Re: S-H-I-P in the UK

[Jim Topp <jtopp@indiana.edu>]

>  >According to eelpie.com (and its link to a currency converter) The 
>Empire and >Sadler's Wells plus shipping to Indiana cost  $50.28. 
>Now let's pick another >online CD retailer (e.g. CDNow) and two 2-CD 
>titles (e.g. Quadrophenia and >Another Scoop). Those CDs plus 
>shipping cost $51.85. So maybe Pete
>  >and eelpie aren't ripping us off as bad as we thought. Now if you
>>want to disparage the value of eelpie's shipping, then I'd agree.
>
>Jim:
>
>Frankly I'm amazed that you can get something from the UK at even close to
>the US shipping cost. Perhaps it's CDNow who's doing the ripping off! Or the
>US Post Office.

Mark,

The specific shipping costs from this example are $6.53 for eelpie 
and $5.37 for CDNow. With currency exchange rates changing every day, 
the eelpie number is higher today. Jon's point was that if 
international shipping is so high, Pete should lower his CD prices. 
My point was if you look at the total cost compared to similar 
product from a domestic retailer, maybe he (Pete) has priced his CDs 
accordingly. Who knows if this was planned this way for this reason. 
Maybe you understood my point in the first place, and I'm just 
repeating myself....

On related note, a co-worker got the new eelpie CDs a couple of days 
ago, and I think he ordered them on the first day they were 
available. I ordered mine a week and a half later, so I'm still 
waiting. But I'm listening to his Sadler's Wells right now 
("Greyhound Girl"). VERY NICE.

Jim

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