[Ti] EUR Apple prices

[Glenn Verhalle]

>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).

While I do agree with you A.J. don't forget the price in 
Holland/Belgium is VAT included, the US price is without taxes. So 
take of +/- 20% VAT and prices are about the same....

>
>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 :-)
>
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>(Terry Pratchett)
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