I was checking some online shops lately to order a few clothes I still need for Bali. (like rashguards, board shorts and so on) As I was looking through some european stores I realized that everything is insanely expensiv. Billabong board shorts for example cost about 130$/piece here in Switzerland. As I talked to a friend who lives in the US about that, she told me that I should check out some US stores for comparison.
I first doubted that it would make such a big difference (considering that I'd still have to pay shipment fom the US to Switzerland) But when I checked those stores I couldn't belive it! The difference in pricing is just huge! Here are some exapmles:
Billabong T-Shirt: US 20$, CH 60$ (+200%)
Rip Curl board shorts: US 45$, CH 130$ (+ 190%)
Billabong Rash Guard: US 25$, CH 65$ (+ 160%)
The companies are just completly ignoring the fact, that the $ lost so much value over the last few months. What a rip off! From now on I'll just buy all my clothes in the US and have them sent to my by a friend.
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You still need to send me links to the stuff you like so I can start going out and searching for them in the stores. ;]
I'd love to do that rigth now, but lately, all the money I earned went right into my trip. I really hope to get that job as a websdesigner for a guy I know. That would definitly fill up my bank account quite a bit :P
Weren't you working on a site for someone else already? How did that end up? You said you'd show me when you're done. ;]
Yeah, I'm working on that one too. But it takes forever and the Flash stuff doesn't really work the way I wanted it...
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