Britain still uses its own pound, but Brits can buy European-sold goods online. A credit card may be as reasonable a way as any to change money. Sales tax may apply to the price of goods, which in Britain is called "Value Added Tax" (VAT).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business/market_data/overview/
right now shows £1 = $1.5467, € = 1.2706, £ = €1.2171.

It might be very expensive now, but you have to remember that most people don't actually care about gigaflops and how much RAM they have, they just want to do stuff with minimal hassle. If it can work as a media player/notebook(paper version)/messaging device/phone/casual websurfing device, and do all those things reasonably well, that cost only seems to be slightly expensive.

Please note that I'm assuming that a Euro is worth approximately $1.50, if I'm way off, I'm sorry. Haven't checked that stuff in a while.

Those are simply rediculous prices. This started out as a man 'accidently' publicly testing a Tab on an aussie commuter train to drum up some publicity and free advertising for the Tab, and has descended into the chaos we are winessing now. Samsung should know better and put a stop to it.