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Thinking of buying a Macbook Pro - it would cost more in Ireland!

  • 20-04-2008 6:32pm
    #1
    atlantean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 556 ✭✭✭


    As I am thinking of getting a new mac I thought I would have a look online at the prices. I know roughly what I am looking for - a MacBook Pro 15" 2.4 GHz.

    Now the bog standard version of this is available for €1,799.00 (€1,486.78 ex VAT) delivered from the Apple Store here in Ireland. I then looked at the price in the UK Apple Store for the identical machine £1,299.00 (£1,105.53 ex VAT)!

    Something didn't look right to me here at this point. Granted, the VAT in Ireland is 21% and in the UK it is only 17% but the figures still didn't look right to me so it was out with the currency converter.

    In the UK it is £1,299.00 (£1,105.53 ex VAT) = €1,641.13 (€1,396.7 ex VAT)

    In Ireland it is £1,423.95 (£1,176.82 ex VAT) = €1,799.00 (€1,486.78 ex VAT)

    So I end up paying an extra £124.95 or €157.87 for the same product from the same company!

    I can't purchase from the UK Store and have it shipped here. I could purchase it from an online retailer in the UK and have it shipped over. This will incur added delivery charges which will shove up the price. Plus if anything should go wrong with the computer I will have to ship it back to the UK which not only will take more time but also involve added costs. There is possibly the option of heading up to the North for one I suppose.

    As for the US price of $1999 which is only €1,264.18 or £1,000.54 - i won't even go there!

    We just can't feckin win in this bloody country! :shake


Comments

  • #2
    Kid Nothing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,059 ✭✭✭Kid Nothing


    This topic has been done to death, Apple have a standard flat price charge for all of their products. They are an American based company and this is reflected in their pricing. Plus you're only making them saving based on the current strength of the Euro, will you still be saying the same if the dollar regains it's strength?

    Bottom line is, it's crap that we have to pay more than those in the US but it's not going to change sadly.


  • #3
    atlantean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 556 ✭✭✭atlantean


    TBF I was really only comparing the difference between the UK and Ireland prices and I agree about he strong Euro. The problem with a strong Euro however is that unlike if the Euro was to weaken dramatically prices would go up on imported goods in this case the price rarely drops! The US pricing is a different scenario altogether IMO.

    BTW: Sorry to bring this topic up again!


  • #4
    Ham'nd'egger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,025 ✭✭✭Ham'nd'egger


    atlantean wrote: »
    As I am thinking of getting a new mac I thought I would have a look online at the prices. I know roughly what I am looking for - a MacBook Pro 15" 2.4 GHz.

    Now the bog standard version of this is available for €1,799.00 (€1,486.78 ex VAT) delivered from the Apple Store here in Ireland. I then looked at the price in the UK Apple Store for the identical machine £1,299.00 (£1,105.53 ex VAT)!

    Something didn't look right to me here at this point. Granted, the VAT in Ireland is 21% and in the UK it is only 17% but the figures still didn't look right to me so it was out with the currency converter.

    In the UK it is £1,299.00 (£1,105.53 ex VAT) = €1,641.13 (€1,396.7 ex VAT)

    In Ireland it is £1,423.95 (£1,176.82 ex VAT) = €1,799.00 (€1,486.78 ex VAT)

    So I end up paying an extra £124.95 or €157.87 for the same product from the same company!

    I can't purchase from the UK Store and have it shipped here. I could purchase it from an online retailer in the UK and have it shipped over. This will incur added delivery charges which will shove up the price. Plus if anything should go wrong with the computer I will have to ship it back to the UK which not only will take more time but also involve added costs. There is possibly the option of heading up to the North for one I suppose.

    As for the US price of $1999 which is only €1,264.18 or £1,000.54 - i won't even go there!

    We just can't feckin win in this bloody country! :shake

    Prices would have been set based on exchange rates eons ago and will have some padding to reflect any ups and downs within some reason; no IT company would change their rates on a daily basis unlike, say purchasing from the Amazons and eBays of the world. Don't forget as well, there may be additional costs incurred to ship to Ireland given the extra distances and smaller payloads involved.


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