Where do iPods Cost Most -- Or Least?

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[Cloudgazer]

Well, whatever you do, don't buy them in SA.
They cost a fortune.
iPod 60gb costs ZAR 3619.00 (approx US$583) as opposed to US$399.00

although, at least our cigarettes are cheaper than in the US. :cool:

[Eniregnat]

So, I will have to fly to Toyko to save $0.17 US on an iPod and then fly to Buenos Aires to get a cheep Coke.

The saveings!

[winmacguy]

They left New Zealand of that list.
http://store.apple.co.nz/public/product/group.php?pgid=AP22

[dr_lha]

Good old "Rip Off Britain". Not talking about the iPod, but the fact that the BMW M3 costs $31,000 more in London than it does in New York!

[iChill]

in most countries in africa an ipod can be up to like 600 or more US dollars. so most of the people i know there buy them online. or ebay.

[bigandy]

Good old "Rip Off Britain". Not talking about the iPod, but the fact that the BMW M3 costs $31,000 more in London than it does in New York!

and yet people still buy BMWs... yuk. :rolleyes:

[shamino]

I question their numbers. I don't have personal experience with all of these locations, but I do know that these prices can be extremely variable even at a single location.

For instance, where I live (northern VA), the price of a can of coke can vary by a factor of 14 from place to place. I can pay 25 cents per can in a grocery store (by buying a 24-pack from a discount store) or I can pay $3.50 (from the vending machine in a local movie theater.) Typical prices in quickie-marts can range between $0.75 and $1.50 per can. Typical vending machines may range between $1.25 and $2.00. So what price do you compare against other countries? And how do you make sure the criteria for choosing an accurate price are the same in each country?

I suppose it's a bit easier with things like Apple products, since they rarely sell at discount, so the price paid is (more or less) the same everywhere in a given country, but for consumer staples, forget it. Comparison is close to impossible, if you want any kind of accuracy.

[jamesmcd]

Um... here in New Zealand an iPod Video 60GB is $768.38

[Eraserhead]

and yet people still buy BMWs... yuk. :rolleyes:
It's probably because we have to have left hand drive cars, as we drive on the opposite side of the road to most places, so cars are more expensive.

[Nermal]

NZ: US$262 (NZ$408). Nowhere near as bad as some of those places. There's also a 12" iBook on that site, which was US$1169 here in NZ.

[redAPPLE]

It's probably because we have to have left hand drive cars, as we drive on the opposite side of the road to most places, so cars are more expensive.

and think about the road signs... they have to be custom-built only for british guys... ;)

edit:does it show, i have never driven a car in the uk or in any other country, where they drive on the wrong side of the road?

[Nermal]

and think about the road signs... they have to be custom-built only for british guys... ;)

That's the same with every country. For example, our road signs are different then Australia's and Japan's, even though we're all left-hand drive.