Originally posted by creampuff it seems kinda meaningless to quote prices excluding tax. VAT in the Eurozone is pretty steep imo.
Originally posted by thibs As discussing "buying power", we need price including VAT.
Originally posted by cyg Although to be fair most of the "usual suspects" I have checked are a good 10-20% higher, so why TeKaDe is dealing so cheap is a bit of a mystery...
VAT in Germany is 19%. Some States in the US (like California) have VAT too. I am just following the tradition on a US forum to quote prices w/o VAT.
Then, it is the only way to compare prices cross borders.
And not everybody pays VAT. For some of my cameras I didn't because I use them for business.
TeKaDe is a premium Pentax dealer and their pricing pretty much reflects current Pentax Europe volume prices. No mystery here. They aren't even the cheapest. But I agree that there are more expensive stores ...
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I checked retail store prices to verify they are higher and as a big surprise found this:
PENTAX K-m +18-55 DAL KIT on stock
379.00 €
which is
USD 409.88 w/o VAT
This is from biggest photo store in Munich and you find it online here:
Foto-Video-Media Sauter
Any Münchner (Munich inhabitant) walking into the shop will be tempted to buy it