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That's crazy. In the USA, $2000 gets a m2 air with 24GB ram and 1TB drive. The cheapest option is $1200. Is there added taxes / tarrifs for the european prices
by dahfizz 4y ago
That's crazy. In the USA, $2000 gets a m2 air with 24GB ram and 1TB drive. The cheapest option is $1200.
Is there added taxes / tarrifs for the european prices? That's much worse than just the EUR/USD exchange rate.
- wiredfool 4y agoIn Ireland, vat is 23% on electronics. Businesses basically don’t pay that but it still is there for the ordinary buyer. My m2 air 24/1tb from work was 2300 or so, my personal m1 air 16/512 was 1850 a year earlier. Don’t see a huge difference between them, but the work one in particular is a giant leap ahead of the 5tr old mbp it replaced. No doubt they’re pricey
- JCharante 4y agoI'm not advocating evading customs tax or anything illegal but I know many people who bring a laptop or phone back home for a relative everytime they go to the US.
- rootusrootus 4y agoOur Hyderabad associates tend to do that every time they come visit our office. Or they did, when we still had an office. It also helps that we don't have sales tax in Oregon.
- crazygringo 4y agoYes, average European VAT is 21%, which is built into the price. Unlike American sales tax which is added at the register. So to fairly compare prices by exchange rate you always need to discount the European price to subtract its VAT first.
- rootusrootus 4y ago> to fairly compare prices by exchange rate you always need to discount the European price to subtract its VAT first. Even then, it's imperfect. Some of us in the US do not pay sales tax.
- crazygringo 4y agoThat seems pretty perfect to me. Because then you're simply comparing the price without tax in both places, the money Apple actually receives.
- izacus 4y agoIt's usually US price + VAT (20-24% depending on country) + exchange rate and then rounded up to nearest "xx99.99" price for margin.