Re: mac price ripoff in Australia

In article <4719a1bf$0$13999$afc38c87@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 John Bennett <john439@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Has anyone else noticed how much Apple Australia is putting on Mac
prices?
> 
> After allowing for currency exchange, Aussie retail prices are 30% above

> US retail prices - approximately one third more!
> 
> (By comparison, pre-order prices for Leopard are the same numerically, 
> effectively 10% cheaper!)
> 
> John

Currency fluctuations, the American dollar is way down. Back in '05 an 
Australian I met in Hawaii said that the Australian dollar was half and 
American dollar, now it's 90%.