Norway

[ToneZone]

I thought I'd teach you a little fun-fact. I live in Norway. Norway is an expensive country to live in. And the price for guitars is WAY different here then in beautiful U.S.A.

An example:
I can get a RR1 for $1850 new. That is about 9600NOK (Norske kroner/Norwegian crowns)

In Norway I have to pay 28 000NOK. That is $5385. ($1 = 5,2NOK)

How ridiculous is that?

Now for the fun part...

If I buy the RR1 from the USA, import it to Norway, with shipping and taxes it still cost only 14000NOK ($2692).

Guess where I buy guitars...

[Learn Guitars]

Tone,
I will be teaching in Skien at the end of July. I will be hanging in Oslo a few days as well. I love Norway, beautiful country with killer appreciation for good music.
Mike

[SlasZ]

I thought I'd teach you a little fun-fact. I live in Norway. Norway is an expensive country to live in. And the price for guitars is WAY different here then in beautiful U.S.A.

An example:
I can get a RR1 for $1850 new. That is about 9600NOK (Norske kroner/Norwegian crowns)

In Norway I have to pay 28 000NOK. That is $5385. ($1 = 5,2NOK)

How ridiculous is that?

Now for the fun part...

If I buy the RR1 from the USA, import it to Norway, with shipping and taxes it still cost only 14000NOK ($2692).

Guess where I buy guitars...

It's about time you guys ditch the crown and go for the euro
Then I can plan my holidays easier without having to worry about exchange rates

[javert]

It's pretty much the same all over Europe, I think. I know firsthand that the price is about the same in Denmark, Germany, UK, and France. I've imported 3 of my 4 USA Jackson from the US and the last one I got in a trade. Funny, with the low Dollar, you can actually buy guitars in the US at a price that's about the same as the resale value here in Denmark! How about that.

[shobet]

Yeah, but the price of booze in Norway!
And lutefisk! eugh...

[ToneZone]

Tone,
I will be teaching in Skien at the end of July. I will be hanging in Oslo a few days as well. I love Norway, beautiful country with killer appreciation for good music.
Mike

I love my country, don't get me wrong. It's just that thanks to U.S.A., I can have killer guitars. I've had a PC1, a SL2H-MAH and a RR3, all bought from the USA, and I've sold them without losing money. I love both countries.

[_koppen]

Im in sweden, same problem here (still not as expensive as Norway, cause Norway is expensiveer than fuck!).
I hae bought over 5 guitars from the US, i play them until i get tired of them, and then i can sell them over her for a profit!
How about that

[javert]

Im in sweden, same problem here (still not as expensive as Norway, cause Norway is expensiveer than fuck!).
I hae bought over 5 guitars from the US, i play them until i get tired of them, and then i can sell them over her for a profit!
How about that

Really? Over here the going rate for a used USA Jackson is about 8000-9000 kr., which is also what a new one costs in the US.

[_koppen]

a USA Jackson should beworth a lot moore than 8-9k!
That's like a robery :S

[javert]

a USA Jackson should beworth a lot moore than 8-9k!
That's like a robery :S

Yeah, but the demand is not so high at the moment.

[Larss]

I go to Norway every year, and i actually never thought it was really expencive (Holland is about equal, if you know where to shop in Norway), tho, when i started playing guitar 2 years ago... my opinion on Norway being reasonable priced went... well... down Yeeezzz, guitars are expencive there!