EUR Apple prices

[A.J.Bos]

On dinsdag, apr 29, 2003, at 10:39 Europe/Amsterdam, Tarik Bilgin wrote:

> Apple have done a really good in 2003  job at keeping Europeans in the 
> loop. Let's hope that in a month or two (they might be piloting the 
> service at the moment) they expand it globally
>
>
And what about their prices? A euro equals 1.10 dollars at the moment, 
but the 30Gb iPod equals either 599 EUR or 499 USD. (instead of 450 
EUR).

And you Americans think you pay a high price for using Apple's stuff :-)

(just to combine to messages into one...)
On donderdag, mei 1, 2003, at 11:02 Europe/Amsterdam, Trevor J. Hutley 
wrote:

> At 09:16 +0400 1-5-2003, Wendy Austin wrote:
>> There is an online petition going to complain about this very USA 
>> biased marketing of Apple products.  Here is the site
>>
>> <http://www.petitiononline.com/AppleInt/petition.html>
>
> Wendy - thanks for bringing this to our attention.  I would recommend 
> that  all Ti-list members, wherever they live, review the wording of 
> this petition, and sign it.   I think it would greatly strenngthen 
> Apple as a gloabl brand if they were seen to be less USA-focussed, and 
> took care of their (generally higher-price-paying) customers around 
> the world.
>
> regards,  Trevor
>
I suspect that their Euros are hedged against the dollar, so we just 
have to sit and wait before the tide turns. The current eur / dollar 
rate as reflected in Apple's prices compares to the all-time Euro-low 
that occured arround may 2002. Just our luck that they hedged it so 
long. (Our maybe they just want to make as much money as possible :-)

-- Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of a sick mind -- (Terry 
Pratchett)