by Eric Lindsay <NOwebmasterSPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Jan 22, 2008 at 05:30 AM
In article <eUnjj.4056$421.306@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
"Jim Broadbent" <jimbroad@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Australians will pay $1000 more than their US counterparts for the newly
> introduced Apple MacBook Air.
US$1799 price quoted is free of local taxes. Add 10% to allow for 10%
GST added in Australia and you have US$1978. Use the Apple Calculator
in currency mode and you get A$2283.13. Actual price in the Australian
store is A$2499. Difference is A$215.87, or about 10%.
If you want an Apple item that is overpriced, compare recently reduced
AppleTV. US$229, A$449. Now that is overpriced.
Contrast that to say an iPod Touch. US$299, A$399 (conversion after tax
A$379.46)
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