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Re:Products purchased at Apple Store in India cannot be refu... by benhurmarcel on Thursday April 15, 2021 @01:35PM (#26823622)
> when you can buy the same product, for almost the same price after factoring-in VAT

Uh, not at all.

Converted to USD and without tax below. Apple products are 11-16% more expensive in Europe

iPhone 12: US price $699 - Europe price without VAT $807

iPhone 12 Pro Max: US price $1099 - Europe price without VAT $1256

iPad Air: US price $599 - Europe price without VAT $667

Macbook Air: US price $999 - Europe price without VAT $1126

Re:Products purchased at Apple Store in India cannot be refu... by DaiPlusPlus on Thursday April 15, 2021 @09:02PM (#26828112)
Where are you getting those prices from? If it's the Apple Store, which country's Apple store and original currency values are being used?
Re:Products purchased at Apple Store in India cannot be refu... by benhurmarcel on Friday April 16, 2021 @03:30AM (#26830695)
I used the US Apple website, and the French Apple website in that case (in €, converted to USD using WolframAlpha and accounting for 20% VAT). I've already seen in the past that the Spanish and German Apple websites have similar prices to the French one.
Re:Products purchased at Apple Store in India cannot be refu... by wolfretcrap on Friday April 16, 2021 @03:29AM (#26830684)
It's true I am from India, last time even after taxes, apple products were cheapest in Switzerland, other countries did charge like 5-10% more
Re:Products purchased at Apple Store in India cannot be refu... by benhurmarcel on Friday April 16, 2021 @03:32AM (#26830709)
Switzerland has a 7.7% VAT, when most of Europe has about 20%. That's on top of the prices I gave.