No, because the exchange rate really doesn't matter. Apple is competing within each national market, not some theoretical exchange rate market.
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Apple Raises Prices on Several Products in Many Countries Amid Strong U.S. Dollar
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No, because the exchange rate really doesn't matter. Apple is competing within each national market, not some theoretical exchange rate market.
Thats not true, almost every product was priced exactly the same when the Canadian dollar hit Parity with the US dollar. They remained the same for a while even when the dollar when back below parity, so Canadian were paying less at one point.
Canada prices were close to USA, the different was just about 50.
Till today that they raised prices so much, I'm so so sad.
This is the myth of "parity." When one USD equalled one CND, this was not "parity," it was just an arbitrary 1:1 currency relationship. As any American who travelled in Canada at that time knows, everything in Canada cost 20-30% more dollars. Now that the USD is worth about $1.25 CN, this is much closer to real parity, as the costs of goods in the countries are now much closer to the same.
Parity is parity!! when 1 US dollar =1 Can Dollar I call that parity.
On your second point you are completely wrong. If everything in Canada was 30% more expensive when the Canadian dollar was at Par with the american how can there now be parity when the difference is even greater. Using your math things should be more like 50% more expensive now.
Did they ever lower the price when dollar was weaker?
Crapy moves like this are big part of the reason apple never really took off in europe. Yes, apple can throw some numbers about macs yoy growth but reality is that apple is nothing but a little overpriced niche in europe. Even iphone is hard to spot.
Crapy moves like this are big part of the reason apple never really took off in europe. Yes, apple can throw some numbers about macs yoy growth but reality is that apple is nothing but a little overpriced niche in europe. Even iphone is hard to spot.
People usually complain that Apple is just trying to make more money when they do this, but if they could have raised their prices earlier and made more profit, they would have already done that.
The 2012 Macbook Pro in Australia is $1,549
PC running windows 10 is the future if Apple keep these prices up.
PC running windows 10 is the future if Apple keep these prices up.
What is happening at Apple? Seriously? It's as if the company's main focus right now is more on aesthetics and more $$$. I mean, from the "diverse" emojis, the animated maps bullcrap, then we have a 12-inch laptop that's obviously just spray-painted garbage, overpriced watches???
Apple always focuses on making more money, which usually involves better aesthetics. Unfortunately, recently, it has not involved making OS X more stable
As it said, it's not Apple fault when the exchange rate is in favour of strong US dollars, plus your government GST. Apple did reduce their prices when US dollars were weaker back then. It's fair and square.
That's a good point. Taxes are included in pricing in Europe but not in the U.S. Makes a significant difference.
Not quite sure how its that expensive. Its $999 in the US which equals $1297 and then GST = 1426 - so its not just adjustment - its another greedy Apple price hike on something already overpriced. The 2012 Macbook pro surely must be cheaper to make these days??
Apple has no right to be charging a surcharge on already high prices in Australia where they don't even pay their proper income tax.
Everything is expensive in Australia though. I went for a vacation last year, and it's a really really beautiful country and I wish I could live there....but man the cost of living is ridiculous
Call it what you like, it is a meaningless concept. All that matters is real costs of goods.
An American spending USD in Canada a few years when the currencies were at so-called "parity" would find the hamburger that cost them $5.00 in the US cost $7.00 in Canada. The reverse was true for Canadians buying hamburgers in the US. At the current exchange rate, the difference is much smaller: $5.00US is now worth about $6.25CN. The currencies are closer to real parity when neither is relatively under or overvalued based on the cost of goods. What the currency units are called means nothing to what they are worth. It's what they can actually buy that matters.
The Economist works this very index annually. For those who are interested in doing more than complaining.
http://www.economist.com/content/big-mac-index
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I might consider the same. And to think just 24 hours ago I was looking forward to a new 15" MBP later in the year when skylake updates happen. Time to spend more time in other operating systems over the next few months to judge the situation better.