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      09-30-2010, 11:06 AM   #21
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Originally Posted by Nautik View Post
True but a car is much harder to move between countries vs. a car part. If the same part is 3k here what is to keep people from buying them here and shipping them to Europe (arbitrage)?
They could do this with any BMW part really - they are significantly cheaper in the US than in Europe.

But once you factor in shipping, import duties, VAT...
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