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<blockquote data-quote="Worf" data-source="post: 114281" data-attributes="member: 1047"><p>Import duties depend on the country and location - and software is often counted towards duties as well. It may not be a physical item, but duties still count and the tax man gets you even on downloads. </p><p></p><p>And 1:1 is often right, because the EUR:USD exchange rate covers VAT, import duties as well as other stuff. For example, physical items that have a warranty include the cost of an extended warranty because of consumer protection laws - while the US may only have a 90 day or 1 year warranty, Euro law generally gives you a 2 to 3 year warranty. Anyone who's shopped in the US knows how much Best Buy etc. charge for a 2-3 year extended warranty, so that gets built into the price.</p><p></p><p>Of course, there's also costs that Valve encounters in managing foreign money, including the cost to import it back into the US to pay Farsight (thanks to US laws).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Worf, post: 114281, member: 1047"] Import duties depend on the country and location - and software is often counted towards duties as well. It may not be a physical item, but duties still count and the tax man gets you even on downloads. And 1:1 is often right, because the EUR:USD exchange rate covers VAT, import duties as well as other stuff. For example, physical items that have a warranty include the cost of an extended warranty because of consumer protection laws - while the US may only have a 90 day or 1 year warranty, Euro law generally gives you a 2 to 3 year warranty. Anyone who's shopped in the US knows how much Best Buy etc. charge for a 2-3 year extended warranty, so that gets built into the price. Of course, there's also costs that Valve encounters in managing foreign money, including the cost to import it back into the US to pay Farsight (thanks to US laws). [/QUOTE]
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