i bought mine from Ubertec in Parnell Auckland and paid i think like 3800(incl. gst) a few days after the latest upgrades came out.luckily i was smart enough to buy ram before i got the cmputer when i was in las vegas otherwise i would have been even more bent over the table than i already was.
every company has differing prices in different countries.
(prime example been a 2001 porsche turbo selling for 210,000NZD which is about 148,000USD and the same milage/year turbo in the states sells for between 75-85,000USD)
also helps that all other countries are a far bigger market therefore can sell a higher volume of product compared to NZ which has a very small market. also probably the fact that all our apple stores are resellers so the price is only dictated by what eachother is selling the same product for.
live with it or buy online or something.
every company has differing prices in different countries.
(prime example been a 2001 porsche turbo selling for 210,000NZD which is about 148,000USD and the same milage/year turbo in the states sells for between 75-85,000USD)
also helps that all other countries are a far bigger market therefore can sell a higher volume of product compared to NZ which has a very small market. also probably the fact that all our apple stores are resellers so the price is only dictated by what eachother is selling the same product for.
live with it or buy online or something.
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Originally Posted by B Gallagher
Hello all,
As you can see from my sig, I'm planning to get an iBook in a few months time. At least, that was the plan.  I'm now looking at a 15" PB w/ SuperDrive. Here's why - I randomly had a look at the prices on the US Apple Shop and realised the PB was a lot cheaper there than it is here (NZ).So, I had a look at the Canada, Japan, and NZ Apple stores online as well, and I saw that the price of the 15" SD PB was as follows: US : $2,299 USD Canada: $2,899 CND ($2,296 USD) Japan: Y272,790 ($2,523 USD) NZ : $4,275 NZD ($3,033 USD) I'm amazed - I can understand shipping to other countries would add on some cost, but I can't believe that this can be as high as $800 USD! Does anyone know why there is such a huge range in prices for the same product? Also, since the US Apple Store is the cheapest, I tried to see if I could order the PB from there, but it only seems to ship within the US. Kinda dissapointing cos I wouldn't really want to pay $800 US more than I needed to for a PowerBook.  Does anyone know if the US shop will let you ship to outside the US? (I'm kind of doubtful on this one though...)Thanks all.  |