I’m REALLY curious to know why there is such a drastic difference in the prices between the GLOBAL store and the US store for the very same items. For example, they offer a complete set of specialty plates (steel plate, carbon fiber, diamond, galaxy, starry) for the A1 in the global store for $26.99usd and in the US store they do not even offer the combo and they want to charge $19.99 for each plate…meaning I would be paying over 3 times the amount that would be charged on the global site. (and, yes, I already know the “global” site won’t ship to anywhere but the far east…not so “global” I guess) Anyone else have thoughts on this?
My guess (and that is all this is, just a guess) is that it has to do with supply and demand. That is generally how prices are set. Different regions can have different supplies and different demands, thus different costs of products.
I assume the US store ships from warehouses in the US, while the “global” ships directly from China.
That means any products on the US warehouse had to be first shipped to the US and stocked there, a warehouse has to be rented or bought, and import taxes may have to be paid. All of this are costs that need to be passed to the client.
The alternative would be to buy from China directly (as many companies do) and you would find more expensive shipping, longer shipping times, and taxes to be paid when you pick up the package.
That’s all just my supposition, I live in Europe, and we buy from the EU store.