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Originally Posted by fryke  Hasn't that always been the case for _any_ countries outside the USA? Seems to me it's always been 10-20% above the price US Americans have to pay. The 599 USD Mac mini should be 705 CHF right now, but it costs 799 CHF. That's about 13% as well. |
I hear what you're saying but you don't know how bad it can be. The import duty on
all products here in Brazil is 60%. That's right, sixty percent!
When I bought this iMac in January 2009, I expected to pay a lot more for it, but in reality it was only about $150 more than the USA price. I suspect that was because, anticipating the release of the new models, Apple was dumping a lot of them at discounted prices to other countries. Also, Apple has not been a force in Brazil until the last year or so. It might be that they are making an effort to penetrate the market here.
Either way, I am delighted that I have the iMac and all of my friends and relatives are so impressed!
