difference in prices for festool U.S.A. & Australia

[Bucko]

http://www.woodworkforums.com/archive/index.php/t-137177.html
Please have a look at this sight. it says it all. The same thing as am asking
A lot of Aussies have been asking the same question that I asked. We are nearly paying double the price
of what the American people. are buying their product for, especially consumables.
Now in Oz, Festool is distributed by Tooltechnic Oz - not owned by Festool, but owned independently by guys that have in some cases worked for Festool.
nearly double the price. ????????

 

[andvari]

You think Aussie is expensive......Try buying the same tools in New Zealand. Thats a rip off!

I think America is exempt from general worldwide pricing.  A snowmobile built in Quebec, Canada is sold at a cheaper price in America than sold in Canada. Go Figure.....

I used to live in Syracuse NY; every weekend the mall parking lot had lots of cars with Canadian plates.

The US market has a lot of aspects that tend to keep prices down. The main ones I think are size and that it's monolithic. 330 million on average well paid folks nominally all speaking the same language and no internal borders.

 

[Vindingo]

Quote from BobL (6/24/11) on Woodworkforums.com
"You are right - it's about turnover but this is not directly related to population it's also related to consumer attitudes ie how many products you are prepared to go into hock to purchase. Many Americans own 3 cars a motorcycle or two and a couple of boats, jet skis and a shed full of tools they rarely use etc."

I seem to have misplaced 2 cars, a motorcycle, a couple boats, and some jet skis - maybe I left them at my Festool dealer?

Not sure I understand the "shed full of tools they rarely use" comment either? 
 
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[Peter James]

Vinny, we'll return your vehicles next week. Just gotta gas them up. Thanks for letting us use them  [big grin]

 

[Vindingo]

Vinny, we'll return your vehicles next week. Just gotta gas them up. Thanks for letting us use them  [big grin]

Thanks.  The Cadillac takes premium, and I'm pretty sure I left my Kapex in the trunk of the Ranger Rover.

[tongue]

 

[Peter James]

The Kapex is the one you "rarely use", right?  [tongue]