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iTunes Europe - Starting in June?

will downloading be the same price in europe as in the u.s.?

this would mean approx 55 pence for a 99c download...a lot cheaper than the "just under a pound" that i have heard...

presumably the software would detect the location of the purchaser to know how much to charge :confused:
 
mutley said:
will downloading be the same price in europe as in the u.s.?

this would mean approx 55 pence for a 99c download...a lot cheaper than the "just under a pound" that i have heard...

presumably the software would detect the location of the purchaser to know how much to charge :confused:
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Don't forget US prices don't include sales tax, ie. VAT in UK at 17.5% assuming music tracks attract sales tax and/or VAT.

So that would make them 65p a track.
 
They probably are not going to charge "market price" for songs--they want the songs to stay relatively constant in value and 99¢/song doesn't have the same ring to it when you get to countries that don't use the US Dollar or are indexed off of it (such as Cayman).

I find it more likely that they will set a constant value in whatever the local currency happens to be. Be it the Euro, the pound, or swiss francs. Much easier (and safer) than having the price contingent on the strength of the dollar. What, exactly, that value is going to be is anyone's guess.
 
If this is true then I look forward to ordering my first tracks from iTMS in the UK. Although since everything is more expensive in the UK I think I would be willing to pay up to about 85p per track (including VAT). I'm not sure that I'd pay anything more than that.
 
stoid said:
Will this expansion bring a slew of new European artist's music to the iTMS?
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should do... that is the only way they are going to appeal to local consumers... i don't wanna buy some music from some obscure american artist that i havn't heard of when the UK number one isn't on the site yet because they havn't launched their music in america yet.
 
the_mole1314 said:
Good to see that Apple decided to do the one-country-at-a-time approach instead of the all-at-once approach. I think they'll get more money for it this way.
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i agree, as long as that includes ireland...
 
mutley said:
will downloading be the same price in europe as in the u.s.?

this would mean approx 55 pence for a 99c download...a lot cheaper than the "just under a pound" that i have heard...

presumably the software would detect the location of the purchaser to know how much to charge :confused:
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i am sure it would be less than 99p... Apple have recently been taking a more progressive approach to pricing in overseas markets, highlighted with the comments made by an Apple exec about the iPod Mini price in europe and evidenced by the recent apple updates of emacs and ibooks and powerbooks...
 
TrunksGoku said:
possible ipod updates too I hope

4th generation ipods? :D
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I hope so, too...

I want to buy an iPod right now, but I want to stay true to my habit of buying right after an update is announced...

c'mon Apple, bring on the 4th generation :)

vSpacken
 
i think apple should merge with apple corp and then spin off a whole new music division...

they can then proceed to attract new artists while not being tied down with leggal obligations and also, they have the whole beatles back catalougue!
 
vollspacken said:
I hope so, too...

I want to buy an iPod right now, but I want to stay true to my habit of buying right after an update is announced...

c'mon Apple, bring on the 4th generation :)

vSpacken
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I too am waiting for a 4G iPod. Hopefully they will be launched really soon.
 
Threnody said:
That's all well and good, but when do Canadians get to play too? :confused:
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When they get rid of those protectionist "Canadian Content" laws.

And silly stuff like taxing blank CDs to give more money to Shania Twain and Blue Rodeo.
 
mutley said:
presumably the software would detect the location of the purchaser to know how much to charge :confused:
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It works based on the credit card mailing address. My older brother is a missionary over in Taiwan, but has no trouble whatsoever using iTMS with his America based credit card.

So Canadians want iTMS now? Get a credit card with a US (probably P.O. Box) address and have fun ;)
 
April 28th

Didn't someone who had listened to the whole conference call say that there was some sort of apple iPod event planned for the 1 year anniversary?
 
:( Holland is not on the list for initial release.

I had a look at the only alternative at the moment (AFAIK), which is called "Tiscali Music Club" but actually is a OD2 product. Well it's WMA, expensive (€ 1.79 for most songs), so not really interesting for me.

I'm really looking forward for prices over here, but if it becomes twice as expensive as in the USA, I'm not gonna buy anything.
 
rjwill246 said:
When the CMRRA no longer has dingbats like David Basskin as representatives negotiating with Apple.
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I don't believe we've met or corresponded before. Might I ask on what basis you consider me to be a "dingbat"? What a deadly foe you must be in a debate! You're prepared to ... what? Stick out your tongue? Stamp your little foot? Hold your breath until you turn blue?

Make sense or shut up.

David A. Basskin
President
CMRRA Ltd.
Toronto, Canada
 
at last

NOV said:
I'm really looking forward for prices over here, but if it becomes twice as expensive as in the USA, I'm not gonna buy anything.
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yeah well, I guess they'll be pretty much the same.. 99c (0,99EUR) doesn't sound that bad to me. I guess it's possible too. Anyway at last they're talking about taking the service to european customers. the bad thing about apple is they get the stuff outside US too slowly :p that's just my opinion though and I completely understand if they can't get everything across the sea in one day..

summa summarum: welcome iTMS!
 
mrzippy said:
Don't forget US prices don't include sales tax, ie. VAT in UK at 17.5% assuming music tracks attract sales tax and/or VAT.

So that would make them 65p a track.
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Dream on. We'll get stuffed as usual. My guess in 85p minimum. Lets face it, w've been subsidising the US market for years - why should this be any different.
 
Don't expect the UK price be a straight conversion of the US price. I think it'll be 99p per track - rip off Britain.


toontra said:
Dream on. We'll get stuffed as usual. My guess in 85p minimum. Lets face it, w've been subsidising the US market for years - why should this be any different.
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I think that many people will be very happy about this. This will only help Apple sell even more iPods. :)

Hopefully it will be received well over there.
 
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