Companies have different pricing policies so chances are the manufacturer is simply overcharging on the European market. If you went to Romania for instance you will probably end paying way more for a pack of Bayer aspirin than you would in the US, and I bet wages there are well below US standards.JR8 wrote:And that's precisely why, when you visit a chemist/pharmacy/apothecary in Germany a pack of 10 Aspirin will cost you maybe euro 6 (S$10).aster wrote:Can't afford to pay honest, liveable wages, yet miraculously making billions in profits each year isn't a problem, then shut down and p*** off.
Visit one in the US, and a bottle of 250 might cost you US$5 (S$6).
Some countries are protectionist. Germany is re: it's supermarkets (Walmart got squeezed/rubbed out). In Germany only chemists/apothecaries can sell medicine. The equivalent there of Boots/Superdrug, 'high-street chemists', only sell 'shampoo and toothbrushes', oh and curiously... cigarettes, potted plants, flower-pots, wheel-barrows and dildos ['Das Anal Intruder'], vibrators, love-eggs and bondage costumes - but nothing medicinal, that would be illegal (they can however sell 'Homeopathic medicine' lol, which probably confirms all your doubts about the latter).aster wrote:Same with Microsoft charging double for software in countries with less than 1/2 the average income of the US.
Need I mention cars and corporate pricing policies on the US market?
And with good reason. Just like Walmart has killed thousands of small town businesses in the USA, the same would happen in Singapore... many mom and pop stores would go out of business.JR8 wrote:Imagine the SG government sanctioning LIDL opening a supermarket here. It would be bedlam, 30c beer and $9 Canadian lobsters!!! But (exhale), it's ok, they'd never let it happen...
You managed to veer right around the elephant in the room, to get up on your political soap-box thereStrong Eagle wrote:And with good reason.JR8 wrote:Imagine the SG government sanctioning LIDL opening a supermarket here. It would be bedlam, 30c beer and $9 Canadian lobsters!!! But (exhale), it's ok, they'd never let it happen...
Amazon and internet shopping in general are doing that sort of damage to the high street. Back in the day it was evident that places like HMV were in trouble, but Amazon has now moved beyond just dealing in movies & books.Strong Eagle wrote:And with good reason. Just like Walmart has killed thousands of small town businesses in the USA, the same would happen in Singapore... many mom and pop stores would go out of business.
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