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Originally Posted by almamo View Post
Europeans might also wanna try to buy tech in Switzerland. It's as cheap or even cheaper than in the US. In case you don't believe me: I'm often over there and always check out these stores, with the conclusion to better buy that stuff back in Switzerland (with a few exceptions). And yes, same things cost a lot in Europe - at least in Germany or Italy I experienced that. So you don't have to travel that far...
Thats because Switzerland isn't part of EU / EU's VAT system.

Expect that price to go up quite a bit once the VAT gets added to the order (sales tax in Switzerland is only 8%, compared ca. 20% in the Union).