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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•23 days agoIn the Australian market the base model is: selling for au$700 if we remove GST we get au$635…45 and convert to USD for us$383.91 If we compare the listed US price: 450 ÷ 383.91 = 1.172 So the US price was already about 17% higher than our local price, a position that may have been taken in anticipation of the US tariffs. How do the other international pre sales tax prices compare to the US? Is this pattern across the board or is Australia an anomaly?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•23 days agoThe retail price in Hong Kong is somewhat close to the US. Base costs HKD3450, which is about USD442
In the Australian market the base model is:
If we compare the listed US price:
So the US price was already about 17% higher than our local price, a position that may have been taken in anticipation of the US tariffs.
How do the other international pre sales tax prices compare to the US? Is this pattern across the board or is Australia an anomaly?
The retail price in Hong Kong is somewhat close to the US. Base costs HKD3450, which is about USD442