Saw prices in Europe, Australia

[mikefunaro]

Why are prices on saws so high in Europe? Are there excise/sin taxes on them because they're polluting two stroke engines?

Stihls are still expensive in Germany, so it's not like it's tariffs.

Any ideas/explanations???

 

[tdi-rick]

For Australia, I'm guessing the much smaller market means much smaller turnover (compared to NA) so a greater margin needs to be used to get a reasonable income (population of 20 million and mainly urbanised vs what, nearly 300 million in the US ?)

I don't know what import duty, if any is charged, but I doubt it would be greater than 5% of the landed (importer cost) price, and the only tax is the Federal GST (VAT) at 10% of the final retail price. Generally, if there is no comparable product produced locally, Import Duty is 0-5%.

or it's just price gouging.......

 

[SawTroll]

Why are prices on saws so high in Europe? Are there excise/sin taxes on them because they're polluting two stroke engines?

Stihls are still expensive in Germany, so it's not like it's tariffs.

Any ideas/explanations???

It isn't that at all (unless a 25% sales tax counts) - they are just ripping us off........:jawdrop: :censored: :censored:

 

[Dibbs]

Taxes and cost of living rates are greater than those in the U.S.A.

 

[Nailgunner]

Britain is a very, very expensive place to live and it's not getting any better.

Pint of beer (pub prices) £2.60 ish
gallon of petrol £5
Gallon of diesel: up to £6 recently
modest house £100,000.
Unelected prime minister and 3rd-time-lucky career-resurrectionist running the country: Priceless! :help:

No reason why scary/fun toys like chainsaws should be exempt from economic influences. It's always been like this.

 

[bigbadbob]

Britain is a very, very expensive place to live and it's not getting any better.

Pint of beer (pub prices) £2.60 ish
gallon of petrol £5
Gallon of diesel: up to £6 recently
modest house £100,000.

Not much better here 24 pack beer$40, pint at the pub $5
Diesel $5 for a US galllon $6.30 Imperial
Gas about the same maybe little less.
Modest house $250-300,000.
Wonder why I visit the US now and again, our beer is cheaper there than here. Taxes maybe!!!

 

[a_lopa]

Because they can...

 

[stevethekiwi]

Britain is a very, very expensive place to live and it's not getting any better.

Pint of beer (pub prices) £2.60 ish
gallon of petrol £5
Gallon of diesel: up to £6 recently
modest house £100,000.
Unelected prime minister and 3rd-time-lucky career-resurrectionist running the country: Priceless! :help:

No reason why scary/fun toys like chainsaws should be exempt from economic influences. It's always been like this.

lol... try here mate

litre of petrol $2
litre of diesel $1.60 (little tax on diesel, but we pay road user charges of $360 per 10,000km)
modest house $500,000 (170,000 pound)

the only let off is the beer. good imported lagher on sale is $15 / doz

beer at pub, $5 pint. i believe the beer is cheap because we get a bulk discount


thats why we drink and dont drive. cant afford to do both!


all NZ$ of course

stk

 

[Darkness77]

Stk

Steve my uncle came over from NZ and was amazed we paid more for aussie beer than he could buy it back home. Beer used to be cheap.

 

[TimberMcPherson]

lol... try here mate

litre of petrol $2
litre of diesel $1.60 (little tax on diesel, but we pay road user charges of $360 per 10,000km)
modest house $500,000 (170,000 pound)

the only let off is the beer. good imported lagher on sale is $15 / doz

beer at pub, $5 pint. i believe the beer is cheap because we get a bulk discount


thats why we drink and dont drive. cant afford to do both!


all NZ$ of course

stk

500,000? I think thats if you live in auckland so its time to move, youll live longer, better and cheaper! I dont know about the definition of modest but average house price across the land is about 340,000 I think. (230,000 us dollars)

Compared to europe most of the world get off very easy on the cost of fuel, saws etc.