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Old Jan 8, 2014 | 6:03 am
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Originally Posted by oliver2002
That said I bought my mother a 32" LED TV from LG when I was there and the price was very competitive compared to buying it in the US/Europe. The service was excellent too. LG sent someone to adjust and set it up the same day. ^
i was with a colleague in dubai last year & he paid about aed 3,700 for a 47 inch tv....with the exchange rate then, it cost him a little under inr 50k....the same tv was for about inr 75k here so he considered it a good saving....if he were to pay aed 3,700 today then it would come to around inr 63k....all of a sudden the saving doesn't seem so good....

since this time last year there is about a 20% difference in the rupee when compared to the dollar, euro, pound, etc....so effectively prices in india have become competitive when compared to us/europe even though the price of the tv hasn't changed much....
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