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Lucozade
Issue 50 - October 21, 1999
 
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Irish Expense

Dear Future Gamer

Why the hell are Irish people being charged an extra £50 quid for a DC? Yeah, that's right, £249.99. You lucky Brits could buy a DC and Sonic for the same price. Feckin exchange rates force the Irish gamers to pay on average £5-10 extra for games, even though the national average income of both countries is nearly the same, and Ireland has the second best house-to-computer ratio in the world, behind Japan.

Jack McCarthy


FG: You could say the same thing about the disparity between UK and American prices - some things just aren't fair but we have to live with them.

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