On 2/3/03 3:53 PM, mawgadog at tin.it typeth: > because anything bought in Italy costs ten times the price probably 9 > out of that ten goes into the pockets of the Mafia. Just an example > when i bought my 5gig ipod it was 399 in the states here i paid almost > 1000 for it so i ask you Laurie would you buy it from Italy?? I didn't realize the lira was that far off from the dollar, so now I understand your dilemma. Regardless, I wouldn't buy Apple earbuds anyway, at any price :) If you have relatives here in the US, perhaps they can order it for you and ship it to you as 'gift" to avoid the duty?