Extreme Price disparity in the EU

Lenovo EU pricing seems a mystery to me, while the is T61p 2.2 is really well-priced at around €2136 (tax included 3yr gar ) the T61p 2.4 leaps to over €3150 (tax included 3yr gar). I looked in Germany and the Netherlands, and most shops have the same price disparity.

A thousand Euros seems quite a jump in price.

example of EU pricing

It would be really great if Lenovo could provide us Europeans with the same great US online store.

Anyway sorry to moan - I will stop now.

In the meantime I'll wait to see what happens when the WSXGA+ 7800 model appears.

Signed I-Envy-your-US-store

 

While a big price disparity, consider that the top-end CPU ALWAYS has a big price jump. Maybe not 1000 euros, but in the U.S. you can spend $500+ to upgrade to the highend CPU, especially when it is new.

You gotta pay to play with the bleeding edge

 

that price different does not seem reasonable. We pay only $300 more from T7500 to T700. And I don't think $300 = 1000 euros, there must be some reason here.

 

The pricing structure is much different in Europe.
Just about everything is cheaper in the US (even with the falling US dollar)

 

Isn't it sad?

Our dollar is equal to the Canadian dollar right now.

Preparation for the NAU I suppose.

 

It is unreasonable. 600$ (CAD) in Canada, more than 1300$ (US) price difference in Europe. It's simply not fair.

 

A 3000 euro thinkpad would be around 4300 dollars

 

yeah, see what I meant. It has to be some reason that Lenovo pushes that price go up so high.

 

I strongly doubt Lenovo will provide European countires with same US online prices....

Take a look at Lenovo Canada (Canada is on the same continent!) and the price is still rather bizzare...and you can't even configure 70% of the components.

Same with HP.... and essentially every non-Dell vendor

 

I think the high price is the same everywhere except in the U.S.. Even the HK student models are priced at HK $15,000 or higher, which is about 2,000 USD. I heard that when the T61p first came out in mainland China, the price was around 43,000RMB, which is about 6,000 USD, and keep in mind that the main base of Lenovo is in China.

 

Non-US buyers are essentially subsidising American consumers. Talk about the rich getting richer....

 

Really?
How about the rest of the goods, especially gasoline (petrol)?
Hmm..
So, the Europeans are subsidizing the cost of the cheap American petrol then? :wub:
Yeah, right...
Instead of blaming the Americans first, try to take a close look at your own bureaucratic socialistic Governments and their inefficient economic policies that inflate the costs of doing business caused by over taxation and overburdening the local economies.
Your "free" social benefits are not really free after all?
Surprise, surprise...

 

that's USA's revenge for the uber strong Euro.

 

No you aren't... and if you haven't noticed, right now the US is not doing so great economically.

Import taxes etc. give you social benefits. We pay for our own (for the most part).

 

I have to say this is a gross generalization. You can't directly compare Europe and the US. Europe is made up of lots of countries, all with different policies and laws.

Ireland and the UK rank almost as high as the US in terms of economic freedom: http://www.heritage.org/index/countries.cfm

It's true to say that some continental European countries are quite socialistic, but let's not tar everyone with the same brush.

 

The best option here is to import from any US online shop that exports laptops to Europe. Do you know any worth considering?

 

europe does have a much higher income tax rate than us americans

 

I know some people brought Thinkpads from Euclid Computers who does ship to Europe. Just pick a model that has international warranty and keep in mind that you may be charged for import tax/duties(I heard it's about 20% in UK).

 

Thanks for your comments everyone .

I didn't think about importing from the US I'll take a look at the Euclid Computers option, especially with regards to our super strong Euro.




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Any other store?
Also, has anyone from EU paid taxes for an imported laptop?