Well the CAN dollar went from more or less 0.75$ US for many months to a pretty stable 0.79$/0.80$ US now. So why Apple does not decrease its iPad Pro Canadian price?
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Apple doesn't adjust to Canadian dollar uptrend
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Pricing remains fixed and does not adjust with short term currency fluctuations. It's the same around the world.
Apple will only adjust pricing when it makes their bank account fatter, they'd never do it to benefit the customer. Like the price hike here in the UK almost immediately after the Brexit vote, even though Brexit hasn't happened yet. You can bet if/when GBP strengthens again, Apple won't drop prices back down to pre-Brexit levels, because they'll be making more money from a stronger currency.
So in the last 4 months the Canadian dollar went from 0.73 US to 0.82 US, a more than 10% (nearing 13% in fact) increase. BUT Apple Canada still has the same price on the iPad Pro as 4 months ago. I know they can't adjust to daily or weekly variations BUT the increase has been steady in the last few months so... what the hell do they wait for? The profit they now make on the iPad and other Canadian products is disproportionate and absolutely disgraceful.
That's simply not true; Apple's adjusted the price down before.
Their attitude has always been to pull as much out of your wallet as they can - what's changed?
The raised € price since last fall I think, even after the US$ got much weaker.
I won't ever buy anything new again until this changes.
I won't ever buy anything new again until this changes.
The most recent price adjustment downward based on exchange rate was between your post and this one.
I'm so pissed at Apple overcharging Canadians with 31% exchange rate even when the US dollar stay at are more or less $1,24 Canadian (so 24%), like today. The iPad Pro, for example, should sell for $990 Canadian dollar not $1 049. So they make huge profits from the exchange rate they apply on top of their "normal profit margin" which is also huge to begin with... That's $60 profit. For EACH device. from OVERCHARGING.
