Ah, that'll be because the dollar is strong against the pound and the
euro. Not.

And what rights would these be?

You could ask DAN Europe direct. I have some E Mail addresses if you
want......

Pete S.

The explanation will have to come from DAN, both the American division and
the European one.  I did some research to see what I could figure out.
There are a few hints, but nothing certain, at least nothing I know enough
to identify.

1. DAN America is associated with Duke University.  The university medical
department, which has it's own funding,  provides a lot of the medical
support for Dan's operation.  That may or may not be the case in the UK.

2. DAN America is a non profit organization.  That has special meaning here
in the U.S.  Contributions to DAN are deductible from income for federal
income tax purposes.  You may assume that DAN gets a lot more contributions
because those contributions reduce the amount of income tax paid.  For every
dollar I contribute to DAN or any of many other tax deductible charities and
organizations, I get about 38% back in reduced tax.

3. Dan America is roughly 50% supported by membership dues.  As the country
that has more active divers than any place else in the world, DAN America
does not need to charge a lot to get by.  Remember, they're not for profit.
While this does not mean that they aren't interested in income, it does mean
that they aren't as pressured to more than meet expenses than investor
funded corporations.

4. Depending on the tax consequences, there may also be a bit of parking of
profits involved.  I don't know the corporate tax laws in the UK, but here,
corporations pay considerably higher rates than individuals.  If the reverse
is true in the UK, the increased cost there may be at least partly a tax
dodge.

I suspect that the difference is a combination of the reduced cost thanks to
university support, the availability of contributions thanks to tax
deductions and the economy of scale that comes from having so many U.SO.
customers.

Then again, it might just be that DAN Europe is ripping you off because they
can.

Lee