The difference in the price of so many goods is blatent, and I suspect a lot of it is just profiteering. Why should a Janome machine, not made in the US, so being imported to both countries, cost so much more here? I paid 300 pounds for a laptop that was $300 in the States. It makes me very cross - I think that much of the time we're just being ripped off. It also makes life very difficult for quilt shop owners here: understandably people buy fabric from the much cheaper American sites, but where does that leave people struggling to run a business and a service for quilters here?