aeilkema opened this issue on Feb 10, 2005 ยท 69 posts
bungle posted Fri, 11 February 2005 at 8:34 AM
The legal issue is an important one but the legal facts are that any taxes owed from a purchase from the US are the responsibility of the purchaser not the vendor ,Now the fact that you are bringing taxes up shows that E-Ons scheme is working ,Taxes have no relevance atall on this complaint because of the massive price difference even before taxes are added ,So lets recap forget all the taxes and import costs and so on and people in europe are still paying more than those in the US ,I dont think there would be any complaints if it were just a Tax or import issue but it isn't ,Also dont fall into a trap where you can say well just dont buy it because the fact of the matter is that several magazines here in the UK have mentioned these price differences and find it difficult to understand too ,Now if E-ON are stupid enough to imagine that this constant overcharging of a particular customer base will go on and on they are sadly mistaken ,This is a very fickle industry and E-ON can not rely on just its hobbyist following to survive ,If bryce comes out supporting DAZ studio and then animated characters and so on possibly even matching some of infinites features why would people pay more for a similar product ,The fact of the matter is that E-ON need to choose a currency and stick with it because the only possible reason that they could have for keeping two currencies is that they are making extra money.