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When I first bought a Mac back in about 2008 I did a price comparison as everyone was saying they were more expensive in the UK than US. It turned out this wasn
by tokamak-teapot 6y ago
When I first bought a Mac back in about 2008 I did a price comparison as everyone was saying they were more expensive in the UK than US. It turned out this wasn’t true as every model I looked at was almost exactly the same when sales tax / VAT was taken into consideration. I was comparing to California, as that’s where I might have decided to buy instead of the UK.
- csunbird 6y agoDepends on the seller and the brand. Apple does have the "almost same net price everywhere" policy, but other brands do not follow this strategy and actually do regional pricing.
- maccard 6y agoThe numbers between EU and us are roughly the same for nvidia, sony, microsoft, Dell, apple and lenovo from what I can see
- lathiat 6y agoThis is a common confusion for most countries with tax-inclusive pricing versus the US tax-exclusive system.