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UK price a joke!!!!
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No it doesn't.. That was my point (albeit clumsily constructed) to the person who said we were paying more for having a strong currency...
There was a big drop in the states after it was announced at Steveworld.
I contacted apple to find out when this would happen in UK and was told Steve only announced the drop in US$ so it was not intended for the rest of the world. When I pointed out he announced the MBA price only in US$ but you could buy that in the UK in £ he got fairly aggressive and put the phone down.
I can't see how they can be selling many of these in europe at nearly twice the price and no content.
I hate these types of pointless threads..How bout howing the price of the UK - VAT vs the US plus sales tax. And the fact that foreign exchange rates has moved away from the US, making US at all time lows makes it even harder to compare. How about dividing it by the price of big macs in its own country afterwards?
WTF are you on about? The UK is known as Rip Off Britain, its always been the same... its just when Steve says something will be $100 in the US Apple make it 100 quid over here... total rip off.
It seems like the US $ has been at an all time low for about 3 years now... dont you guys know how to run an economy?
UK price = £199, Big Mac = £1.99 so the UK
TV costs 100 Big Macs.US price = $229, Big Mac = $3.41 so the US
TV costs 67 Big Macs.It's still a rip-off, even if you pay in Big Macs
WTF are you on about? The UK is known as Rip Off Britain, its always been the same... its just when Steve says something will be $100 in the US Apple make it 100 quid over here... total rip off.
It seems like the US $ has been at an all time low for about 3 years now... dont you guys know how to run an economy?
Actually, no. Most of the dollar's devaluation has occurred in the last year or so and the "all time low" (though it actually isn't) really only occurred at the beginning of this year. The poster has a very good point -- you have to compare like goods with a county. Assuming you can suddenly start spending a foreign currency when yours gets stronger is only deceiving yourself. If you want to spend a foreign currency, you have to go to that country.
Economists have been talking about the dollars all time low for years! it just seems to keep getting lower... I suppose the question realy is 'how low can you go'!
Are you saying it's right everything is more expensive over here, that
should somehow charge us more for TV based on the fact we are in the UK and at the moment the pound is way up on the dollar? Everything is cheaper in the states, you are taxed less, and pay is pretty comprable... i bet if the boot were on the other foot and they charged $300 for TV and only 50 quid over here you'd be complaining right now just like we are and brusing away anyone who came out with the kinds of argument you are!
Economists have been talking about the dollars all time low for years! it just seems to keep getting lower... I suppose the question realy is 'how low can you go'!
Are you saying it's right everything is more expensive over here, that
I don't know where you get your information on exchange rates, but all you need to do is look at the charts to know that the "all time low" claim is obviously wrong. In fact the first time I was in the UK the GBP was around $2.50. Not many years before that it was closer to $5.00.
This isn't a question of right or wrong. You earn and spend GBPs and we earn and spend US Dollars. Goods are priced in each country in their currency depending on internal factors within that country, not by exchange rates.
If you want to complain about taxes, perhaps the better place is to your own government.