Obscene gouging
Posted on May 29th, 2008 by matt
The Australian dollar is nearing parity with the US dollar.
You wouldn’t think it to look at Apple’s prices, which are even more out of whack than usual. Take a look at the middle-of-the-range Macbook Pro (15″ display, 512MB VRAM, 2.5GHz CPU):
US price: US$2499
AU price: AU$3399
That’s ~$900 more to buy locally, or a 36% markup. I’m not entirely sure that it’s worth $900 to buy from a local dealer.
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