Isn't there a threshold (around £20) at which this kicks in for non-EU purchases? The Jersey mail order loophole?
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Apple Adjusts International App Store Prices
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Isn't there a threshold (around £20) at which this kicks in for non-EU purchases? The Jersey mail order loophole?
Sorry, I'm fed up myself - was thinking of a Macbook and MacMini update - maybe next year
When the pound was worth nearly 2 dollars I didn't see Apple making vast hardware price reductions. Still it doesn't seem to have effected their UK sales.
Here you go:
http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MacBook...8H8I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1310597162&sr=8-1
Buy it directly from Amazon and you can take advantage of that exchange rate. They'll ship it.
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It's not just 10p, the £1.19 apps are now priced at £1.49!
I bought two apps yesterday, one 59p and the other £1.19 which total £1.78. Now with these new price changes those two apps now cost £2.18 which is 40p more!
For this I want 1 hour trial period before I commit to buy.
I bought two apps yesterday, one 59p and the other £1.19 which total £1.78. Now with these new price changes those two apps now cost £2.18 which is 40p more!
For this I want 1 hour trial period before I commit to buy.
This is complete tosh. If the UK had been in the Euro we would have been in a much worse position. By having our own currency we have been able to devalue our currency by printing money (£200BN so far if memory serves me) to improve our competitiveness internationally. If we had had the Euro our situation would look more like Greece's currently does.
The constant complaining from international markets (especially the UK) about how "the prices are not fair waaa, waaa" and their only understanding of market costs is based on exchange rates is pathetic.
If that's all they think that prices are based on then it should work like that. Every day, every hour, the prices in the UK Apple stores should go up and down constantly so they have no idea how much one thing will be from one minute to the next.
Forget about the fact that UK prices are VAT inclusive and the US prices are not. Forget the manufacturing, import and transport costs that are significantly different in other countries. Forget the cost to licence software elements and hardware patents ...
let's ignore all that and just base the price on a figure that is as solid as a bag of water.
Or better yet why not buy directly from the US so you can take advantage of currency exchange rates directly? After you've paid your credit card exchange rate commission, the international shipping fees and the customs fees you might have a better grasp of how an exchange rate is a minor factor with the cost of products sold in your country.
Please explain to us how a digital download incurs import costs.
Furthermore, if you lived in the UK, no doubt you would be complaining. Your argument is somewhat redundant. As you are not affected, you therefore go against equality. People like you give Americans a bad name.
Sterling
Guys in the UK:
If you are unhappy about this, take some positive action. Write to Mervyn King, governor of the bank of England, and complain about interest rates being kept at incredibly low levels, despite high inflation.
It's these low interest rates, when much of the rest of the world, Eurozone included, is raising rates which is devaluing the pound.
Not entirely Apple's fault this one, Sterling is stuffed at present, and that won't change until UK interest rates rise. Looking at some of the other numbers on here, UK pricing still seems excessive though
Guys in the UK:
If you are unhappy about this, take some positive action. Write to Mervyn King, governor of the bank of England, and complain about interest rates being kept at incredibly low levels, despite high inflation.
It's these low interest rates, when much of the rest of the world, Eurozone included, is raising rates which is devaluing the pound.
Not entirely Apple's fault this one, Sterling is stuffed at present, and that won't change until UK interest rates rise. Looking at some of the other numbers on here, UK pricing still seems excessive though
Seeing all this Brits complain that the prices went up, what about Aussies that paid too much for stuff last week? That's annoying. I want a refund.
You know the new one will be £899 though
You might be right, but even for Apple that would be shockingly expensive. Surely the new white Macbook can't also stay at £867/899?
If Apple wants to have a substantial chunk of the student market in the UK, they can't maintain such ludicrous and unrealistic prices. With £9,000 tuition fees, why would students buy a MacBook when they could get an Acer for a third of the price (and if its the white MacBook, probably similar specs)?
If there's an Apple Store in your state you pay taxes on every purchase. How much those taxes are depends on where you live and are not included in the cost of any price you see anywhere in the US.
1. Why would Mervyn King base the UK's monetary policy on some random guys from the internet?
2. Why would higher interest rates help the UK economy and/or make inflation lower?
What's the name of that rule again, where any post commenting on spelling or grammar MUST contain an error of its own?
Wow, Belgium IS the next Greece....
Oh, and good luck with France and Germany giving a crap about your nation when you go bust.....
And how much is shipping to the UK going to cost plus the cost for a UK power supply?
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, you are so deluded it's quite hilarious, hahahahahahahahahaha
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1st: i'm not british and
2nd: I don't read the sun.
3rd: the problems in the UK aren't NEARLY as severe as in other Eurozone countries. If they were that severe the pound wouldn't be stronger than the euro as it is now. The golden days when the pound was worth 1,5€ may be gone, but it is still a stronger currency than the Euro.
The constant complaining from international markets (especially the UK) about how "the prices are not fair waaa, waaa" and their only understanding of market costs is based on exchange rates is pathetic.
If that's all they think that prices are based on then it should work like that. Every day, every hour, the prices in the UK Apple stores should go up and down constantly so they have no idea how much one thing will be from one minute to the next.
Forget about the fact that UK prices are VAT inclusive and the US prices are not. Forget the manufacturing, import and transport costs that are significantly different in other countries. Forget the cost to licence software elements and hardware patents ...
let's ignore all that and just base the price on a figure that is as solid as a bag of water.
Or better yet why not buy directly from the US so you can take advantage of currency exchange rates directly? After you've paid your credit card exchange rate commission, the international shipping fees and the customs fees you might have a better grasp of how an exchange rate is a minor factor with the cost of products sold in your country.
CRUNCH!
Well said, ArcaneDevice.
Sure am I. :|
Aperture is btw £54.99. Wasn't it like £44 before.
But good thing is that some other countries will reap the benefits of the same.
How much was it before it came to the App Store?
1. Do nothing then. At least you would have had your say.
2. Interest rates are the main mechanism for addressing inflation. Higher rates would help the currency. Investors put their money in places where they can get a decent return - this is not the UK/Sterling at present, as interest rates are too low. Look at the strength of the Aussie dollar where interest rates are up around 5%, compared to Sterling where it is at 0.5%