Mike / Michael Fogel » france http://www.fogel.ca soapbox and search engine spam Fri, 24 Jun 2011 05:50:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 International Mark Up/Down http://www.fogel.ca/2009/01/07/international-mark-updown/ http://www.fogel.ca/2009/01/07/international-mark-updown/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:57:54 +0000 Mike Fogel http://blog.fogel.ca/?p=372 During this last Middle East & Europe wandering, I managed to buy the same semi-durable good three times. Opps. It’s a basic European to USA power adapter. Just two prongs. So, how much did this cost in Egypt, France and InternetLand?

  • Alexandria, Egypt: 0.27 USD (1.5 EGP)
  • Amazon.com, InternetLand: 0.95 USD (plus shipping… varies)
  • Paris, France: 6.71 USD (4.90 EUR)

That gives a 2,385% markup for Paris over Alexandria.  Ouch.

euro to USA power adapter for sale in paris

]]> http://www.fogel.ca/2009/01/07/international-mark-updown/feed/ 0