[Thor Joachim Haga]

I just read somehwer what the Dollar exchange rate to Euro dropped since Trump is president. Does not really help yet (And Norway not in any case ;-))

Actually, the dollar is weaker for the Norwegian krone too. Right now, a dollar is under 10 kroner for the first time in a long, long time. So I suppose that helps a BIT. But not enough, of course, when you have those shipping costs….and the new customs system.

Of course, back in the day, it was a different reality altogether, as Nick alludes to. I believe we talked about this earlier in the thread too. Some 20 years ago, I paid about $3-4 in shipping for a single CD (without jewel case) from overseas, often bought from the seller One-Cent-CDs on eBay. We had a tax-free limit of 300 kroner ($30) as well, which was annoyingly low, but MUCH better than now when 25% tax is added either in the web store itself, or when it arrives in Norway. And the CDs themselves were much cheaper, or rather, it was easier to find bargains.

You can adjust all of this for inflation, of course, but it will still show a considerable price rise.