Rip off Britain

[Brighton TID]

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.

 

[Tubby-McFat-Fuc]

£657 without VAT? Do your figures include tax?

 

[Brighton TID]

£657 without VAT? Do your figures include tax?

Cost to buy from Apple US and UK websites

 

[Vankleek Hill Seagull]

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]

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

 

[Theatre of Trees]

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

 

[Brighton TID]

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.

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]

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]

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

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]

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

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

 

[dazzer6666]

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]

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.]

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

So glad I always stay one model behind.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

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

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.