Jeff Campbell
05-11-2010, 05:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://appadvice.com/appnn/2010/05/apple-lowers-german-ipad-prices-screwup-consumer-uproar/' target='_blank'>http://appadvice.com/appnn/2010/05/...onsumer-uproar/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Despite of the "common currency" and the EU, doing business in Europe is a hassle. So much of a hassle actually that even Apple just couldn't get it right."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/zt/auto/1269881720.usr105634.jpg" /></p><p><a href="http://www.applethoughts.com/news/show/98042/why-the-ipad-price-difference-internationally-steve.html" target="_blank">Yesterday</a> we noted Steve Job's email responses about international pricing, and for Germany he noted they added a copyright tax. Problem is, that is only on devices that have 40GB or more of memory. So Apple had to lower the prices on the 16GB and 32GB models. Woops. Macworld has <a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/151143/2010/05/ipad_prices_international.html?lsrc=rss_news" target="_blank">posted a comparison</a> of the international pricing for the iPad if you are interested. </p>