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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000041.txt from 2007/07

From: herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Young ASO Principal Oboist Rejects
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:01:31 -0400

There was a time when Ferrari was more expensive in Italy than in USA. I
think it had something to do with taxes. May be the same with Japan.
Herb

On 7/12/07 12:41 AM, "Sameer Al-Abdullah" <simsim29@-----.com> wrote:

> Miriam,
> I too did the exchange rate for that oboe and it came just a bit under
> US10,000. OUCH!!!! But you know what? Long time ago there was a link
> in Brian Moses's website to some Japanese site where they sell the
> usual oboes, Yamaha, Loree and the rest and those too were ALOT more
> expensive than the rest of the world ( at least US and France). Things
> are usually ALOT more expensive in Japan even CDs and DVDs. I asked a
> Japanese friend of mine why and she said that that's the way it is in
> Japan. Everything is over priced!! It's Japan after all, hehehe. The
> same goes for the UK.
>
> BUt yeah that oboe "MODEL CLEMENT" looks tempting!!! Yummy!!! ;)
>
> Sameer Al-Abdullah
>
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