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0 pointscamus29y ago0 comments

Apple is full of it. 5/7 years ago it was cheaper to fly to New York from Paris, buy a Macbook Pro there and come back since the dollar was pretty low. And you still had money left! Of course they don't care about the exchange rates when they can charge the same price NUMBER in Euro and in Dollars despite the difference. They also overcharge for UK, the "localisation cost" excuse doesn't fly here.

I'm glad time have changed and there is less fanboism from Apple evangelists online. Their arguments were just obnoxious.

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misnome9y ago

Really? Exactly when was that the case?

I know that dollars = pounds/euros is usually how it works, but the disparity is never quite as large when you consider both the currency valuations and the fact that the price never includes tax.

croon9y ago

I can verify the claim, but can't point to specific years. That was however not specifically Apple, but merely electronics in general. I used to import hardware parts through an American friend when he came to visit because it was so much cheaper, and I would say it was more than 5 years ago. Now the difference is negligible.

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