I was considering getting the DVD version of the Encylopedia Britannica for a friend who has a kid who is at school.. until I saw the US price versus the UK price...
US price: $39.95 (about £22).
UK price: £32.99.
No wonder people use P2P..... or order overseas....
Same product. Produced in the same way. More expensive if you live in the country it is produced in. I worked for OUP - it is a charity and should not be making a profit. They closed down the on-site printing press - to save money. Then they spent millions on an extension to the Walton Street site.... with a nice blue plaque to the then head of the 'company'. They kept Oxuniprint alive (a small printing sub-division) so they did not have to pay taxes - part of their charter from the university.
Instead the books were written and edited in Oxford, then tripple-keyed in India, printed in Hong Kong, then shipped back to the UK and stored in Corby. .
Any more examples of how we are being ripped off....?
US price: $39.95 (about £22).
UK price: £32.99.
No wonder people use P2P..... or order overseas....
Same product. Produced in the same way. More expensive if you live in the country it is produced in. I worked for OUP - it is a charity and should not be making a profit. They closed down the on-site printing press - to save money. Then they spent millions on an extension to the Walton Street site.... with a nice blue plaque to the then head of the 'company'. They kept Oxuniprint alive (a small printing sub-division) so they did not have to pay taxes - part of their charter from the university.
Instead the books were written and edited in Oxford, then tripple-keyed in India, printed in Hong Kong, then shipped back to the UK and stored in Corby. .
Any more examples of how we are being ripped off....?
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