http://www.thomaspurves.com/2007/09/21/hold-on-to-your-dollars/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:59:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.thomaspurves.com/2007/09/21/hold-on-to-your-dollars/comment-page-1/#comment-12022 The Other problem with iPhone pricing in Canada » ThomasPurves.com Tue, 06 Nov 2007 21:40:39 +0000 http://www.thomaspurves.com/2007/09/21/hold-on-to-your-dollars/#comment-12022 [...] When we last llooked, Apple’s stores in Canada still had not updated their Canadian prices to reflect parity with the US dollar. And since then that crazy looney has gone up again (hitting 1.08 today). Meaning apple kit that was 10-12% overpriced in Canada is now 20% overpriced and if you count that you might get away without paying GST if you pick one up south of the border… apple stuff is now about 25% too high in Canada. That’s nuts. [...] [...] When we last llooked, Apple’s stores in Canada still had not updated their Canadian prices to reflect parity with the US dollar. And since then that crazy looney has gone up again (hitting 1.08 today). Meaning apple kit that was 10-12% overpriced in Canada is now 20% overpriced and if you count that you might get away without paying GST if you pick one up south of the border… apple stuff is now about 25% too high in Canada. That’s nuts. [...]

]]> http://www.thomaspurves.com/2007/09/21/hold-on-to-your-dollars/comment-page-1/#comment-11925 Lars Plougmann Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:10:35 +0000 http://www.thomaspurves.com/2007/09/21/hold-on-to-your-dollars/#comment-11925 You should include the Big Mac in that table, for us Economist readers who wonder about the PPP theory... You should include the Big Mac in that table, for us Economist readers who wonder about the PPP theory…

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