Rip off Britain

Brighton TID

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Jul 24, 2005

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Horsham

• Oct 31, 2014

• #1

Example 1:

Top of the range Apple Iphone 6:

UK: £789 (or $1263)
US: $1079 (or £674)

Based on the above, anyone who has bought one of these in the UK has surely been ****ing mugged off.

 

Last edited: Oct 31, 2014

Tubby-McFat-Fuc

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May 2, 2013

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Brighton

• Oct 31, 2014

• #2

£657 without VAT? Do your figures include tax?

 

Brighton TID

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• Oct 31, 2014

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• #3

Tubby-McFat-Fuc said:

£657 without VAT? Do your figures include tax?

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Cost to buy from Apple US and UK websites

 

Vankleek Hill Seagull

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Jul 5, 2003

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• Oct 31, 2014

• #4

US / Canadian prices do not include Sales Tax. UK prices do. It even says so on the UK Apple Store website - (Includes VAT of approx £132.00)

Take the VAT off and then compare the prices. Not so much of a difference.

 

British Bulldog

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Feb 6, 2006

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• Oct 31, 2014

• #5

In fairness anyone who spends that much on a mobile phone is a mug anyway.

 

Theatre of Trees

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• Oct 31, 2014

• #6

All US prices do not include sales tax which varies from state to state.

 

Brighton TID

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Toronto Seagull said:

US / Canadian prices do not include Sales Tax. UK prices do. It even says so on the UK Apple Store website - (Includes VAT of approx £132.00)

Take the VAT off and then compare the prices. Not so much of a difference.

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This was not meant to be a dig at Apple but the prices we are paying for stuff. The £132 VAT proves that we are being mugged, albeit by our own government

 

seagullsovergrimsby

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Aug 21, 2005

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• Oct 31, 2014

• #8

It wasn't so long ago that any tech product sold in $ in the USA when sold in the UK had the same price but replaced by a £ sign.

 

Luke93

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Jun 23, 2013

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• Oct 31, 2014

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Brighton TID said:

This was not meant to be a dig at Apple but the prices we are paying for stuff. The £132 VAT proves that we are being mugged, albeit by our own government

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Every country has TAX. The cost of purchasing a phone in the US is very similar to cost iof purchasing a phone in the UK. Each country just has its own advertising etiquette. To be honest, I prefer it with the selling + VAT price shown before you get to the checkout.

 

clippedgull

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Aug 11, 2003

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• Oct 31, 2014

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Brighton TID said:

This was not meant to be a dig at Apple but the prices we are paying for stuff. The £132 VAT proves that we are being mugged, albeit by our own government

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Apple make more in profit than the VAT that is charged. It costs Apple $242.50 to make an IPhone 6 Plus

 

dazzer6666

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Mar 27, 2013

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• Oct 31, 2014

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Apple are pretty cute - very little difference in prices (as paid by the consumer) worldwide (I looked into this when I bought my iPad and was travelling a lot and could've bought it anywhere)

 

gregbrighton

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Aug 10, 2014

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• Oct 31, 2014

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Tories put VAT up to 20% and they want to put it up again to 25%. Thank David Cameron for rip off Britain!

 

W.C.

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• Nov 1, 2014

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wow, always amazes me when I see how much these things cost to buy new.

So glad I always stay one model behind.

 

seagullsovergrimsby

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Aug 21, 2005

43,690

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• Nov 1, 2014

• #14

gregbrighton said:

Tories put VAT up to 20% and they want to put it up again to 25%. Thank David Cameron for rip off Britain!

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Only if they win the next election and consequentially blame the increase on EU harmonisation. They'll be able to get away with it by electing a new leader saying it was Dodgy Dave who promised a YES/NO referendum on a EU exit and so we're not getting one.