By Jo Best
Published: Monday 17 January 2005
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Anonymous
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Saint Paul
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Software Engineer
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Funny how nobody took the time to account for local sales taxes (aka VAT), and shipping charges to export to the point of sale, and pay import duty (on hardware and software).
In the USA, the $499 and $599 prices quoted DON'T INCLUDE local sales taxes and thats because almost everything purchased in the USA is priced that way. Every state has a different percentage. And some cities have higher percentages than the rest of the state, so Apple can't quote taxes until it knows the shipping address.
In the UK, prices marked on merchandise already INCLUDE 17.5% VAT, so who's ripping off who? Taking into account the local taxes brings the realisic 1-to-1 prices that should be used as a true reference point, which look much closer to equal.
Hmm, lets say I pick up a Mac Mini on a trip to th...
Anonymous
Funny how nobody took the time to account for loca...
Anonymous
Same with Sony's CX355 CD changer, $199 (£106) exc...
MikeW
You should read more carefully. The entire petitio...
Anonymous
Computer equipment is exempt from import duties. Y...
Anonymous
I always believed Europeans are better educated
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BJMC
UK price £288.51 excluding sales tax
Gandalf
Forgetting to take the local sales tax into consid...
Anonymous
DUH, if you don't like the price then buy somethin...
Anonymous
They should be free to charge what they like. If t...
Anonymous
well said on comparative pricing - it's about the ...
Stephen Feber
The war was won due to killer app - Visicalc / lot...
Gerry Keen
Gandalf your maths is wrong!
£339 Incl Sales ta...
Anonymous
Different markets dictate different pricing. It's ...
Richard
Gandalf's calculations are correct.
VAT is adde...
Allan McBain
I can still buy a HP for less, then add AV softwar...
Anonymous
Anonymous - your maths is wrong. Gandalf is right...
Anonymous
Re Anonymous from Wakefield, YOUR maths is wrong.
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Gandalf
You think Europe is expensive check South Africa.W...
Nadir Olgacay
Re: "I can still buy a HP for less, then add AV so...
Bubba the Hubba
Import duty does have an effect but it is based on...
Jim Whitehouse
Math is a nonsense. They should compare the buying...
Anonymous
You pay for quality. I think this is the best Mac ...
Anonymous
Not only Mac Mini.Looking at the price of other
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Nadir Olgacay
I wish people moaning abouty the Mac Mini price wo...
Ian White
It's no different then in Canada! The mini mac is ...
Burton
Wow, people wanting government to tell companies h...
Joe Rivera
If something's nice, it'll still be nice next year...
Anonymous
How right you are Anonymous from Sweden.
Obviou...
Anonymous
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