what would scooby do

Ok so I want a nice pair of Serengeti Imola sunglasses with drivers lenses..

sooo RRP in USA is $155, many sites sell them for $97.99 which is around £57 in real money

sooooooooo - takes a look at uk sites - all at around £150-£160 - robbing barstewards

<goes away still looking for decent prices>

Muffleman

Expensive sunglasses for driving ? DON'T DO IT !

EVERY year I buy at least 3 pairs of shades for the car cos they get :

1) Sat on by me
2) Lost
3) Sat on by passenger
4) Dropped
5) Left in different car
6) Left in a pub somewhere
7) Nicked by the missus

etc etc

Matt

Geezer

I'm sure you can get loads of stuff cheaper than in the US too, but it ain't rip off USA!

If people think Britain is such a rip off and terrible place to live, please exercise your right to go and and live elsewhere and stop complaining, or at least but them off the internet from elswhere, so consumer power might then have an effect.

Geezer

what would scooby do

Exactly Geezer - but did I say this place is a terrible place to live ? - nope

I shall mainly be buying them in Zurich tomorrow - sorry about the trade deficit I will be creating

ozzy

Well, how do you expect the prices to come down if no-one complains. The problem with the UK is everyone moans to everyone else rather than exercising their rights to

a) complain direct to the seller
b) buy elsewhere, thus forcing the seller's to become more competitive

At least in the US, if the prices are too high then the Americans are very vocal about it.

It's not so much rip-off Britain, just that our import costs and VAT raise the purchase price of goods above a lot of other countries.

Stefan

ProperCharlie

i notice oakleys are the same price in USD as they are in GBP.

BMWhere?

Zurich ain't exactly cheap either! ...and the airport is crap for shopping Although still duty-free

Why not order them online from the US - even with import duty, they'll be cheaper than the UK! Or buy online from Europe and don't pay any import duty!

what would scooby do

Yeah - I'm dotting around Europe next few weeks so I will take a look for them.. otehr than that I'll order over the web from US of A

Richard Simpson

Not sure if they do that particular make but www.giarre.com are pretty reasonable - they are based in Italy and I've used them a number of times.

Might be worth a look

Richard

what would scooby do

Cheers Richard, prices seem good but they don't appear to do Serengeti ..

anyhoo just found a brand new pair on ebay running at around $11 at the moment

Geezer

Indeed you didn't, and I was speaking to people generally about it, not just you. It's good to see that you have elected to use your consumer rights to purchase them elswhere at a better price!

On a related point however, people in Britain always go on about how they want cheaper this and cheaper that, and that very obsession with cheaper everything and something for nothing mentality has led to the virtual destruction of the UK manufacturing industry, and to call centres etc. being re-located in countries where labour is as cheap as chips, causing the great British public to complain again! There's no pleasing some people!!!!!

Geezer

what would scooby do

You're quite right - I don't go looking for the cheapest option everytime - but when you look at £57 to £160 uplift in UK it's taking the pi$$.

I sometimes pay over the odds if I really want something that day from a quality retailer rather than scratching around on the web and waiting days for it..

RoadrunnerV2

I very much doubt its the online sites that are ripping you off - Mark-up on the Internet can go to stupid levels sometimes. I would guess the trade price is expensive thus the manufactures are ripping the public off

Diesel

I went to the 'Sony Centre' to get a case for a new Sony camera I got from NY recently. Sales chap rembered me (oops; pang of guilt!!!) and asked me how much I'd paid in the end. I hope he mentions it to the owner that it was £180 cheaper inc a 256Mb card. I also declined to buy a Sony cloth case there for £45 - mate bought me same one for £18 from HK. It's THEM that make us tight and feel ripped off - I wasnt BORN mean