$70 in the US, 90€ ($105) in Europe :3 https://www.xteink.com/products/xteink-x3
I guess West Coast shipping from China is much cheaper
I guess West Coast shipping from China is much cheaper
I would suspect the majority comes from higher (VAT) tax level; possibly also some indirect overhead because Europe is a more segmented market, and needs a bunch of localization at the very least.
GP says its $105 in the EU. I do not think VAT is high enough to explain that anywhere in the EU?
It's not? Maybe there is some dynamic pricing going on, but it's 79 Euro (~91.75 USD). Which would be close to the US price with Hungary's VAT (27%, which is I think the highest). Then add stuff like copying levy onto it and you'll land on roughly the same price, even with a lower average VAT. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_copying_levy
Maybe they compared the model with the base to the one without? The one with base is more expensive in the US too though.