Yes guys,
Seems Bert has been ripped somehow.
But beware that the constant falling $ against the EURO certainly gives a
contribution to the (virtual) price gap.
I have paid some EURO 55 for one 12 V battery some 2 years ago, so I expect
the current price is about 60 EUR in the Netherlands.
Cheers,
Hans
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Breneman" <david_breneman@yahoo.com>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Mgs] Price Of Two 6 Volt Batteries
> --- palte@gmx.net wrote:
>
>
>> I was shocked to find that the cost of two 6V batteries is pretty
>> steep.
>> Last year, I bought two of them for an already hefty EUR 135,--
>> (USD 175).
>
>> Today, I was charged EUR 250,-- (USD 310) for two of them
>> (in both cases including tax at 19%).
>
>
> Holy cats! And I whined when I had to buy a set this spring
> (after three years) for $120! That's before sales tax, which
> in this state is close to 10%, but if I'd bought them through
> the mail the total would have been just about the same with
> shipping, and I'd have had to paid to get them filled, too.
>
> Either you're paying some nasty tariff, or ecology tax, or
> something, or you found a terrible source.
>
>
> David Breneman david_breneman@yahoo.com
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