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From | "Matt Whitby" <matt.whitby@gmail.com> |
Subject | Re: iTunes |
Date | Wed, 23 May 2007 19:56:31 +0100 |
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Yes there is VAT on CDs (unless of course you buy from Guernsey- which
in case our American friends haven't heard of it - can be found here
http://maps.google.co.uk/?q=Guernsey)
On 23/05/07, Michael Roux <mroux5@insightbb.com> wrote:
> Isn't there also a VAT tax added to UK prices? That might account for some
> of the disparity.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Hutton" <bob_hutton@standardlife.com>
> To: <audities@smoe.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 9:52 AM
> Subject: iTunes
>
>
> > "Not defending the price at all....just saying that you have to
> > look at pricing as a self-contained entity based on the country of
> > origin.....not on the world pricing (which will fluctuate daily from
> > territory to territory)."
> >
> > Here's the rub: in the past, no-one bothered about disparity of pricing
> > between different territories. It wasn't THAT easy to find out what
> > things cost abroad, you had to dig around for the info. I was amazed the
> > first time I went to the States that CDs seemed rather cheaper than at
> > home and I ended up buying a stack of them.
> >
> > However in the web-age, because you can access the US version of iTunes
> > from the UK, you can see the pricing differences very easily and the fact
> > that you can access a website makes it very frustrating that you can't buy
> > from it. FWIW, eMusic is more expensive in the UK as well.
> >
> > What I would be interested in seeing is how sales of iTunes vary from
> > territory to territory. As I said previously I am just not interested in
> > paying 79 pence per track (nor would I pay 99 cents per track if I lived
> > in the States). I think the tracks are over-priced for what you get.
> > Incidentally, there also seems to be a bit of a cartel going on with all
> > the major online music retailers charging 79p here or 99c in the States.
> >
> > Does anyone know if iTunes turns a profit? Or is it just a loss-leader
> > for Apple?
> >
> >
> >
> > Bob
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