From alan r lucas Sent Sun, Jul 11th 1999, 17:45
From alan r lucas Sent Sun, Jul 11th 1999, 17:45
On Sat, 10 Jul 1999, Tomas Jirku wrote: > just be happy you aren't paying import prices. > heheh... if you order direct from the UK, you'll probably pay *less* than you would for the domestic ep7. for example, if you order ep7 from warpmart today, with the exchange rate at $1.54USD/GBP (the best for the US i've seen in over two years!), you'd pay 7GBP + 2GBP for s&h. so 9GBP at the current exchange is $13.94USD. i haven't been to any local stores that are selling ep7, but i know cdnow has it for $10.99, but even then you have to add on probably at least three bucks for shipping and tax. and of course, if you order more than one item from warpmart, your shipping per item goes down and you can really make out. on average, an import single costs $10 or $11 US, but only about $7.75US even with warp's shipping factored in. anytime anything comes out on warp or rephlex, the first place i go is warpmart, just because i know that i can make out better buying it direct from them. oh, and some UK records shops like www.cow.co.uk will even let you subtract the VAT if you're buying from outside the UK, so you get to lop 17.5% off of their price. you can't beat that... just my .02 (or 0.01292GBP). alan! np:monolake:hongkong