While Shure's price for the RMCE cable (not the lighting cable) is $29.99, which translates,
if we add, say %10 local tax, to be fair, to 120 Israeli Shekel, the local Shure dealer
here in Israel, Giveon Electronics, wants 260 Israeli Shekel's for this same cable, which is,
in todays currency worth $71 (this is the same price as they charge for the usual
replacement cable for the SE series!)
http://www.giveon.co.il/info.asp?id=2702&category=072_081_104_
Now, Shure, does not allow sending such cables to Israel, so forget about buying it
on Amazon, or in B&H, I guess due to the rights that the local importer here has. This is
taking 110% more on the product, even when assuming an unusual high US
local tax of 10%. Yes, the local importer prices it at 215% of
the Shure MSRP!!!
I wonder if Shure is aware of the huge margin of costs of some of its products in Israel.
I wish someone from Shure would read this post and would consequently allow their excellent
products to be shipped to Israel to avoid the people here being subjected to this amazing
pricing.