Apple Launches New Online Stores for Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, UAE

[weckart]

You're right, there is no minimum warranty period in the EU or Poland, I've did some reaserch ;P

But then again, the EU constructed a directive obliging manufacturers to give consumers a 2 year Warranty, so how does this go against what you're saying?

That directive is 1999/44/EC. Check how it has been adopted in Poland and look carefully for the loopholes.

For instance, in the UK if any defect is detected within 6 months of purchase you can return the item to the seller and ask for redress. After 6 months, you have to prove the fault was there at the time of purchase. The EU directive gives you up to 2 years from purchase to raise a complaint (non-conformity), but essentially, after 6 months, you would probably have to sue in court if the seller refuses to accept liability. With a formal warranty, the seller would have to prove you were at fault. Retail/Manufacturer warranties are worth having regardless of the law. They save time and bother.

The Czech republic, for example, has a formal two year warranty and you might want to look at page two under the heading Your rights when you are in another EU country to see the difference between what the EU directive provides for and what local Czech law requires.

http://www.coi.cz/files/documents/how-to-claim-goods-bought-in-the-eu.pdf

 

[416049]

Finally I am so happy!!

 

[BlueHedgehog]

Definitely about time!!! Now I'm waiting for the Kuwait store, meanwhile, any ideas if the UAE store ships to Kuwait?

You can only select one of the emirates when you're about to checkout. I don't know if there are services like UPS and DHL in UAE that ship to Kuwait, but I'd rather have them ship directly instead of importing from UAE (unless it's different than shipping services).

 

[Slayter]

THANK YOU APPLE


And please, yet iTunes music store, and it`s great!!!!!

Greatings from The Czech Republic.

 

[MacNewsFix]

you do realise that the colours represent the country of origins Flag colours.....wait let me guess you american?

It could always be worse.

Microsoft in web photo racism row

 

[Slayter]

25 years, guess it was about time. Its good to know there are apple fans around the glob.

Yes there are


I`m from the Czech rep. (near Poland), we don`t have iTunes music store yet...(sigh), and no brick and mortar Apple store, but hey, at least online store, now that`s a giant leap forward for us ))

 

[pepitko]

Good news, the iPhone pricing in Czech Republic is great. Finally the carriers will be forced to lower their pricing. Now iTunes and iBooks is left, but that isn't probably happening anytime soon, due to current patent laws .

 

[waydabber]

Hooray for the Hungarian Apple Store. Köszönjük!

20+ percent markup for VAT (Hungary just passed a 27% VAT! ).

Yeah, our new 27% VAT ... regardless of which party is in power, our government is always super creative in finding new ways to increase tax burdens beyond all normality and contrary to all election promises...

 

[Slovak]

Yeah, our new 27% VAT ... regardless of which party is in power, our government is always super creative in finding new ways to increase tax burdens beyond all normality and contrary to all election promises...

Soon you'll be paying as much in taxes for regular products as gasoline. For the ones that don't fill up in Europe... for example Germany's fuel tax is €0.6545 per liter of gasoline, plus VAT on the fuel and fuel tax. Final price around €1.20 - 1.30 (around $7 per US gallon), making taxes about 75% of the cost to fill up!

 

[iDuel]

Greece is still here! Don't forget about us.

 

[Ayman250]

Well iPhones will no longer go for 1k plus in UAE. Lucky for them

 

[Tovenaar]

Well iPhones will no longer go for 1k plus in UAE. Lucky for them

...and we also don't have FaceTime on our iPhones and iPads. Sucks for us in the UAE!

 

[jonahhh]

Why does Hungary get an exclamation point? Someone at apple must have thought it worthy, but why? My guess is, it was thought to be more friendly and inviting to Hungarians? Or is it an aspect of grammar? Hungarian perspectives appreciated!

The opening of new stores in other countries got me thinking, how is the tech support outside of the US? Is it outsourced? Is it the same positive experience most people in the USA have?

 

[catean]

It’s 2017 and Romania still does not have an online store. Apple, you have quite a few customers in Romania (I am sure more than 1 mil), why neglecting them?