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Which is a good reason why everything in US is cheaper. Sure, you get more service and better guarantee is you pay for it, there is no reason to force it.
by zz865 5y ago
Which is a good reason why everything in US is cheaper. Sure, you get more service and better guarantee is you pay for it, there is no reason to force it.
- dredmorbius 5y agoNote that apparent cost and actual cost are not the same thing. The purchase price is lower without a warranty, but the actual incurred risk cost is higher. Absent a warranty, that's not only a risk shift from the manufacturer to the consumer, but a real cost shift, as steps which might increase reliability are not taken and the consequences of those decisions (made by the manufaucturer) accrue to the purchaser. There is also the incidnece cost and the cost of liquidity or credit required to front a repair bill in the hundreds or thousands of dollars. Given that much of the US cannot meet an unexpected $400 expense in a month, this is a significant consideration. MacBook owners may represent a more affluent portion of the population, but a $10k repair bill over four years remains significant. That's a constant $208/mo reliability tax on that particular unit, for this owner. Note that in this case, Apple did eat the cost as the repairs were covered under the AppleCare Protection Plan.
- dzhiurgis 5y agoWhich is probably negates by all the legal and lawsuit costs... AFAIK It's mostly cheaper due to lower sales tax (aka VAT/GST which is ~10% vs 18-27% in Europe) and no China import duty. Finally being local currency helps somewhat because of currency stability I'd guess.
- zz865 5y agoYes that makes a difference too but its also stuff like house prices and food which have no sales tax.