sdyates wrote:
Folks in the US must understand that the UK is not as reasonable as the US for many items. If you thinking shipping is expensive, try living there. Here are a few examples: 1 dozen eggs 1.85 to 2.00 pounds, loaf of break 1 to 2 pounds. Petrol (gas) about 1 pound per litre. Oh, and the pay odes not compensate for this either. Do the conversion and you will realise why shipping can be so much.
That's what I was going to say. I bought an A600 from the UK (cause there are none available here) and I paid roughly £50 for the shipping alone. This was just an unboxed A600 with no power supply or any accessories. I don't recall how much I paid for the 600 alone, but I think it was less than the postage.
Anyway, the parcel took bloody ages to be delivered here! I had to wait more than two months! I was alredy getting upset with the seller, but at the end, when the parcel finally arrived I apologized, as it was proven that it wasn't his fault.
He did ship it at the indicated date, and the shipping was quoted correctly (as proven by the postage attached to the parcel). No one could ever explain why it took so long (especially considering it was shipped by airmail), but I was glad to get it at last.
Also, these prices might seem very high, but they are fairly normal to folks who live there as they earn much more money. I mean the minimum wage in the UK is £5.35 which is roughly CDN$12.30!! Wow!!! Over here the minimum wage is usually between $6.50 to $8. That's why the people who work in our UK office earn twice as much as we do, plus they have all sick days paid, lots more vacation time... I really DO envy them. 8-)
