK
- Car(s)
- MK7 Golf R
The bulk of that is just VAT. I order most of my bicycle parts from the UK because your prices have near parity with ours but once I take off VAT, I'm getting a 20% discount. Of course this only works my direction, our prices are pre-tax.
Not quite, but I see where you're coming from.
Try comparing the US cost of a car, electrical items, clothes, or gas to name but a few to identical items here in the UK. They're often a lot more that 20% cheaper.
I love visiting my US family and often come back with a much heavier suitcase than I went with. I even toyed with trying to get an APR exhaust in my suitcase once.
Before the exchange rate collapse, I used to be able to fly to New York, spend a long weekend and purchase camera equipment for less than purchasing the same equipment here in the UK.
My bother also managed to buy a new British made motorbike in California for less money than I could buy it for over here.
We don't have a TV program called 'Rip Off Britain' that outlines how much more items are here in the UK than the rest of the world for nothing.