it's the whole of the uk
that is being ripped off by everywhere!
I had an argument with someone from the UK distro of the Drobo hdd enclosure that was charging a stonkin £365 for one unit - the us version would have cost £270 to buy, ship and pay import duty on!
That's not even mentioning the HP tablet laptop that a guy at work bought from saudi recently for about £450... costs £1400 over here!
Another good example is the new ipod touches - the price of the 8gb model in the UK is the same as the 16gb model in the us.
The psp slim costs about £87 in japan, the uk? that'll be £130! but of course many of the stores won't even display this price and will show the "bundled" price instead, usually with games that very few people actually like!
The best thing about the net is that the UK is finally getting to see the prices other places are being charged, and I for one am disgusted by how much we pay for the same items.
Oh, and about pc world.. I was wandering around there recently and saw a little sticker attached to the price of one of their TV's - "we'll install your TV for you... for £300!!!"
the sooner the UK customer stops companies taking them for a ride the better!
I love the argument you can have with people
"I'll offer you £100 for that psp"
"I'm sorry sir, it's in our system as being £130 and we can't sell it any cheaper"
"but you can"
"we can't change the prices, I'm sorry"
"bull, you can apply discounts at various rates on your EPOS system, it is perfectly capable of having the price reduced on a per transaction basis"
*cue being turfed out of shop for telling the truth by an irate manager*