Originally Posted by
3speed
^ I'm pretty sure it's not Tubus, but US retailers who are marking the price up like crazy. And it's not just Tubus products. There are several others who are also Much cheaper to order from a European site and have shipped to the US.
Ortlieb/Tubus USA is their exclusive distributor this side of the Atlantic
AFAIK....
and the prices you see on their site are what is normal retail here (plus/minus sales or taxes or S/H). At first I figured it was QBP striking again,
but note what brands QBP doesn't distribute; Ortlieb and Tubus don't make their list.
Given they have their own distributor...I'll wager the prices we see in the USA are set by Ortlieb/Tubus themselves.