• drhappycat@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Is it just WD or most tech things in general? Is it all about taxes? Forgive my ignorance I’ve never shopped abroad outside of touristy stuff.

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      1 year ago

      In this case i was talking about WD specifically

      Their website prices are virtually the same in the different versions of their european websites

      for the 20TB red pro:

      • 622 eur in germany

      • 627 eur in france

      • 556 pounds in the UK, which is 638 eur at the current exchange rate

      So brexit doesn’t seem to have an impact here, its just that WD sells at much higher prices in europe compared to the US

      In general, hardware does tend to be a little bit more expensive in europe, but not by this much. WD seems to take it to a whole other level.