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iTunes(UK) Targeted By The Office of Fair Trading

Posted by timothy on from the they-say-that-ones-cow-is-a-man dept.

dreadz1 writes "It seems that Apple is under fire for overpricing it's iTunes music for UK customers. This story from the BBC says that here in the UK we are charged 20% more for music on iTunes than the French and the Germans. Should Apple lower its initial price so that the cost+VAT is equivalent to prices in the EuroZone or should we grow up and get used to the fact that things are priced differently in different places?"

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  1. Clearly... by JDWTopGuy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You should definitely just grow up.

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    Ron Paul 2012
  2. Brits, grow up and join Euroland by bursch-X · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    and stop whining.

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    There are two rules for success:
    1. Never tell everything you know.
  3. On those who preach "growing up" for capitalism by Zhe+Mappel · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Obviously, you price to individual markets. When, however, the nation and its neighbors belong to a single market and you flout this fact, you'll piss off consumers--particularly the ones who are awake.

    Nothing unusual in corporations trying to twist the market. No, what's striking in recent years is the weird, voluntary surrender of market fundamentalists to the corporation. We joke about fanboys--always eager to see the glory of their brand in its every fart or blunder. But we may have to worry more about this species. Sacrificing your own economic interest for someone else's profit is your own foolish affair; when you wish to foist the same upon society, though, you've become a virus.

    Since the 19th century, consumers in capitalist societies have understood that the game is fixed, and tends toward abusive extremes the further it travels from sane regulation. Movements against trusts, price-fixing, tying, and other arrangements curbed (during episodes of vigilance) mafia-like behavior. It's a pity to see today's stooge eager to travel backwards.