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A comment on Ask HN: Why is Apple ripping of European users? 1€ ≠ 1$.

Re:Ask HN: Why is Apple ripping of European users? 1€ ≠ 1$ by clneagu on Tuesday June 12, 2012 @06:47AM (#4099786)
It's simpler than that. They do it because they can.

Apple could charge allot less for everything they sell but they don't just because they can get away with it.

I'm sure nobody here really believes that the difference in price between countries has anything to do with keeping the profit margin the same everywhere :)

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Re:Ask HN: Why is Apple ripping of European users? 1€ ≠ 1$ by nodata on Tuesday June 12, 2012 @07:35AM (#4099896)
If the difference was high enough, people would import.
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Re:Ask HN: Why is Apple ripping of European users? 1€ ≠ 1$ by jakeonthemove on Tuesday June 12, 2012 @08:32AM (#4100086)
Most people don't want to deal with the extra waiting time and warranty issues to save $100-200, though...
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