fizzybangs Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 and I suggest you read it all. It's in google news uk Get kitted out with all your needs before you go. http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2285323/australians-are-advised-not-to-pay-full-whack-for-technology Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbsy Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Adobe (I use some of their Creative Suite software) have just slashed their Aussie prices after being thoroughly humiliated at a Parliamentary committee hearing. Would that the others would feel the same humiliation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chubbs75 Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 It's weird cause for example Apple stuff cost the same in $ and in £. I mean what cost here in uk £1000 it cost $1000 in oz which means its cheaper. Also seen tvs there for $400 which would cost £650 in uk.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Ropey HOFF Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 It's because they are using the actual price in dollars and then using the exchange rate, when the dollar was at $2.6 to £1 everything in Oz was cheaper, but when the rate was $1.45 to £1 like it was just recently it makes it look like everything's dearer, but neither is correct, because using the current exchange rate is pointless and using the current exchange rate means wages are paid at up to 40% more in Australia, which again is nonsense. What it does however, is give Australians the great option of buying things abroad, almost every major currency has plummeted against the Oz dollar, because most countries have been in recession or had flat line economies, but Australia has boomed over the last 5 years. This is a typical mistake that a lot of people make and it is pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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