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As per the title... Your prices are horrendous, and the shipping costs are outrageous.

 

You might think that they are reasonable, but you are actually ripping people off. Especially, when they live outside of North America.

 

You, "invest" so much on development of your fairly average products, yet you will not spend a penny to expand your retail reach.

 

I think Nick needs to buck up his ideas, because you guys don't understand, and clearly don't care, about anywhere outside of Canada and the US.

 

I'm sorry, but your products are simply not worth the expenditure, if you're outside NA.

 

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You could easily ditch LTX and invest that money into an EU distribution service (where you would make even more money than LTX ever could). You won't, though... Because of sheer ego and ignorance. Again, Nick needs to educate himself.

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If you listened to wan show, you'd know that: 1) they are working on an agreement with a retailer in the EU, and 2) your take is total garbage.

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A lot of youtubers have stores that are only really offering sensible shipping in their country, because believe it or not, they aren't massive retailers.

 

Linus isn't Amazon, I think it's good he's managed to develop anything and get it sold given the challenges in the modern retail world.

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I'll remember this the next time I'm ordering something from EK Waterblocks in Slovenia... Gee they must really hate their customers here in North America... why don't they just stop doing what they are doing currently and open a NA location? I'm getting sick of being charged extra for all the shipping and duties. Me me me me... wahhh

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49 minutes ago, BillieBobThe3rd said:

You might think that they are reasonable, but you are actually ripping people off. Especially, when they live outside of North America

It's not ripping people off. They are clear about the shipping and VAT costs. If you don't like them, don't pay for them.

 

The entitlement of Europeans when talking about this issue is palpable. And it happens over and over again.

 

If you don't like the price, don't purchase. Simple as.

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1 hour ago, Skipple said:

The absolute entitlement of Europeans when talking about this issue is insane and it happens over and over again.

As someone who lives in Eastern Europe, I agree. The taxes have nothing to do with LTT, the taxes are outside LTT's control (others have complained about taxes as well). The shipping prices, to me, are somewhat middle ground, compared to other retailers from Canada and from the U.S. Not cheap, but light years away from being outrageous as the OP states. I've had my fair share of complaints in regards to shipping, but that was because of how shipping was handled by Wizmo and the poor choice of couriers. I'm certain that it will be mitigated, eventually.

 

As for the products, the OP states, that they are "fairly average" and their "prices are horrendous". Why bother with all this then... It is clear, that what LTT Store has to offer does not rise to the level of excellence that the OP is looking for, therefore all this ranting is entirely irrelevant and unnecessary in my opinion. 

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The level of butt hurtery (sic) and faux outrage on this post, is ridiculous. Can you tell me your a Linus superfan, without telling me you are a Linus superfan. Admin, feel free to delete this debacle of an exchange. I'm sorry, but this Forum is full of Linus loving gatekeepers, that cannot stand any sort of criticism of LMG, and therefore automatically shut down any discussion that is critical in any way.

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1 hour ago, BillieBobThe3rd said:

The level of butt hurtery (sic) and faux outrage on this post, is ridiculous. Can you tell me your a Linus superfan, without telling me you are a Linus superfan. Admin, feel free to delete this debacle of an exchange. I'm sorry, but this Forum is full of Linus loving gatekeepers, that cannot stand any sort of criticism of LMG, and therefore automatically shut down any discussion that is critical in any way.

 

Your post was arrogant and rude. You aren't aware of the latest developments in this area from WAN show. And you clearly haven't even bothered to read any of the discussion of this issue the many other times it's come up, where people have attempted to explain why things are not as simple as "just set up in the EU how hard can it be lol 4head." Then you insult anybody who replies.

 

Yeah, fully agree the mods should just delete this thread because there doesn't seem to have ever been any intent on your part to have a productive conversation. 

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At the behest of the Op [see above comment] the topic is locked.

 

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