Apple Adjusts International App Store Prices

[Broojo02]

59p always looked so nice, it has a 5 and 50p is half of a pound But I will get over it I think as we save a wopping 4p overall with VAT.

What I'm not too pleased about is the mac app store prices, especially as I'm gonna get a new mac and get the £65 coupon with the student pricing, after buying iWork I'm going to have a fair lot less left over for games and stuff.

 

[Dualica]

*sukk…

That's because Norway started taxing digital purchases July 1st 2011 - This month. So of course music as well as apps would be more expensive. However Apple actually reduced the price from 6NOK to 5,60NOK and then added the 25% VAT (moms). Which is… wait for it… drumroll… 7 NOK!

And for your earlier post: Yes you are wrong. Tax is included in all prices in norwegian stores. digital or otherwise. That is by law. In the US it is not, so even the hardware prices are not THAT bad. However seeing that they effectively reduced prices on the App Store by around 7% we could see that for hardware as well
ie. that would change the price on the entry level Macbook Air from 8490 NOK to 7895 NOK.

Thanx ultimato

was just about to write this.

It's not always big bad Apple. Sometimes it's your own country

(and seeing how prices for everything else are raised here, i can live with +1NOK without talking about it)

 

[torbjoern]

However seeing that they effectively reduced prices on the App Store by around 7% we could see that for hardware as well
ie. that would change the price on the entry level Macbook Air from 8490 NOK to 7895 NOK.

I hope you're right in this, and I was obviously a bit hasty when I started my rant against Apple regarding the increase in prices. However, until there is a reduction in prices I stand my ground on what I wrote about audio content from the iTunes store and the same applies to hardware. I don't understand why you wrote the above as a reply to my post about how they try to screw us over for iTunes content.

It's not always big bad Apple. Sometimes it's your own country

(and seeing how prices for everything else are raised here, i can live with +1NOK without talking about it)

Well, it pisses me off that just because somebody wants my money, it means that I have to give it to them. As a developer, I will now get less money for my apps - all because of this stupid tax.

Oh, and by the way, TomTom Europe has increased a little bit more than just 1 NOK.

 

[JUiCEJamie]

So, it's been 10 months since here in the UK and a few other countries saw the price increase.
Can anyone even remember paying 59p for an app? Or is it just a distant memory nowadays?