Rip Off Britain!

[Flauvo]

The PSP is the latest must have hand-held digital device.
That is of course, until approximatly 45hrs 27mins 36secs.
Then you will get bored of it. [According to a Japanese Study]

But why is Britaina rip-off?

We, The Citizens Of Great Britain have to fork out £179 for the console.
Whereas, U.S.A only had to pay £129 [$179].

New Zealand being the dearest at £181.

Does anyone have an answer to this?

[ssricky]

its cuz of currency exchange us money wrth more hence they technically pay less

[Flauvo]

its cuz of currency exchange us money wrth more hence they technically pay less

They paid £129 at the current exchange rate.

They paid £50 less.

[ssricky]

its cuz george bush is gay there happy :d

[:Firefox]

its cuz george bush is gay there happy :d
Lmao, I won't be getting bored of mine as I will be making my own Homebrew apps :)

[Rachi]

Go there and buy it then ;s

[Magnet]

Yes, they may of payed little in OUR MONEY. But THEY don't pay using Sterlings, do they? They use dollars. And the dollars was $179.99. So it is the same as us really, we both have to fork out the same amount of money, just differen't currency's.

[NekkLe]

They paid £129 at the current exchange rate.

They paid £50 less.

Lol, even though the $179 is the equivelent to £129, it still has no difference to the actual price.
American citizens still have to pay $179 which in perspective, is the same as us, its just that the pound is a powerful currency.

[Bear-Max]

:S It's got nothing to do with different currencies. In most scenarios, products would be the same equivalent price across all countries.

Saying that it's £179.99 over here because it's $179.99 in America is complete rubbish. On that principle, Japanese people should therefore pay ¥179.99 (yen), which would of course be even more stupid, as that's less than £1.

£179.99 is not the same to us as $179.99 is to Americans.

For new games, you can purchase most on the from American internet stores for around $45, whilst we pay £29.99 from places such as Play.com. This works out about equivalent.

Perhaps there's a VAT difference between America and the UK; maybe they're manufactured closer to America and therefore shipping costs are much less.

And has any bright spark thought that being out for a number of months in America already could have lead to a price drop or two?

Oh, and anyone who thinks they'll catch themselves a bargain and buy an American or Japanese PSP, think again. Sony have made it illegal to import PSPs, and European bought movie UMDs won't work on it anyway ;)

[ilovejordan]

:S It's got nothing to do with different currencies. In most scenarios, products would be the same equivalent price across all countries.

Saying that it's £179.99 over here because it's $179.99 in America is complete rubbish. On that principle, Japanese people should therefore pay ¥179.99 (yen), which would of course be even more stupid, as that's less than £1.

£179.99 is not the same to us as $179.99 is to Americans.

For new games, you can purchase most on the from American internet stores for around $45, whilst we pay £29.99 from places such as Play.com. This works out about equivalent.

Perhaps there's a VAT difference between America and the UK; maybe they're manufactured closer to America and therefore shipping costs are much less.

And has any bright spark thought that being out for a number of months in America already could have lead to a price drop or two?

Oh, and anyone who thinks they'll catch themselves a bargain and buy an American or Japanese PSP, think again. Sony have made it illegal to import PSPs, and European bought movie UMDs won't work on it anyway ;)

They Can work. You have to buy a special adapter or something.
And yeah it is illeagal apaprently they wreck them tear them up infront of you :(

[Bear-Max]

Lol they won't destroy them, they just take you to court and sue the *** off you ;)

[<$>]

£50 aint that much more...

I'd rather pay £210 for a Xbox 360

but thats me :8

[Carlos]

I don't mind paying :)

[brunojrthechao]

Its because our Government puts a stupid amount of tax on everything!

(eg. our petrol is alot more expecive due to tax :@)

[Ezzie.]

I suppose you could fly over to the u.s.a and get petrol then fly back :p

[Flauvo]

I suppose you could fly over to the u.s.a and get petrol then fly back :p

Who's talkin about petrol?

[Bear-Max]

Bruno was just addressing the fact that we pay more for petrol due to higher taxes ;)

[Demynx]

The PSP Is worth more now.