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$399US is ~338€ though. Even adding in 19% VAT we'd come out at a nice round 400€, so I don't really understand the 419€, which is just a weird number from a marketing perspective as well.

That we're getting overcharged on this side of the Atlantic isn't new though, but happens with basically everything.

And if you add 5% for import duty, you get a number very close to 419 EUR.

I don't however know how much the import duty is, it seems to be a number that is very difficult to find :).

With 24-27% VAT in use in some countries it comes to exactly 419€, which might explain the price. As they really don't charge different price per country in Europe.

1€ ~= 1.18$ US So, probably not just a conversion thing

Isn't that a tax thing? Prices in Europe are displayed VAT-included, while prices in the US are VAT-free, are they not?

Ah, 399 USD sounds already better

VAT?