Unfair UK Snow Leopard Price

[arkitect]

So I'm not completely stupid?

Now while Tesco, Sainsburys and Jamie Oliver are busy on TV convincing you that you can feed a family on a fiver… what does that £4.14 that Apple is ripping you off with actually buy you these days? Not much.

There are far worse rip-offs in the UK worth complaining about.

Apple's pricing really isn't up there with them.

Would be curious to see if you get any reply from Jobs Inc.

 

[redgaz26]

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At least it's free delivery!!

 

[boldfire]

Actually buy it before the VAT goes back up to 17.5% on 01/01/2010

Or before Mr. Cameron gets in and hikes it up to 20% http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/article6689636.ece

I think £25 is good value, we're a different country with different taxes and a different currency. To expect a 1:1 conversion is unrealistic. If they were charging us £50 then we'd have something to moan about, but not a £7 difference.

 

[OllyW]

Windows 7 is cheaper in the UK than it is in the USA.

At least Microsoft loves us.

 

[iKennett]

Or before Mr. Cameron gets it and hikes it up to 20% http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/article6689636.ece

I think £25 is good value, we're a different country with different taxes and a different currency. To expect a 1:1 conversion is unrealistic. If they were charging us £50 then we'd have something to moan about, but not a £7 difference.

Can you imaging the exchange still being at $2 = £1

 

[Eraserhead]

Windows 7 is cheaper in the UK than it is in the USA.

At least Microsoft loves us.

Source?

 

[iKennett]

Source?

I heard W7 will be cheaper in the UK too, don't remember a source sorry.

 

[DaveChappers]

Source?

Agreed
I was under the impression it was MORE expensive in the uk

 

[iKennett]

Agreed
I was under the impression it was MORE expensive in the uk

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/news.phtml/26414/windows-7-cheaper-in-uk-than-us.phtml

Here's a turn-up for the books. UK customers are used to being forced to pay considerably more than their Yankee counterparts for games, gadgets and software. With Windows 7, however, Brits will be paying nearly half as much as the US.

Full editions of Windows 7 Home Premium will cost, according to CNET, around £65. Americans will be paying $120 for the upgrade version, which is about £72, and a whopping $200 for the full version - £122!

Amazon's offering pre-orders for Windows 7 at £65 and Play.com has it for £75 with free delivery. Microsoft's scrapped the "E" versions it was planning that didn't have Internet Explorer 8 in, so this is the exact same software, localized to the UK

 

[Peterkro]

Source?

Can't vouch for the accuracy of the source,never heard of them:


http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/news.phtml/26414/windows-7-cheaper-in-uk-than-us.phtml

 

[OllyW]

Source?

£65 in the UK, $200 in the USA.

 

[thegoldenmackid]

This is irrelevant, the UK always pays higher prices for Apple products. That's what you get for your free health care...

 

[iKennett]

This is irrelevant, the UK always pays higher prices for Apple products. That's what you get for your free health care...

Unless its Windows 7

 

[aristobrat]

Snow Leopard is £7.43 more expensive in the UK than the USA.

What's the deal?

I've emailed Steve to see what's up.

You probably wouldn't like what he said, if he did answer.

 

[msmth928]

Free shipping in the UK too (least it was for my up-to-date order).

 

[zerolight]

The price is not that much different after you add local sales tax - roughly £19 vs £25 but that does include our 15% sales tax!

Ok not perfect but $30 + 15% = 34.4885 / 1.64 = 21.0295732 so £4 difference.

Not to mention the fact that the UK also has import duty on top of VAT... it's a USA product after all. That's gonna add another 7% or so.

 

[Mac-Addict]

I've had Snow Leopard for a good few days now I havent paid a penny

 

[thegoldenmackid]

Unless its Windows 7

Was unaware that Apple made Windows 7 in the UK?

I've had Snow Leopard for a good few days now I havent paid a penny

Congrats?

 

[boldfire]

I've had Snow Leopard for a good few days now I havent paid a penny

If you're implying that you pirated it, then it's not something to boast about really.

 

[tibi08]

You can't really complain about the UK VAT rate, it's currently the lowest allowed in the EU.

 

[Gav2k]

This is irrelevant, the UK always pays higher prices for Apple products. That's what you get for your free health care...

How the hell do you figure that one out. We pay national insurance which is the funding for the national health service. We don't get a choice. I can't call the tax man and say I'm with bupa so I'm not paying.

 

[MRU]

There are far worse rip-offs in the UK worth complaining about.

General question... Do people in the UK really have such a closed mentality that they are unable to see when they have things good too?

Sure you might not have the best prices on everything, sure their are countries where items A,B & C are a tad cheaper, but for goodness sakes pull yourselves together.

Denmark, Ireland and Finland had the highest overall prices of all European Union nations for consumer goods such as food, clothing and electronics last year, the EU statistics agency said Friday, AP reports.

Living in Ireland, I accept it's expensive here. I'm certainly not going to go crying to Steve Jobs about it....

Oh and we have a 21.5% VAT rate, and don't even ask about Car prices here.....

 

[iPhone 62S]

LMAO at your "Sent from my MacBook Wheel" e-mail signature! Onion reference much?

I don't know why you're complaining, though, £25 for a new version of OS X is a great deal!

 

[pnyc]

Uh, unfair? Who's to say what's fair or not? You got some universal magic "fair" profit formula? I don't see how the higher pricing for SL in the UK would be a shock to anyone, have you seen the UK vs. US prices of MBPs, iMacs, iPods ... ?

 

[arkitect]

General question... Do people in the UK really have such a closed mentality that they are unable to see when they have things good too?

You must understand that whingeing is a national sport here.

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