iTunes Europe - 1.29 Euros?

[stuartea]

I've a feeling that I may have read the 1 pound to 1 euro rating. Woops : ) though still at eighty something pence it's less than I thought it would be.

 

[k2k koos]

Greed, pure greed

i'm sure, apple would have loved to introduce it for €0.99 and have peace, as that would cover the exchange rate and allow for added tax.
The rest of the added costs is pure greed on behalf of the banks and licencing agencies, that want to ride on the back of th huge success iTunes has enjoyed in the US.
It's all about making money, and nothing to do with serving the consumer, it would be great to be able to purchase the music from the US site, I would gladly pay our local VAT on top of it, it'l still be cheaper... just my two euro cents....

 

[JLL]

Ok, take the latest 12" iBook. That's $1099 in the US (AppleStore). Equals €931. Take €931 add 16% VAT for Germany = €1080. In fact tho', it costs €1199. Ok, that's only $140, no big deal you might say. Still, the difference is exacerbated in the 'Pro-Line'. The dual 2GHz G5 is $2999 in the US = €2541 + VAT = €2984. In fact though, the machine costs a whopping €3.246,84, €236 or $278,50 more. No big deal? Perhaps, but imagine the iBook 12" being at $1240 rather than $1099... it just sounds so much uglier.

Since Apple hasn't adjusted the PM prices since the launch you have to use the exchange rate from back then.

The price of MS Windows isn't adjusted every day either.

 

[AllieNeko]

"In the state and county where I live, the tax is 7%. An iTMS purchase actually costs me $1.06. In other American states, it would be more or less depending on the actual tax rate."

0% 🙂 I love Montana!

 

[skunk]

NAPSTER UK

Since Napster is now launching in the UK and charging 99p a song, I expect Apple to charge the same. We'd be lucky to pay only 85p/€1.29.

 

[JFreak]

Since Napster is now launching in the UK and charging 99p a song, I expect Apple to charge the same. We'd be lucky to pay only 85p/€1.29.

i'd expect napster to fail or be forced to lower prices... that's just too much. if it had the dvd-a resolution, then i'd buy it. but lower than cd quality? that has to be dirt cheap because that's a dirt quality.

 

[iMan]

http://www.napster.co.uk/

Also download service similar to iTMS - from £1.09 per track (£9.95 per album).
Apple needs to hurry up! There are now a lot of big name services already up and running in Europe (especially UK). Most disappointingly - none even support other platforms than Windows. Not to mention the iPod 🙁
They are going to loose both iTMS sales and iPod sales this way!

Only "good" thing: as most others it looks like a total rip-off of iTMS - only not as sleek (judging from the screenshots - can't run it myself).

 

[skunk]

http://www.napster.co.uk/

Also download service similar to iTMS - from £1.09 per track (£9.95 per album).
Apple needs to hurry up! There are now a lot of big name services already up and running in Europe (especially UK). Most disappointingly - none even support other platforms than Windows. Not to mention the iPod 🙁
They are going to loose both iTMS sales and iPod sales this way!

Only "good" thing: as most others it looks like a total rip-off of iTMS - only not as sleek (judging from the screenshots - can't run it myself).

I believe iTMS Europe will be up and running within a month. No panic. 😎

 

[sascha h-k]

this price is impossible ....

€ 0.72 would be ok, and don't forget: in the EU there are more than twice people living, compared to US !!!

cheers
sascha