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psychological manipulation: Why Apple choose to give out EU/UK iPad price with tax while US price where without Tax? My guess is they wanted to avoid direct com
by swdev 16y ago
psychological manipulation: Why Apple choose to give out EU/UK iPad price with tax while US price where without Tax? My guess is they wanted to avoid direct comparison of US price to EU/UK price. Why so? bcoz they are bumping up the price :-). All Apple fan boys, keep discussing if the prices are equivalent or not much different etc.
- almost 16y agoAs far as I understand it in the US each state has different sales taxes so the norm is to quote without tax. For the UK at least it's all the same VAT (17.5%) so the norm (for consumers at least) is to quote with taxes.
- jarek 16y agoThe norm in Europe is quoting and posting prices with VAT included.
- illumin8 16y agoConsidering VAT is included, and the exchange rate for Euro/USD is $1.27 per Euro, I think you guys are getting a good deal right now. My friends in the UK are used to paying pretty much the equivalent price in pounds vs. dollars. So, for example, a $300 Nvidia GFX card usually costs 300 pounds sterling in the UK. It's hard to believe you're complaining about the prices being as low as they are. Blame Greece if you think they should be lower.