At 09:47 +0800 08/01/2002, Darren Kam wrote:
Surely the US price includes all their taxes etc...
<laugh> Ever been to the US and been shopping? Each state can have different taxes. And they're often added _at the till_ rather than included on the sticker price.
This whole discussion thread is probably fairly pointless - Apple is a US-based company. They'll have a tendency to price things in US dollars and work it out from there. Importing goods into other countries attracts shipping and taxes and other costs that are unavoidable. Apple Australia accounts for approximately 1% (that's ONE percent) of Apple's worldwide revenue. WA accounts for approximately 10% of that (last I saw). Troy's comments about cross-subsidies from larger markets are probably pretty accurate...
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