Didn't Europe slap Microsoft for millions of dollars in fees, fines, and penalties in some sort of anti-trust suit ?? Maybe it's the cost of doing business there.
According to this site Currency Converter Website
Calculate and compare currencies Use the boxes below to convert between currencies.
Conversion results 1.00 British pounds sterling = 1.66 US dollars
Exchange rate: 1.656726 Rate valid as of: 2/7/2009
So Brits pay 66% more.
As I said, Outrageous.