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Ask HN: Unfair pricing of MacBook M2 Pro 32GB/1TB in Europe

by robsun on 6/9/23, 1:11 PM with 3 comments

• by elmerfud on 6/9/23, 1:19 PM

  The most likely explanation is regulations, import restrictions and other such taxation to offer it for sale in those markets is likely the biggest factors. Another factor can include volatility of the currency because is it difficult to change prices on a daily basis but that's probably not a big factor.

• by nness on 6/9/23, 1:32 PM

  Remarkably its cheaper in Australia ($3,368 post-tax, $3,060 pre-tax USD) — which is a shock as price-gouging by tech companies in the Australian market has always been a huge problem.

  I would assume its a number of regulatory and supply-chain factors — but also — they'll charge what they think they can get in the market, and the more a product is considered a luxury purchase, the more they'll up-the-price.

  For instance, I purchased a MBP in 2018 in the UK and it was considerably cheaper than the same product purchased in AU. I just had the keyboard customised to use the AU keyboard (wasn't a huge expense) instead of the default UK/EU keyboard layout.

  Tough ask, but if you are in Poland, could you exchange to Euro and purchase the product in a neighbouring country?