iPad will be €499 in Europe according to Tmobile
This one from Setteb.it. Tmobile.de, in their irrational exuberance for the iPad, posted a page with iPad pricing to their Website today but then quickly removed it.
It is interesting that Apple is still selling these through the mobile carrier, since half of the product matrix doesn't have 3G.
Also, interesting that Tmobile has already begun rolling out their website as Apple said "they're currently working out deals with providers". The site didn't provide what rate the 3G plans would cost Europeans.
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That's a wee bit pricey! Makes it around £430 pound - around a £100 increase from what America pays!
Yeah well, we're getting used to over-paying for Apple kit in the UK. I still don't understand where the difference comes from, it's not just VAT and shipping, that's for sure!
they think we have more money, so they want to milk us more. I'm always pissed by this.
That price is for tmobile de = Germany... not Europe, the price in germany won't be the same as in other European countries, you talk about it as if Europe is one big state...
I know for a fact it will be more expensive than that in the UK
One more thing... Orange is likely to be the carrier for the iPad in the UK, not T-mobile.
T-Online is selling the iPad in Germany, not T-Mobile. So it is not sold by the provider.
Strange.
The comparable (in price) Time Capsule -2TB is 499 dollar in the US and the Germany equivalent is 449 euro.
(includes 19% sales tax)
A difference of 50 euro (10%)
The item was listed in the T-Online store, not on the T-Mobile site. You find all kind of electronic goods in the T-Online Store without necessarily being mobile devices or having any relation to a mobile carrier (T-Mobile and T-Online are different subsidiaries of Deutsche Telekom).
Therefore, drawing any conclusions regarding the pricing of this product or a link to mobile carriers seems a little far fetched to me
t-online is just another shop. a lot of shops in germany are grabbing preorders at the moment. the prices will change until launch.
with german taxes (19% vat) 499$ would result in about 428 Euro + the usual "europe tax" from apple - so i guess the street price will be around 449-479 euro for the cheapest version.
$499 = €358
€499 = $696
Thanks for dicking us on the price Apple. This should be investigated by a fucking trade commission.
€358 + 19% TAX = €426
€499 - 19% TAX = €419 ... ('only' $85 more)
price like the the 2TB Time Machine (€449). But Apple wants to focus on USA market first I think. Euro-geeks would even buy it for a higher price.
Check out this site in germany.
http://www.cyberport.de/?EVENT=itemsearch&query=ipad&searchbutton.x=0&se...
It has the same price as mentioned on the t-mobile site which means not only t-mobile is going to sell it.
But the price is a bit high compared to the cheaper dollar.
Whatever I'l lbuy it!
Don't want to be the smart ass here, but the iPad has been offered by T-Online, not by T-Mobile! Though they belong to the same company, they're still not the same. T-Mobile is Germany's largest mobile provider, whereas T-Online sells DSL products. And it's T-Mobile, not Tmobile.
But back to the iPad: 499€ would be too much. Amazon gave the same 499€ price tag but said that prices may be adjusted in the future.
those pages dont exist anylonger they have been pulled
God knows what that's going to be in the UK then.
I'm in the states in March. Is there an Apple outlet in Pittsburgh? (think there's one in South Hills?)
This is normal
The prices in Germany for a apple product are nearly to be the same as the Dollar Price, they only change the currency :D
So 499 Dollars are not 358 Euros, but 499 Euros.
This is normal...
MacBook Pro 13" US price: 1199, DE price: 1059 (should be 864)
So you see, they are allways let us pay, maybe for things some idiots did 60 years ago...
Or maybe they count for the difference of cost-of-living into the prices and what people comparatively make in each country. Just like fuel prices, the cost of a car or house or even a loaf of bread differ.
Doesn't anyone think that those numbers might of been just place holders? They where building the page, plugged the same numbers in as the USD amounts and accidently posted the web page. And then quickly removed it. It's not final, cause it won't be sold for another 60-90 days.
This site has the most stupid fucking unreliable CAPTCHA of any site I've ever been to.
As an European IT dealer (non specifically Apple), my 50 cents:
-US prices are always stated sales tax-free while all EU prices are always shown VAT included (15 to 25% within Europe)
so do the maths like Kobe above.
-expect the same price difference between the US Apple Store and European Apple Stores: white Macbook at $999+sales tax or EUR899 VAT included
-the net EU prices are still higher mainly because of localisation costs, higher administrative costs (labor, regulations),packaging.
-if you're European and plan on buying in the US, customs will tax you when you fly back to home. There's also the problem of aftersales support.
taxes in the US is 4 to 7%, so your argument fails because the difference is much more than that.
I'm in the UK. The Sale of Goods Acts applies here, maybe in other EU countries too. As far as I know, this gives the consumer better rights than US consumers, so I would think UK vendors have to mark up price to account for repairs or replacements that may be required by these consumer law. I think this accounts for some of the price difference, as well as tax/VAT being included in the advertised price as said before.
you may be right, because Apple and other foreigner companies have to give, for example, 2 years warranty, even if they sell the product advertising it as having 1 year warranty. Hello Apple, want to sell it here in europe? Do not fool consumers. There's no such thing as one year warranty in Europe. If you try to do that you will be fined and the customer will have the product replaced for free within the 2 year period. This is the law and nobody can circumvent it.
not everyone knows that. Any new product bought in Europe has this period of warranty, despite what is advertised. Apple insists in marketing that its products are covered by one year, but this is not true in europe. So, if you live in EU and have any product failing during 2 years you will have it replaced or fixed at no cost.
That price is terrible high. It is the strategy of Apple.
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-if you're European and plan on buying in the US, customs will tax you when you fly back to home. There's also the problem of aftersales support.
Mmm ... probably not. People even ordered PSPs from Japan until Sony cut them off ... One world.
- this gives the consumer better rights than US consumers
That may work in the UK ... Apple still says 1 year warranty although it is illegal in Spain to sell this type of goods with less than 2 years warranty
The prices in European shops are pessimistic preorder prices where actual orders will ship for less. This is normal.
The anticipated price for the smallest iPad is 449 Euro, which is the same as the US price if you add 19% VAT and 5% international handling. Fair enough.
Additionally, T-Mobile iPhone customers who kept their first generation contract can cut out and then put their second or third SIM card into the iPad. At no charge! Plenty of iPhone customers concurrently use their iPhone data plan with their laptops anyway.
Aka, European iPad starts at 696$. I gotta admit, I love Europe, but...it's always more expensive here, than in the US. It's a bit annoying. xD
here's my favorite:
AppleTV in US : $229 (~€165)
AppleTV in EU : €269 (~$372) = $150-you-live-in-europe-so-suck-our-dick-tax
They should really start getting through their thick capitalistic skull the fact that the the dollar isn't equaled to the euro anymore.
Jobs boasted about the $15.bn (was it?) quarterly profit, and everybody is cheering for them? Where do they get off. Go on with the gadgets and the cool products but they should at least price the fuckers fairly overseas.
Not getting an iPad anyway, and if I do get v2 I'll fly to NY to get one.
another user replied here that we may be paying for one year warranty extension. This is because in the US any product is covered by one year warranties and in Europe, the law says that all products have two year warranties, even Apple insisting in marketing their products in Europe saying they have one year coverage. So, we may be paying an "apple care" one year extension on the price, to cover for this additional year we have and the americans don't.