> The price has gone up dramatically, well above inflation, at least where I live I grew up in the US and have now lived in Canada for more than 15 years. Unl

> The price has gone up dramatically, well above inflation, at least where I live I grew up in the US and have now lived in Canada for more than 15 years. Unless your country has VAT or other import taxes, you can easily just take the USD value of the Apple product you are trying to buy and convert it to your currency. The price of the product will match up exactly with the value of your dollar in the last 2-4 months. 2011-2013 was a great time for Apple product buyers in Canada, the dollar was nearly at parity for a short time. And then 2 years later, every Apple product increased in price by 20%. My salary didn't go up. Inflation didn't hit Canada particularly hard. Apple has a strict profit margin they are targeting, and if your dollar goes down in value, and they will simply ask you to pay up.