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Old 11-04-2011, 04:08 AM   #147
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Originally Posted by Nardi330 View Post
a few reasons:

- tax here is higher;
- population/sale volume is lower hence cost to setup/run a distribution network per car sold will be higher, these costs are passed onto the consumers;
- we are used to paying high price for cars so the manufacturers can rip us off;
- shipping cost is higher becos of the volume of trade/shipping are much less;

etc
And there are the things I never take in to consideration. I don't think about sale volumes. But I still hate the ripoff part lol
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