Oh dear not this again, once you include VAT which isn't included in the American price, it comes to £582 yes we are paying more and it is annoying, but we are actually only paying £17 more rather than £103 more.
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Oh dear not this again, once you include VAT which isn't included in the American price, it comes to £582 yes we are paying more and it is annoying, but we are actually only paying £17 more rather than £103 more.
I thought that the $499 announced is before Tax in the US. The Rate varies from one state to another?
No surprises with the prices there, but goddamn they are expensive. I might be able to get a 64 gig one from the US for £450 all in, but the only thing holding me back is any warranty issues there may be, and the amount of ipads I have seen with yellowing, screen leaking or dead pixels would possibly make it difficult to return..
Has there been any real clarification on that yet?
Has there been any real clarification on that yet?
That's correct. That's before tax and the tax does vary between states. I believe sales tax is about 7% here in Florida.
By my calculations its exactly the same as the U.S. premium plus the 17.5% UK VAT.
How come "everyone" in the UK forgets about the VAT when trying to convert U.S. to UK prices?
£550 for a 64gb wifi and dock 2 day delivery included..Thank You U.S!!!
How did you do it?
A 32GB 3G iPad is $729. Convert that to Sterling that is £495.49. Add 17.5% is £582.20. Apple are selling it for £599. I don't feel completely ripped off here.
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I bought a 32Gb 3G for a colleague from the Fifth Avenue Applse store last weekend. Price calculated as:-
The FX rate I got from my CC company was 1.5235
iPad 3G 32Gb base price is $729 + NYC sales tax of 8.9% which is $64.88 so making a retail total of $793.88.
The sterling amount was thus £521.
So £599 including VAT works out about £78 more than a New Yorker would pay.
If we took the base US price and add 17.5% VAT then convert to sterling we get £561.69 so the vast majority of the delta is due to the differences taxation rates - it simply doesn't help that we live in a high-tax economy.
So the real delta is £37.32 - which does seem a little steep to cover FX fluctuations and I wouldn't have thought transport costs are much higher China->UK than China->US.
However there may be other hidden costs that Apple have in the UK/Europe that they may not have in the US (dunno how labour rates or property taxes compare for example). Plus £599 is a nice round sum
I paid £525 for my US Wi-Fi iPad, so seeing the UK official price at £499. I think the £26 difference was very much worth it seen as I have had it 6 weeks earlier
I still want a 3G though, just the prices seem a bit to much, especially with a data plan added into that to.
Buy a Mifi device from 3 (three). £49 for the device and you can get PAYG bundles
I suppose when you count sales tax aswell it does make a bit of a difference. I always forget about it with US stuff.
Anyone know the sales tax % in Texas?
it looks like it starts at 6.25 and then can vary depending on city. You need to find someone from New Hampshire, no sales tax at all
.http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/orange-uk-announces-ipad-data-plans-07-05-2010/
orange 3g price plans announced to?
I got some thinking to do over the weekend. Wanted a 3G but £499 seems a little steep :/
orange 3g price plans announced to?
I got some thinking to do over the weekend. Wanted a 3G but £499 seems a little steep :/
Because its hidden, a stealth tax some might claim. Most prices already include it and most people arent sure what products are eligible to be charged it.
it looks like it starts at 6.25 and then can vary depending on city. You need to find someone from New Hampshire, no sales tax at all
Or Oregon!
Depends on what city and county you are in. Base rate is 6.25% but some cities and counties have local options that can add anywhere from .25% to 4% on to that.
5p per MB works out at £51 per GB
this link is a bit better
http://newsroom.orange.co.uk/2010/05/07/orange-uk-announces-data-plans-for-ipad-wi-fi-3g-2/
might be me being dumb, but will that be on sent or received data? or a combo of both?
hmm yeah makes sense.
Anyone know how the usage stats on the iphone are calculated? Does it reset daily automatically? Every charge? Or never? I've never manually reset it or anything and I'm showing 395mb received.
If thats since I re-got my iPhone (mid march) and assuming I'd use a similar amount of data its gonna cost me £20 ish every 7 weeks (apx. £3 p./w)
It'll be a combo of both. Same as all GPRS (Packet Data) services on Orange. Just a total of all data used.
If it wasn't you'd be able to send email for free ;-)
As far as I know, Orange have always done combined data transfer. Even on their 750MB iPhone contracts.