That's around $85 more expensive once you account for the fact Danish advertised prices include VAT at a rate of 25%, whereas the US advertised price excludes sales tax.
replyThat's only a little more than the EU price of 699 Euro or approx $813. Part of that is VAT which is included the price (right?) instead of being added at checkout like the US. That would bring the USD price up to $713. IDK where the rest of the increase would come from though.
replyedit: Denmark VAT is actually 25% not 20% so the USD price plus Denmark VAT is ~$750
Taking the German price of 699 Eur and accounting for the extra VAT in Denmark (25%) vs Germany (19%) I get 853 USD which means you're basically in line with the price for Germany which I expect is close to the price for the rest of the EU +/- VAT.
replySo the higher price in Denmark looks like VAT + some extra costs for being in the EU market; import duties, corporate taxes, etc.
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replyDoes that include VAT? Also the USD has been getting weaker quickly so I wouldn’t be surprised if the differential there is even larger than when they settled on pricing.
replyWith or without VAT? The USD price is without VAT.
replyThe DKK5499 is with VAT. If I enter a San Francisco zip code, it still only comes out to about USD654.
replySales tax in the US is nowhere near 25% :)
replyYup, Louisianna has the highest combined state and local sales tax rates on average of ~10% which is no where near the VAT standard which seems to be around 20% for most of Europe?
replyIt's the 25% VAT. Pre VAT, it's ~$685.
replyWith state sales tax of 8% where I live, the base would cost me $648.
So not a huge difference.
The Danish version has two years of warranty.
replyVote for politicians who'll lower VAT from 25% (!!!) to the same about as we pay in sales tax (5-9% depending on locale, 0% in some states) -- see lower prices :)
replyEuropeans (I'm German) often sigh at the price differences, but a big part of it is just that US prices are listed without VAT, while European prices are, and VAT differs across EU member countries.
replyDenmark has a VAT of 25%, so the DKK 5499 price without VAT is DKK 4399, which amounts to ~$684. Still more but not substantially.
The US price doesn't include tax, Denmark price I assume does.
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