iTunes(UK) Targeted By The Office of Fair Trading

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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Cost due to prosperity, not Euro

[cyberphotographer]

I was at a market on a Mojave reserve. I queued for an unlevened mutton sandwich. The Mojave woman charged two Indians before me a dollar. When she handed me my sandwich she said "3 dollar", presumably because of my white British skin. She wasn't remotely embarrassed about her flexible pricing scheme. Vendors in the UK rip us off because they can.

As a currency attached to failing socialist policies, the Euro represents inflation, declining value, and ultimately poverty. As a Brit I would rather adopt the US dollar than the Euro, but at least the pound Sterling allows the Bank of England some control over fiscal policy. That control has recently enabled us to outperform the Euro. That's why UK goods and real estate have a high price to foreigners. If you want really cheap holidays, don't come here, go to Moldova. Prosperity always looks expensive from the outside.