We pay more for bandwidth ;)) And storage :o) And um,....Australian Distribution Download Software Tax....or ADDS Tax for short :o)
On 21/6/11 10:42 PM, "Matthew Healey" <mat...@mac.com> wrote: > > On 21/06/2011, at 10:25 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: > >> And Final Cut Pro X has been released with a large drop in price. Now >> $349.99AUD from the Mac App Store. >> <http://www.apple.com/au/finalcutpro/> > > This is were Apple's international pricing comes into stark view... > > Lets work it out; > > US $299 is AUD $282 > > So now lets add GST > > 282 + 28.2 = $310.20 > > Now being a completely electronic purchase there is nothing to import per-se > so to my knowledge there would be no additional taxes. So Apple is charging an > extra $38.8 just because they can. > > We've had this discussion many times before but it's always fun to bring it > up. > > Have a great night. > > - Matt > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: <daniel @ macwizardry . com . au> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> **For everything Macintosh** -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
