Well, I looked at the site and the prices haven't changed
2499 euros for the axe 3, 829 euros for an fc12 and no mention of a package deal. That is 3000 dollars for the axe, and 1000 for the FC12. That is 1250 dollars more in Europe. Of course they have expenses like Marco Fanton, Leon Todd, Cooper Carter and other guys they give gear to to promote the axe. (As I mentioned before, I know one of those guys personally) but By the way, the guys I mentioned actually do stuff that a lot of us benefit from. (At least I do)
I am assuming that the axe, after production, isn't shipped to the usa first and then back to Europe or other distributeurs. G66 Tests and updates every unit before they send it out,(excellent!) But transport costs would therefore be equal (approx) to the usa or to Europe. and I also think they do not pay retail prices. I know we get extended warranty here in Europe, so that explays a bit of the difference, but like many said before, the price difference is imho too big. But since there is no competition when it comes to this product (you cannot buy from anyone else) they can pretty much ask what they want.
*I have no complaints whatsoever about G66 on itself. More the opposite. Excellent service, kind ppl.