This situation is not limited to electronic media, almost anything you care to purchase that is made by or marketed by an international company, from motor cars to jetski's to bbq grills is cheaper in America than it is in australia. This is simply due to market economics, the standard of living in the US is currently lower than most of the rest of the world, but the US is still the home of capitalism and as such is the market that anybody who produces consumer durables wants to corner. If that means pushing prices up in the rest of the world to subsidise a "winning" price point in the US then companies will do it.
Best Regards Hugh Griffiths From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Friday, 7 January 2011 1:37 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: 10.6.6 available & Mac App store now open The comments: /Quote: "Stealing is stealing no matter how easy it is to do or however you rationalise it." and: "the biggest issue is that Apple when they do catch onto you, your credit is gone" /End Quote Says it all. It might 'seem' unfair to people that don't understand (or research) all the factors which cause the price difference. The exchange rate is only one factor in the pricing equation. Also, Apple doesn't set the prices, the record companies do, the Record Companies and Rights Holders in Australia charge iTunes. If you want to blame someone blame EMI Australia who sets the prices, not Apple. While your at it, ask the Australian book publishers why electronic books are so much more expensive in Australia than they are overseas and why all titles available on overseas stores aren't available here. I'm not about to start a 'Flaming War' as this issue has been discussed before on WAMUG. I apologise if my little "Rant" upsets anyone. Cheers, Ronni On 07/01/2011, at 12:28 PM, Alexander Hartner wrote: There are ways and means : http://www.news.com.au/technology/itunes-users-fight-back-against-inflated-music-prices/story-e6frfro0-1225982198878 apparently. On 7 Jan 2011, at 01:06, Dark1 wrote: Aperture is a great deal but I can't help but feel a bit disappointed that Aussies are being screwed over a bit. US on the new store is $79. The price differences from the original Apple store could be justified since there were additional costs associated with shipping and taxes in Australia. I could be wrong but I think buying from an online store would bypass the Australian taxes and there certainly isn't any shipping involved yet we pay $20 more. I wonder if it's possible to trick the store into giving you US prices by using proxy servers. Probably not but it would be interesting to see Apple's response if someone found a way to do it. Ruben In a word ... AWESOME There are some great bargains available to. For all you budding photographers Aperture less than half price ($99.99) normally $249 cheers Pedro On 07/01/2011, at 12:01 AM, Pete Smith wrote: Thanks Warren. I'm doing the combo update download now also. For those interested, the combo update is 1 GB in size! <http://support.apple.com/downloads/#macosx106> Regards, Pete Smith iMac 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM 750GB Hdrive OS X 10.6.2 On 06/01/2011, at 22:08 PM, Warren Jones wrote: downloading now ________________________________ -- 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:[email protected]> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. -- 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:[email protected]>
