One thing that still baffles me is why $759 and €779 when the Euro is much stronger than the Dollar? €779 is equal to $965. In sterling the same £699 is $980. How come we paying more in Europe? Anyone aware of why such a big discrepancy?
There’s this thing called “Value Added Tax”…
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Ok, so USD prices don’t reflect VAT while the Eur and Sterling do?
We get screwed in Oz as well.
It’s always cheaper to buy from overseas for us aussies
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That’s a bingo
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Gday mate
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so VAT = $200 ?
In EU, VAT is around 20%.
Grabbed it for 620 euros VAT free.
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Where did you find it at 620?
On elektron.se ! If you have a valid VAT account, you can buy VAT free.
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Ah. That would be 660 by my calc in the UK.
Thomann has best I can find at 647 euros with valid UK VAT exemption.
Did you order form outside of Sweden? Swedish VAT is 25%. 25% of 779 euro is 195.75 and 779 minus 195.75 is 583.25. Nice discount if you’re in Sweden 
VAT here is 21%.
Ordered from France.
your calculation is wrong. Vat is addional to the manufacturer price, the manufacturer price is 100 % and from that you add 25 %. you have to devide 779 device by 1.25 which is 623,20 euros ( the manufacturer price) . 25 % are the 155,80 Euro.
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VAT is 20%.
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germany has 19 and spain 21 % VAT
VAT rates vary across EU countries. It’s added at the rate in the source country.
$ prices exclude tax which varies from state to state, so when you go to america and buy a bottle of water for example the price excludes the sales tax/vat as we know it in the uk. So if a bottle of water in usa is £1.00 on the shelf it is £1.20 at the til/check out based on uk vat.
So if you imported a Digitone at $ price the courier will charge you uk vat on top of the $ price plus a handling fee. And the online price is minus state tax which is usually around 11.75%
So the difference is negligable when you add this in.
The prices are similar there is just a bit of boring maths involved to work out the difference. I know that based on 22 years marriage to an accountant and having to help her out after having to retire fro my job…
Can i also add maths is not a typo it’s how it’s pronounced so if you’re going to steal out language america, use it properly 
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