Do the math you dork...
Unbelievable - you losers. It's £25 difference for the 16gb, not £100
TAKE OFF THE VAT, AND REALISE THAT US PRICES DO NOT INCLUDE SALES TAX
Sheesh.
*sigh* you're stupidly comparing apples with oranges you douchenozzle. We cannot take off the VAT, because most folks in the UK are NOT businesses, so MUST pay the full price INCLUDING VAT. So any price considerations must include the price inclusive of VAT.
So, to compare apples to Apples: if you DO take into account USA sales tax, the British *still* get f*cked hard by crApple. To wit:
Current US prices for WIFI iPads:
16 GB WIFI
$499.00
32 GB WIFI
$599.00
64 GB WIFI
$699.00
Let's say we add 10.5% sales tax to the above (a la San Francisco?):
16 GB WIFI
$551.40
32 GB WIFI
$661.90
64 GB WIFI
$772.40
And per the BBC, today we get 1.4677 US dollars per British pound, so if I convert the above Ipad + tax prices to Pounds Stelring:
16 GB WIFI
£375.69
32 GB WIFI
£450.98
64 GB WIFI
£526.27
OK, so far so good for a UK person as the prices ain't too bad (if they're visiting the USA!)
BUT for those of us who are living in the UK, the "real" UK prices (as announced by Apple today) are actually as follows:
16 GB WIFI
£429 (£53.31 more expensive than the "converted" prices above.)
32 GB WIFI
£499 (£48.02 more expensive than the "converted" prices above.)
64 GB WIFI
£599 (£72.73 more expensive than the "converted" prices above.)
As you can see, even taking the US sales tax into account, in the UK we pay at least about £50 on top just for the WI-Fi iPads... (I'm too tired to do the math for the 3G versions!)
I'll be honest, i am NOT surprised, US companies (and possibly other countries' companies?) always give us the not-so-gentle screw when it comes to electronics and software.
I think it's bollocks, but what to do?
can whistle for £429.
