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 Topic: Why are coolers so expensive in the UK?
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19/7/2014 at 7:04pm
Location: Staines-upon-Thames
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Costco have the best prices for Igloo coolers, close to half the usual UK price, but I haven't seen a drinks dispenser there.
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20/7/2014 at 12:50am
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my cool box is a personal import from the USA
during the good old days of a luggage allowance of 2 X 23kg on scheduled flights to the USA i bought it walmart for about £25.00 filled it with other goodies wrapped it in cling wrap and checked it into the hold
coleman extreme 70 quart costs £80.00 plus in the UK so i got mine for a third of the price
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20/7/2014 at 11:15am
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As Gary said it's cheap in the US but once you pay shipping fees any import duty & VAT on an item (anything over £16 but VAT is charged on shipping cost too!) the UK prices can actually be cheaper than buying from the US direct!
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20/7/2014 at 3:43pm
Location: Midlands
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Same reason almost everything is dearer in the UK.
Regular unleaded fuel $3.69 a US gallon (4 litres) equivalent to 55p a litre.
So many products cost us the same in £ to what they pay in $. But shipping stuff from the US is usually costly and added customs and VAT.
Yet i can order from China with none of that.
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20/7/2014 at 7:02pm
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E-bay! Quite a few on there. Going to stop looking at them now though, before I decide we need one! I've got drinks dispensers already but not the cooler style ones - plastic one with tap from Next, Thermos flask style one with pump from Class Ohlson and a metal one from BHS.
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Its as much to do with us living on a small island with too many people driving up costs of land and property. In fact there are many reasons but I can tell you no one is making huge margins in any competitive trade these days. In fact you/us the general public are getting amazing deals, the problem is we had it so good for so many years we are now finding it hard to adjust. 
