Why are the Pixel Phones so over-priced in India?

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Comparing the prices with the American Market, there is about 13K (Indian Rupees) difference in the pricing. What could be the reason behind that?
 

belodion

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Tax? Strength of economy? It is the same for me in the UK, although I'd refer to them as high prices rather than use your term of "overpricing'.
 

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Retailers sell merchandise for whatever they can get for it - there's no incentive to sell it for less than they can get. (A few honest retailers might - I used to when Cingular almost delivered money to phone stores in the NYC area by the truckload - but the vast majority will sell things for as much as won't decrease their earnings. [The more you charge, the fewer you sell.])