Pricing: Apple Defies Australian Government 440
daria42 writes "This week it was revealed that Apple has still not responded to Australia's Federal Parliament on the issue of why the prices of its products are significantly higher in Australia than they are in the US, five months after the query was first raised by a member of parliament from Australia's governing Labor party. Apple has refused to issue a statement on the matter or even acknowledge the issue. What will it take to get Apple to open up — a national enquiry?"
Well of course products in Oz are more expensive (Score:5, Funny)
Wouldn't you raise the price of your products if you had to sell each and every one of them with a Velcro pad to hang upside down?
Increased costs (Score:5, Funny)
It costs Apple extra money to prepare products for the Australian market by turning everything umop apisdn.
Re:Sad part (Score:5, Funny)
Payback is a bitch. That's what you get for sending us Rupert Murdoch.
Re:Sad part (Score:4, Funny)
Re:It's all tech companies, not just Apple (Score:3, Funny)