Thread: [Merged] New Mac Mini/iPod
View Single Post
Old 12-01-2005, 09:51   #49
SMHarman
Inactive
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Services: Cablevision
Posts: 8,305
SMHarman is cast in bronzeSMHarman is cast in bronzeSMHarman is cast in bronzeSMHarman is cast in bronze
SMHarman is cast in bronzeSMHarman is cast in bronzeSMHarman is cast in bronzeSMHarman is cast in bronzeSMHarman is cast in bronzeSMHarman is cast in bronzeSMHarman is cast in bronzeSMHarman is cast in bronzeSMHarman is cast in bronzeSMHarman is cast in bronzeSMHarman is cast in bronzeSMHarman is cast in bronzeSMHarman is cast in bronzeSMHarman is cast in bronzeSMHarman is cast in bronzeSMHarman is cast in bronzeSMHarman is cast in bronzeSMHarman is cast in bronzeSMHarman is cast in bronze
Re: Details of New Apple Mac Mini
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tristan
Looks nice. But cheap? Hmmm...

At the current exchange rate, $499 = £265.77 . Add on 17.5% VAT and you come up with a theoretical street price of £312.28 .

Yet I bet anyone that that will magically jump to £399 (or more) when it's launched in the UK...
But would you be happy if the price fluctuated daily as the exchange rate moved? £312 today, £330 next week, £299 the following? When does the price fix? When the retailer buys it from apple, when they sell it to you?
Who pays to put it on a plane/boat over here? Who pays the import duties and customs clearance fees.
If you import from outside the EU you soon realise why a simple conversion never works.

You also need to remember that the $499 is the ex tax price in the US, most US customers (except those in New Hampshire) will pay sales tax on that price. This can easily be up to 8% these days.
SMHarman is offline   Reply With Quote