Scooterotica

I was looking at upgrading my front dampers on my lammy. Decided on a pair od BGM adjustable ones. I researched on the net and the cheapest I found in the UK was £182 plus £8.50 postage. I went onto Scooter Centre in Germany and it was £147.00 all in. The postage was only 5 euros. Ive ordered bits from there before and never had any problems. The same happened when I wanted to bling up my rear can on my exhaust. One shop in the UK it was priced at over £200 but I got it from Germany for £79.99. Are we being ripped off here for certain things or is there something I am not aware of as to why there can be such a difference in the prices.

International finance. The Euro has dropped in value a lot recently.

Welcome to "Rip Off Britain............"

ArmandTanzarian wrote:International finance. The Euro has dropped in value a lot recently.

At last a good reason to be in the EU!

barnsleybilly wrote:

ArmandTanzarian wrote:International finance. The Euro has dropped in value a lot recently.

At last a good reason to be in the EU!

There are plenty of economic reasons to be in the EU. Its the political reasons to be in that are harder to find.

ArmandTanzarian wrote:

barnsleybilly wrote:

ArmandTanzarian wrote:International finance. The Euro has dropped in value a lot recently.

At last a good reason to be in the EU!

There are plenty of economic reasons to be in the EU. Its the political reasons to be in that are harder to find.

I think your spot on there

Definetly the exchange rates,I used to buy Harley parts direct from the US when it was nearly 2 dollars to the pound..very cheap bits.....

Maybe there are plenty of economic reasons to be in the EU,but the euro definitely isn't one.Surely the reason why it's cheaper to buy from a European country that uses the euro is because we buy in pounds.The euro has lost a lot of value against the pound,thats why its cheaper.

HxPaul wrote:Maybe there are plenty of economic reasons to be in the EU,but the euro definitely isn't one.Surely the reason why it's cheaper to buy from a European country that uses the euro is because we buy in pounds.The euro has lost a lot of value against the pound,thats why its cheaper.

exactly what I was thinking as I read those posts

HxPaul wrote:Maybe there are plenty of economic reasons to be in the EU,but the euro definitely isn't one.Surely the reason why it's cheaper to buy from a European country that uses the euro is because we buy in pounds.The euro has lost a lot of value against the pound,thats why its cheaper.

I believe that has already been stated......