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Story: European Apple fans protest at pricing
Posted by: Steve J (Tuesday 18 January 2005, 12:17 PM)
The $499 price tag in America is *ex*clusive of sales tax, because this varies from state to state. In the UK prices are advertised *in*clusive of VAT which accounts for £51.50 of the "extra" £71. Not quite such a rip-off, I believe.
I suspect the same is true in Europe. Do the Germans have a particularly high rate of VAT?
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Story: European Apple fans protest at pricing
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UK price is £288.51 excluding sales tax, US prices... Gandalf -
The $499 price tag in America is *ex*clusive of sa... Steve J -
This is unbelievable. These people are, in ef... Anonymous -
Apple are getting the blame for the neve... NJ -
Well buy into the Mac Myth and pay the price you a... pete
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I'll pay the price and do no more, whilst you... Lifes to short
