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RE: Technics unveils new "standard" edition SL-1200GR turntable

Posted by gordguide on January 18, 2017 at 20:38:48:
Not sure what drugs these people are on, but apparently it's affected their common sense and their math skills.

" ...
According to Gizmodo, the Technics SL-1200GR will go on sale in June for $2300 CAD, which they anticipate will equate to a $2000 retail tag in the States.
..."

$2300 CAD is about $1700 USD. Plus, various market forces generally mean Canada market prices are about 10% higher than US market prices ... which means maybe as low as $US 1500.00 south of the 49th parallel.

But wait ... there's more. Math-degenerating Drug use, that is:

" ...
If that figure is correct, UK customers can expect to pay between �1400 and �1500 ..."

Not in a million years. Direct currency exchange goes like this:

$2300 CAD is about 1400 British Pounds Sterling. Plus there is the near 20% Value Added Tax, which is part of the retail price in the UK (as compared to being added on, like a Sales Tax). So that's 120% of 1400 Pounds, or about 1700 Pounds retail.

First they stopped teaching people how to add and subtract. Now they apparently have stopped teaching people how to use a calculator.

Anyway, going off the Canadian Market price is hardly the most reliable way of pricing products; I would feel much better if there was a US Market retail price somewhere. There will be, of course ...