US - Canadian Price Discrepancy

[jb007clone]

The Breakdown:

USA: iPad 16GB wifi - $499 USD = $494.335 CAD
Canada: iPad 16GB wifi - $549 CAD = $554.175 USD

Just sayin'.

 

[miles01110]

Tell your Canadian legislator to repeal Canada's import tax if you don't like it.

 

[aduteau]

Tell your Canadian legislator to repeal Canada's import tax if you don't like it.

lol ohhhh snapp !

 

[rdowns]

The Breakdown:

USA: iPad 16GB wifi - $499 USD = $494.335 CAD
Canada: iPad 16GB wifi - $549 CAD = $554.175 USD

Just sayin'.

What about the 13 other factors that affect the price? Just sayin'.

 

[thesmoth]

The Breakdown:

USA: iPad 16GB wifi - $499 USD = $494.335 CAD
Canada: iPad 16GB wifi - $549 CAD = $554.175 USD

Just sayin'.

It's a scam everyone in Canada uses to make more money.

If the Canadian dollar goes down slightly, they jack up prices saying they have to account for the US dollar difference. If the Canadian dollar goes way up, they keep it the same. If it goes down again, BOOM, another price increase.

Greedy bastards.

 

[Piggie]

The Breakdown:

USA: iPad 16GB wifi - $499 USD = $494.335 CAD
Canada: iPad 16GB wifi - $549 CAD = $554.175 USD

Just sayin'.

Are these prices before or after sales tax?

In the UK, BEFORE sales tax the 16GB WiFi iPad is approx $592

In the UK, INCLUDING sales tax (which we have to pay) the 16GB WiFi iPad is $708.46


I thought I may as well do all the UK Prices......................

These prices include UK sales tax. So these are the prices you actually have to pay in a UK store.


16GB WiFi = $708.46
32GB WiFi = $823.19
64GB WiFi = $987.83

16GB 3G = $ 873.23
32GB 3G = $ 987.77
64GB 3G = $ 1152.47

So, yes, Over $700 is the lowest price iPad you can buy in the UK.

 

[fertilized-egg]

Tell your Canadian legislator to repeal Canada's import tax if you don't like it.

I could be wrong, but I don't think there's an import tax for the iPhones because of the free trade agreement(NAFTA) If you buy the iPhone from the USA and bring it into Canada, you don't pay any import tax, just federal and provincial taxes applicable for every purchase.

 

[fishcove]

The Breakdown:

USA: iPad 16GB wifi - $499 USD = $494.335 CAD
Canada: iPad 16GB wifi - $549 CAD = $554.175 USD

Just sayin'.

Apple pretty much sets their international prices when a product/rev is released.

They don't change them to account for currency fluctuations.

If the Canadian $ remains at its current levels until the iPad 2 is released, you might see an adjustment at that time.

 

[kapebretoner]

import tax

We don't pay an import tax on ipads or other electronics but we pay sales tax (PST) and gst. Provinces charge different rates. I live in nova scotia and a 16 gb ipad wifi costs $549 plus 82.35 taxes (15%) equals $631.35. Also, we will wait for the privilege of buying an ipad 2 - simply because it is a USA launch first. Closest US apple store for me is at least a 15 hr drive one way.

But on the bright side we have Hockey Night In Canada and most home have running water and indoor plumbing.

 

[ehoui]

But on the bright side we have Hockey Night In Canada and most home have running water and indoor plumbing.

And you do have that guy who announces/analyzes hockey games and wears such colo(u)rful jackets. Maybe the difference in price is used to subsidize his wardrobe?

 

[DigitalRanger]

And you do have that guy who announces/analyzes hockey games and wears such colo(u)rful jackets. Maybe the difference in price is used to subsidize his wardrobe?

Don Cherry.... A legend (and not just because of his deportment!)

Yes, electronics prices in the maritimes are nuts... We get screwed by the gov't every chance they get... Living in NS with the highest income tax in Canada as well as 15% sales tax is aggravating but since it'll cost more to move, I'm left to complain about it

 

[John01021988]

I could be wrong, but I don't think there's an import tax for the iPhones because of the free trade agreement(NAFTA) If you buy the iPhone from the USA and bring it into Canada, you don't pay any import tax, just federal and provincial taxes applicable for every purchase.

There's an import Tax because the Country of Origin is China, China does not have a free trade agreement with Canada.
If the iPad was manufactured in the US with US produced chips, that would be another story.