Comments on: Angry Europeans start Mac mini price petition http://gigaom.com/apple/angry-europeans-start-mac-mini-price-petition/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:22:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Dave http://gigaom.com/apple/angry-europeans-start-mac-mini-price-petition/#comment-304535 Wed, 19 Jan 2005 22:39:15 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/01/19/angry-europeans-start-mac-mini-price-petition/#comment-304535 They actually do have much fairer pricing than the figures quoted suggest. People always forget that when comparing US to European prices you have to remember that European prices include Sales Tax whereas US prices don’t

]]> By: Gordon Anderson http://gigaom.com/apple/angry-europeans-start-mac-mini-price-petition/#comment-304536 Wed, 19 Jan 2005 22:06:42 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/01/19/angry-europeans-start-mac-mini-price-petition/#comment-304536 It is not PC users who are complianing though, it is most likely current Mac users making the fuss.

Many factors affect the retail price, Germany for example, has strict recycling rules for products and their packaging which increase costs. Local shipping, retail rents, labour rules all reflect local economic conditions. Then there is the market, how does the competition price its product?

How do consumer electronics sellers price their product compared to other markets? How about Big Macs?

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