pic microcontroller discussion list <> wrote on Wednesday, May 21, 2003
1:13 AM:

> At 06:24 PM 5/20/03 +0000, Philip Pemberton wrote:
>
>> Not too bad for #41 then.
>
> I'd say that the price you've mentioned is *lousy*!  I just checked -
> US $36 equates to about GBP #22.  How on earth can your supplier get
> away with charging you almost double the retail rate?

That's a fairly typical 'exchange rate' for electronics in the UK, from
components right through to computers.  Take the USD price, change the
dollar sign to a pound sign, then add insult to injury with a few pounds
more, just to cover admin...

Nigel
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