Apple is ripping off irish buyers

[Geoff.]

Well everyone using the euro.
Ok just for a example i will use the new 13inch MBP.

New MBP 13inch = $1199

1 U.S. dollar = 0.71392875 Euros

So.

$1199 = 850.233€

Yet apple charges €1149

This also means White macbook priced at $999 should be €708.409

Brillant i just got tottally ripped off.

 

[InteriorDEV]

No, you didn't get ripped off.

850 euros x 121% (VAT and import costs) = 1028.50 euros
Add some shipping costs with it and give them at least a couple of euros profit and voila! 1150 euros.

 

[Geoff.]

No your wrong VAT is already on the price. They add VAT at the order

My laptop was something like 839€ with a Student discount and on the order page it showed 700 and something then VAT to make up the 839€

So the macbook pros for euro should be 850€
then when you go to the order page is shows it without vat and shows the vat to make the 850.

We are cleary getting ripped off

 

[Demosthenes X]

They did the same thing in Canada. The Canadian dollar has risen in value relative to the US dollar since October, yet while the US price dropped $100, the Canadian price stayed the same. The price for the 15" with discrete graphics actually went up.

 

[Hellhammer]

No, you didn't get ripped off.

850 euros x 121% (VAT and import costs) = 1028.50 euros
Add some shipping costs with it and give them at least a couple of euros profit and voila! 1150 euros.

It's not free to ship USA either...

All Euro prices are much higher than USA prices.

 

[dejo]

There's more to international trade than simple currency conversion and VAT. Plus, there's local market pricing to consider...

 

[Geoff.]

Meh no i just think were getting ripped off.

 

[MacScoob]

Come up north and buy in the apple store. With the strength of the euro against the pound you should save lots

 

[thegoldenmackid]

Ummm...no?

You also pay more for petrol, milk and Ford Mustangs? Isn't this normal?

 

[dejo]

Meh no i just think were getting ripped off.

And you have a right to that opinion. You also have a right not to buy a product that you think is overpriced. And Apple also has a right to charge whatever it feels the market is willing to bear.

 

[miles01110]

If you think you're getting ripped off then don't buy one. Nobody's forcing your hand.

 

[GSPice]

And you have a right to that opinion. You also have a right not to buy a product that you think is overpriced. And Apple also has a right to charge whatever it feels the market is willing to bear.

+1 Hear, hear!

 

[johnmadden78]

Sadly, it's consistent with overall Irish prices. By that logic I'd argue either nobody's ripping us off, or everybody is.

There's plenty of legitimate (and less so) ways around this and getting a Mac at 'foreign' prices - even a drive up to the Belfast Apple store will probably save you a bit. Do some more shopping, take in a Giants game - make a day of it if it makes you feel better.

I'm trying not to sound like an Apple apologist, but they're really not ripping us off, at least no more than anyone else. Comparison shop some Hilfiger or Timberland clothes if you don't believe me...