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Re:Mechanical Apple Watch from Real E-Waste Apple Watch by ChuckNorris89 on Friday June 09, 2023 @09:34AM (#36257593)
I know Americans enjoy the lowest consumers electronics prices in the world but in Europe it's at least 20 Euros which is more than 20 USD and even at 20 euros it's difficult to find, with most shops asking for more than that.
Re:Mechanical Apple Watch from Real E-Waste Apple Watch by bookofjoe on Friday June 09, 2023 @09:44AM (#36257709)
Indeed. €28.86 = $31.08 USD at Amazon Germany: https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Casio-F91W-1-Classic-Black-Digita...

SEK 587.14 = $54.23 USD at Amazon Sweden: https://www.amazon.se/Casio-Herrar-Digitalklocka-hartsrem-F-...

Re:Mechanical Apple Watch from Real E-Waste Apple Watch by laurencerowe on Friday June 09, 2023 @10:25PM (#36266956)
Partly this is that Amazon isn’t as cheap in Europe. It’s £10.99 ($13.81) including 20% VAT at Argos in the UK.
Re:Mechanical Apple Watch from Real E-Waste Apple Watch by ChuckNorris89 on Saturday June 10, 2023 @04:12AM (#36268669)
That's true, but in continental Europe I definitely can't find it under 20 Eruos in any shop. UK is also an exception for low consumer prices.
Re:Mechanical Apple Watch from Real E-Waste Apple Watch by drivers99 on Friday June 09, 2023 @12:16PM (#36260090)
I remember paying $7 for mine at Walmart. It was on clearance.
Re:Mechanical Apple Watch from Real E-Waste Apple Watch by bookofjoe on Friday June 09, 2023 @12:29PM (#36260275)
Cheap at twice the price.
Re:Mechanical Apple Watch from Real E-Waste Apple Watch by ChuckNorris89 on Friday June 09, 2023 @02:15PM (#36261798)
It's crazy how much cheaper stuff is in the US compared to Europe.
Re:Mechanical Apple Watch from Real E-Waste Apple Watch by 908B64B197 on Friday June 09, 2023 @03:52PM (#36263258)
It's completely self-inflicted.

Duties, tariffs, out of control regulations and taxes to pay for underperforming civil servant's pension funds. It all adds up.

Re:Mechanical Apple Watch from Real E-Waste Apple Watch by mrguyorama on Friday June 09, 2023 @03:57PM (#36263325)
Also worker protections, public safety nets, and a general desire to not let corporations chew up and spit out people as if they were iron ore.
Re:Mechanical Apple Watch from Real E-Waste Apple Watch by ChuckNorris89 on Friday June 09, 2023 @04:44PM (#36263929)
Workers protections have nothing to do with consumer prices.
Re:Mechanical Apple Watch from Real E-Waste Apple Watch by laurencerowe on Friday June 09, 2023 @10:15PM (#36266880)
Remember that prices in Europe include sales tax, so the price you see is the price you pay. In the US you need to add sales tax on top, and in some places all sorts of random extra charges like ‘employee healthcare mandate’.
Re:Mechanical Apple Watch from Real E-Waste Apple Watch by devilbunny on Saturday June 10, 2023 @12:08PM (#36271725)
So buy here and take it home.

You'll quickly find that the price differences mostly reflect some combination of various laws and taxes. E.g., I recall reading (pre-Brexit) that UK law required shops to have a two-year warranty period for durable items sold. As in, you bought it from them, you could return it to them and get a new item. Or make them deal with the warranty. In the US, almost anything other than dead-on-arrival can (doesn't always, but can) require the consumer to ship it in the original packaging to the manufacturer's service center at their own cost. That is not a free service. And there may be tariffs involved.