J E F F4Whatta Ya Think About Dat? Premium Member join:2004-04-01 Kitchener, ON |
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Re: [Rant] UPS has horrible service.said by Bob4:So you order something from Apple and they ship it from China? Is that why Apple charges so much? Everything Apple makes is made in China. It has to come from China. That's why you can buy an iPad for under $400 instead of over $1,000. Shipping is always free. If I was in the USA, I could have done in-store pick-up, a service they don't provide here. I used the Apple Store because Apple currently has special financing for 6 months, so I used the Apple credit card. |
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Bob4
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2012-Dec-13 8:39 pm
Stores here sell Apple products for less than Apple charges at their own stores. |
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said by J E F F4:said by Bob4:So you order something from Apple and they ship it from China? Is that why Apple charges so much? Everything Apple makes is made in China. It has to come from China. That's why you can buy an iPad for under $400 instead of over $1,000. Shipping is always free. If I was in the USA, I could have done in-store pick-up, a service they don't provide here. I used the Apple Store because Apple currently has special financing for 6 months, so I used the Apple credit card. Higher end machines for both computers and phones/tablets all are cheaper than apple products, you pay for the name and the OS, that being said chinese labor is cheaper, but apple gouges their customers because they can that being said UPS is usually good for me, in fact just had a package delivered today from target.com with regular shipping, 22lbs took 3 days total from purchase to at my door they rung the doorbell, left the package(nice neighborhood) and was driving away as i pulled the package inside |
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J E F F4Whatta Ya Think About Dat? Premium Member join:2004-04-01 Kitchener, ON |
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Apple store or 'stores'.
The Apple Stores here will price match, since usually there is a sale going on somewhere. (right now MacBooks are all $150 less than Apple Store) |
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Bob4
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2012-Dec-13 8:56 pm
Here's a Microcenter ad from a couple weeks ago. Don't know how their prices compare. Sales tax is 3.5%. |
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J E F F4Whatta Ya Think About Dat? Premium Member join:2004-04-01 Kitchener, ON |
J E F F4
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2012-Dec-13 8:58 pm
I paid $329 no shipping cost. I DO have to pay sales tax, which is 5% national and 8% provincial.
Staples had them for $299 but were sold out in 2 minutes. And no one else had them either. |
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Bob4
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2012-Dec-13 9:00 pm
13% sales tax. What a deal! |
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J E F F4Whatta Ya Think About Dat? Premium Member join:2004-04-01 Kitchener, ON |
J E F F4
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2012-Dec-13 9:02 pm
said by Bob4:13% sales tax. What a deal! It's insane. Oh well...I can move to Alaska since they have 0% sales tax...and $329 is $329. |
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M A R S Premium Member join:2001-06-15 Long Island |
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said by Bob4:13% sales tax. What a deal! Comes with a discount on health insurance! |
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said by J E F F4:said by Bob4:So you order something from Apple and they ship it from China? Is that why Apple charges so much? Everything Apple makes is made in China. It has to come from China. Then people buy iPhones in the US and send them back to China: » www.digitaljournal.com/a ··· e/338981 |
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J E F F4Whatta Ya Think About Dat? Premium Member join:2004-04-01 Kitchener, ON |
J E F F4
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2012-Dec-14 9:49 am
said by Bob4:said by J E F F4:said by Bob4:So you order something from Apple and they ship it from China? Is that why Apple charges so much? Everything Apple makes is made in China. It has to come from China. Then people buy iPhones in the US and send them back to China: » www.digitaljournal.com/a ··· e/338981 It's like me going to the USA to buy Canadian alcohol and bringing it back to Canada because it's cheaper in the US... Crazy world we live in. |
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