expansys.ie vs expansys.com

Mark#1

I'm buying a pair of Plantronics BackBeat 903+ stereo bluetooth headphones.

From expansys.ie:

Item: €47.93
21% VAT: €11.74
Standard (4 Day) Shipping: €1.99
Total: €67.66

From expansys.com:

Item: £39.16
20% VAT: £9.43
Express (1-2 Day) Shipping: £7.99
Total: £56.58
Total: €63.92

€3.74 difference (dearer for ROI). Small, but annoying that it should be different at all...

Hmmm, I wonder who I'll order from?


Mark

ejmaztec

Mark#1 wrote: »

I'm buying a pair of Plantronics BackBeat 903+ stereo bluetooth headphones.

From expansys.ie:

Item: €47.93
21% VAT: €11.74
Standard (4 Day) Shipping: €1.99
Total: €67.66

From expansys.com:

Item: £39.16
20% VAT: £9.43
Express (1-2 Day) Shipping: £7.99
Total: £56.58
Total: €63.92

€3.74 difference (dearer for ROI). Small, but annoying that it should be different at all...

Hmmm, I wonder who I'll order from?


Mark

Neither of them.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Plantronics-BackBeat-Stereo-Bluetooth-Headphones/dp/B0046W2MKY

maxer68

Mark#1 wrote: »

I'm buying a pair of Plantronics BackBeat 903+ stereo bluetooth headphones.

From expansys.ie:

Item: €47.93
21% VAT: €11.74
Standard (4 Day) Shipping: €1.99
Total: €67.66

From expansys.com:

Item: £39.16
20% VAT: £9.43
Express (1-2 Day) Shipping: £7.99
Total: £56.58
Total: €63.92

€3.74 difference (dearer for ROI). Small, but annoying that it should be different at all...

Hmmm, I wonder who I'll order from?

I think you need to buy a calculator too!

Using your figures above
.ie = 47.93 + 11.74 + 1.99 = €61.66
.com = £39.16 + £9.43 + £7.99 = £56.58 x the real rate of excahnge assuming you are paying by credit card (1.152 as of 7am) = €65.18

.ie cheaper by €3.52

or as said above on offer at amazon at £44.29 (€51) and free delvery.

the groutch

hate it when people use xe.com rate rather than the visa/mastercard exchange rate

Oryx

I can't figure how you worked out that vat for me €47.93 calculates to €10.06 vat? Is it me or you?

ejmaztec

the groutch wrote: »

hate it when people use xe.com rate rather than the visa/mastercard exchange rate

If this is the one, the link should be in a sticky thread to help the afflicted:

http://corporate.visa.com/pd/consumer_services/consumer_ex_rates.jsp


As far as Expansys is concerned, they've been around for years and have always been too expensive in my opinion. They should be a lot more competitive given their buying power, but they're not.

Mark#1

Hmmm...

I didn't calculate when I posted - I just copied the figures verbatim from the screen shot I made at the time:



My goof. Don't know why the expansys figures were wrong.

So pardon my ignorance - xe.com isn't to be trusted?


Got my headset and they're great, btw...


Mark

ejmaztec

Mark#1 wrote: »

Got my headset and they're great, btw...


Mark

Does that mean that you allowed yourself to be ripped off?

Mark#1

Looks like it.