Astounding Asking Price

[Maciej W. Rozycki]

On Wed, 24 Oct 2018, Rob Jarratt via cctalk wrote:

> > Instant alarm bells to me are a seller posting a London address but the item is
> > 'for pickup only in Budapest, Hungary'
> 
> Yes I noticed that too. Very odd, and £750 to ship to the UK!!

 They just chose to pay taxes in the UK and/or to fall under the UK 
jurisdiction, which is one of the benefits of the single EU market for 
businesses.  It's not uncommon and there are various reasons to do that, 
generally to lower the cost and/or the risk of running a business.  It's 
just like many US companies are registered in the state of Delaware even 
though they really run their business elsewhere.

 If you look through their store, you'll find other items whose price and 
postage are both reasonable, so it just could be an oddball case of 
getting the asking price wrong.  I guess you can always ask them if they 
really mean it.  Also it starts getting tricky to ship individual items 
abroad from/to many places once you get above 20kg (~44lbs), and they say 
it (indirectly) in the description, stating that they'll use your carrier 
of choice.

 FWIW,

  Maciej