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October 03, 2007
Apple still gouging Canadians?
A new blog has sprung up to track the strange differences between Apple Canada and Apple USA's pricing. Despite the Canada/U.S. exchange rate now favouring Canada, Apple Canada is still charging Canadians on average 16% more than Americans, with the price for WebObjects an amazing 58% more.
According to RSMAC, the site's writer, for big ticket items like Xserves, and RAIDs, this can amount to thousands of dollars. And since almost everything Apple sells is made in China and shipped from China via Alaska, there seems no excuse but greed for this.
For Canadian geeks like me, this is a big issue, especially when purchasing anything over 100 loonies. Often it's worth the drive to the USA to purchase a big ticket item. RSMAC's site is interesting, although I do wish he would leave off the tax column, as for me, that's a whole different issue. (GST + provincial tax is usually adds up to 14% for most Canadians.)
So what's it like in your country? Do corporations like Apple charge excessively more for no apparent reason? If you are an American, do you even care about this issue? Let us know in the Forums.
Posted by Snaggy at October 3, 2007 09:03 AM