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   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2025-11-10 08:39:42 +0000, Jerry Brown said:   
   > On Mon, 10 Nov 2025 11:08:51 +1300, Your Name    
   > wrote:   
   >> On 2025-11-09 18:22:52 +0000, s|b said:   
   >>> On Sun, 9 Nov 2025 11:20:03 +1300, Your Name wrote:   
   >>>> On 2025-11-08 11:22:59 +0000, s|b said:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Surprised to see that it's not 399,99 euro, but 379,99 euro. Usually   
   >>>>> the price is the same amount as in dollar (1 dollar > 1 euro), so we   
   >>>>> pay /more/ in Europe.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Many companies, such as Apple, used to do that with their electronics -   
   >>>> they kept the numbers the same and simply swapped the US$ symbol for a   
   >>>> UK£ symbol.   
   >>>   
   >>> So they stopped doing that? For me, LEGO is the first that doesn't act   
   >>> like dollar and euro are the same.   
   >>   
   >> Unfortunately not for everything. The Apple Mac mini computer, for   
   >> example, starts at US$599 and UK£599, instead of being about £455 as   
   >> currency exchange rates from US$ would make it. :-(   
   >   
   > Generally US prices don't include sales tax (which I believe varies   
   > from state to state), while UK prices include value-added tax (which   
   > is fixed at - currently - 20%). Might this be such as case?   
      
   Even if you add 20% VAT to that currency conversion price, the UK price   
   would still only be £546.   
      
   In New Zealand pricing the Mac mini starts at NZ$1099 (including 15%   
   sales tax and delivery), which equates to about US$620. Which is better   
   than the Australian price that starts at AU$999, which equates to   
   US$652 or NZ$1155 ... which is actually surprising since most things   
   cost more in New Zealand.   
      
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