Comments on: Can Steve Jobs say price parity????

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:22:00 +0000

Kate
I take your point. The unmentionned cause is the difference between US and Canadian business regulations. An iPod touch at the US store is $399US; at the Canadian staore, it's $449CAN. Much of that $50 difference is buried under "cost of doing business" in Canada. Same problem occurs when comparing car prices across the border.

The price difference in 2001 when I shopped for a PowerBook Ti was above $1500CAN, if my memory is correct. Apple is going to set its prices at what the market will bear, but it generally doesn't doesn't go overboard. I would guess that the iPhone will be priced at about $450CAN, similar to the iPod touch.

As I flaunt my iPod touch, 16GB of course ...

Cheers

J.M. Heinrichs

By: Kateland, aka TZH

Kateland, aka TZH — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 08:25:00 +0000

Looks like the Molson contest offering an iPhone has become iPhone hype victim.

http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/270115

By: Kateland, aka TZH

Kateland, aka TZH — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 08:18:00 +0000

JM, that's great about the Leopard, and I am envious you have a Mac but, check out this price differential:

iPod shuffle Cda $89 vs iPod shuffle US$79

iPod classic Cdn $279 vs iPod classic US$249

MacBook 13" white Cdn $1249 vs MacBook US$1099

Those are the online prices. Steve Jobs needs to be a little more proactive here.

Balbulican, my market doesn't bear the difference...and my book addiction is so horrendous that I am often buying used books online.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 02:51:00 +0000

1. My copy of Leopard is due to arrive tomorrow; $129CAN vice $129US.

2. Perhaps the G & M has no idea what an iPhone would cost.

Cheers
J.M. Heinrichs

By: Balbulican

Balbulican — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:56:00 +0000

Well, the way it was described to me by my Conservative friends, the market gets to charge whatever the market will bear. No?

If it’s not obvious, append a large
to the above.

By: Kateland, aka TZH

Kateland, aka TZH — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:43:00 +0000

I didn’t realize Dell wasn’t following the herd…good for them. And if Dell can afford to do it why can’t the rest?

By: Bruce Gottfred

Bruce Gottfred — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:32:00 +0000

I’ve been following the price changes quite a bit lately. So far the only company that seems to be working fairly on both sides of the border is Dell. The prices at dell.ca and dell.com are about equal. Good for them.

Note that sometimes when you go to dell.com you will be forwarded to dell.ca.