Re:My MacBook Pro had over 10k USD in repairs
by coldtea on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @03:44PM
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That can easily be fixed if they're also kept on a watch by legislators and consumer rights groups for pulling such shit up (as opposed to sucking up the cost)...
In the EU, where a longer guarantee is mandaded, state tax aside, the prices aren't that different. MacBook Air $999 US (849 €) vs 1129 € France. Of that 188 € is the state tax (VAT), which means the price difference as far as Apple pockets is 1129-188 - 849 = $92 or $108 dollars.
So that $999 would be say $1109, a 11% increase, hardly 20-30%.
(And that's not even counting the higher cost of business in Europe aside the VAT, which also factors in that 1129-188 price).
In the EU, where a longer guarantee is mandaded, state tax aside, the prices aren't that different. MacBook Air $999 US (849 €) vs 1129 € France. Of that 188 € is the state tax (VAT), which means the price difference as far as Apple pockets is 1129-188 - 849 = $92 or $108 dollars.
So that $999 would be say $1109, a 11% increase, hardly 20-30%.
(And that's not even counting the higher cost of business in Europe aside the VAT, which also factors in that 1129-188 price).