Well, i think as Europeans we can considered ourself lucky that (actually) the dollar is weak against euro. I remembered 3 years ago you had to pay €1,050 for RS-2 and €1,600 for RS-1 here in France. Hopefully, so far, i was not interested in Grado products. Now with all the (inevitably) hype surrounding the new GS-1000 i will try at least to borrow one from a shop when and if they hit the street here. It's very instructive to compare personal impression with others.
You know, i really think Mr John Grado should take a better care about his export business [BTW there's absolutely no list of international distributor on Grado website]. I have never seen an American product sold with so much markup over here. I know from experience that audiophile gear importers can be very greedy here, especially compared with high-end pro gear importers, so i would likely believe it's not entirely Mr John Grado's fault. But he would sell much much more in Europe if his headphones were reasonably priced.
Actually an 'honest' price for GS-1000 would be €1,000 in Europe, when the change difference is 'canceled' with the VAT we have to pay (from 15% to 20%).