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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. No to the Euro idea by CrackedButter · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Why should we change to the Euro when the Pound is so strong and when a minority of people use the Apple Store? The simpler solution is for Apple is to change whatever file they have on their database and reset the price to something lower rather than telling the UK populace to hand over the coin and then have the Royal Mint either close or start producing European Toilet paper for us Brits to use.
    I can see Tony Blair coming on TV and announcing the acceptance of the Euro because the iTunes music store is charging people more than our European cousins. People are going to scream "WTF" to the Euro and to the music store, both of which the UK population in the majority don't know much about. Get real, it just isn't practical.
    Besides size matters and have you seen the size of a Euro note? Its the size of a sticky note!!! The lyrics of "God save our gracious Queen" won't fit on both sides!

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  2. eh? by GrahamCox · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    overpricing it's iTunes

    overpricing it is iTunes - what does that mean?

  3. well by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    if you guys joined the Euro you wouldn't have this problem in the first place.

    Ciao