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Tim Anderson wrote:
What makes you think the selling price *anywhere* has any relation to
the actual manufacturing cost?

Most manufacturers like to sell for more than their costs.

But what makes you think that I think the selling price has any relation
to the cost?

Because you seem to think it should be a fixed multiple of the
manufacturing costs (allowing for currency variations) if you choose to
compare prices in one country to another.

I am asking why it costs so much more in the UK than in the USA.

Wages, taxes, volume of sales, cost of warranty claims, profits, property
prices - etc etc. Anything that influences the selling cost.

I also get the impression that Denon US gives better service.

Could well be.

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Dave Plowman London SW 12
RIP Acorn