john_satc said:its a great deal! i have reserved a 30 gig ipod photo for £249 - down from £359!
Blue Velvet said:Err...retail price for a 30gb ipod photo is...£248.99
http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObj...4dO36lr/0.0.11.1.0.6.13.0.1.1.3.0.5.1.2.1.1.0
No great deal, just the usual deal.
Blue Velvet said:Err...retail price for a 30gb ipod photo is...£248.99
http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObj...4dO36lr/0.0.11.1.0.6.13.0.1.1.3.0.5.1.2.1.1.0
No great deal, just the usual deal.
watcher2001 said:I have a question regarding prices in the UK... I note on this post that a 30GB iPod photo is £248.99. at current conversion rates that equals 465 us dollars. however if I order one on the US site they are only $349 US. Breaking that down comes to $115.00 or £62.00 more.. Am I converting this wrong or are you guys getting ripped off?
Ringu said:The UK is being ripped off, as usual
Ringu said:The UK is being ripped off, as usual
mpw said:I get kinda mad when people complain how much Apple charge for their products in the UK. OK there is a difference but then there is a completely different market so why should Apple have a global price? On this occasion I've actually gone out of my way to find out how much we're being screwed by.
Apple Mac mini in the US $499 which converts to £267. Apple UK charge £289 so there's an 'overcharge' of about 8%. Now take into account the different wages operating cost etc. that, to me doesn't seem so bad.
Dell 2400 in the US $459 which converts to £245. Dell UK charge £380 so there's an 'overcharge' of 55%. Err where's the complaint about Dells pricing?
Now I know there's a slight difference in the spec. of the the two Dells but that's little more than bundled software and warranties.
Also I think you'll find that Apples 20" Cinema Display comes out about £6 or $11 cheaper in the UK than the US.
john_satc said:yes we are, as usual, being ripped off.
which is why when i hopefully go to the states to do a year in uni, i will be bying an iMac then for myself to save loads.
mpw said:Why do so many people in the UK think they're being ripped off, because that's what they're told by the papers?
The difference in price taking account for taxes etc. between the US and UK Apple stores is by my calculations around 9.8%. I know that I can show a bigger differential between shops in my town than this and I'm pretty sure there are other companies that have far bigger differentials. 9.8% isn't that bad considering Apple are hitting price points, allowing for higher cost of business etc.
here's a post of mine from another thread in January so the prices may have changed but the gist is the same;
ijustin said:How exactly are the costs of business higher here when we order something which is delivered from Taiwan?
As for being ripped off, if we pay more than somewhere else for the same stuff then we are being ripped off!
giveup said:don't you think anyone in those english speaking countries is paid much much more than one from those country like Taiwan and China for doing a same exact kind of job? Think how much you got paid per hour and please dont say you are being ripped off, you have taken too much for granted.
A number of reasons. Overheads - it's more expensive to do business here than, say, France due to population density. You have more people here per area then the price of renting or buying a store goes up. That's why houses are more expensive here, generally, than France.ijustin said:What has that got to do with what I said? If something is being ordered and dispatched from Taiwan, then why should one country have to pay more than another for the same item? Also, I doubt that the difference in price has an effect on how much the people who make the product get paid. They don't get paid extra for making a machine which is being sent to the UK!
Back to the original topic...
ijustin said:How exactly are the costs of business higher here when we order something which is delivered from Taiwan?
As for being ripped off, if we pay more than somewhere else for the same stuff then we are being ripped off!
dotdotdot said:Its amazing how far off topic this thread has gone, from HMV stopping iPods to Music Store by HMV to Money...
... something tells me this thread will be wastelanded... and if its not thats strange