Apple Cancels Plans to Cut UK iTunes Prices

[JMcEntegart]

Apple has managed to dodge dropping the price of songs on iTunes in the UK because the exchange rate has done it for them
At the beginning of the year, Apple announced they would be dropping the price of songs on iTunes UK from 79 pence sterling to match

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[Guest]

I'm surprised Europeans are willing to tolerate this absurd overpricing in technology and media "stuff" for so long. I would've imagined an underground movement to ship illegal technology equipment and price it according to US prices would've happened naturally at an impossible rate for regulators to crack down.

 

[velocityg4]

They do pay higher prices in Europe. However, to be fair isn't a lot of that price due to VAT and other taxes. I'd think rather that Europeans would be up in arms about all the taxes they have to pay. Most people in the US hate the level of taxes we pay and it is a drop in the bucket compared to most Europeans.