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AMD's ridiculous suicide in the Norwegian (possibly European) market. (Who's responsible?)

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Thought Nvidias prices were bad? Think again!

 

Here's something that has been a fairly common trend lately. For some reason, Nvidias card arrive to our frozen shores at just about proper pricing when you convert their USD price into NOK (Norwegian Kroner)

 

 

AMD however, is not able to do this. Every card of every generation gets a large, sometimes as large as 33% (as you will soon see) mark-up. It's not the government, as there is no tax on electronics. (Sweden has electronics tax, Norway does not) The problem must lie with AMD or their deals with e-tailers here.

 

Well, the 295x2 is 1500€ here (germany) too. That is 2070 usd or 12500nok.

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I hope whomever is responsible is afflicted with a particularly bad diarrhea with glass in it. A markup of $433 is never acceptable, not even on a jumbo jet.

 

Also I have a newfound sympathy with Australians :(

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Well, the 295x2 is 1500€ here (germany) too. That is 2070 usd or 12500nok.

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you don't want that thing anyways

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Well, the 295x2 is 1500€ here (germany) too. That is 2070 usd or 12500nok.

 

So it's their European distribution network then :/

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Sometimes I complain that Canadian pricing on electronics is unfair in comparison to US prices. I guess it's not that bad...

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Seems pretty much completely normal to me to be honest. We always have a huge markup in the Scandinavian countries, usually 30-50%.

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Ouch, that sucks :/

 

(Still, perhaps this topic belongs more in General Discussion or Graphics Cards?)

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The R9 295X2 is ~$2150 or 14000SEK in Sweden.

 

A Titan Black is 8500SEK, 40% less. Though it's not a dual GPU card, of course.

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Its apparently $3000 USD in Japan according to some article I read. Though I can't find the page. But that happens with all electronics/hardware no?

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Its apparently $3000 USD in Japan according to some article I read. Though I can't find the page. But that happens with all electronics/hardware no?

 

No, in Norway it's extra transparent due to the no tax thing. So when you can buy an Nvidia card for its exact value in dollars converted to NOK, but you can't do that with an AMD card, then something has failed somewhere for AMD to not be able to compete.

A Titan Black is 8500SEK, 40% less. Though it's not a dual GPU card, of course.

 

Titan Black is 7693 NOK in Norway, as I said, no tax - though the price has been lower, I believe down near 7000

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Thought Nvidias prices were bad? Think again!

 

Here's something that has been a fairly common trend lately. For some reason, Nvidias card arrive to our frozen shores at just about proper pricing when you convert their USD price into NOK (Norwegian Kroner)

 

 

AMD however, is not able to do this. Every card of every generation gets a large, sometimes as large as 33% (as you will soon see) mark-up. It's not the government, as there is no tax on electronics. (Sweden has electronics tax, Norway does not) The problem must lie with AMD or their deals with e-tailers here.

 

Enjoy the ghastly scene of Hara-Kiri:

 

 

 

 

8z1oqq.jpg

 

2cmrklh.jpg

 

 

 

I hope whomever is responsible is afflicted with a particularly bad diarrhea with glass in it. A markup of $433 is never acceptable, not even on a jumbo jet.

 

Also I have a newfound sympathy with Australians :(

at least under 9000-10000 NOK/SEK

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actually, i just checked prices, and i pay near the same for a 780ti evga from Norway as i do from Sweden :)

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at least under 9000-10000 NOK/SEK

 

The ironic thing is, at predictably 18000 NOK, the Titan Z will actually be competitive with the 295x2 now! Hahaha.

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Well, the 295x2 is 1500€ here (germany) too. That is 2070 usd or 12500nok.

Oh well

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Take this!

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6590 RON = $2048

 

So overprcied. D:

 

Oh,not to mention that the average wage here is around $600/month,which is almost not enough to live.

Still cheaper than the Titan when it came out,xD.That shit was $2600 till retailers realized they fucked up the price.

 

Oh,and this is at the cheapest online store here.The most respectable(and with higher prices) has this :

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7000 RON = 2175 USD

 

#EuropePricing

 

Someone please save Europe,I'm sick of these prices at electronics.

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The ironic thing is, at predictably 18000 NOK, the Titan Z will actually be competitive with the 295x2 now! Hahaha.

Titan Z will cost around 25000 NOK, probably

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Expected this...

If your buying this you probably don't care, so of course they would charge more 

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Oh well

 Oh well what? O.o:D

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GTX 780 DCU2 // 8600GTS // Hifiman HE-400i // Kennerton Magister
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