Comments for Apple Launches iTunes & Online Apple Stores in New Zealand at http://www.nzmac.com , comment 1 to 4 out of 4 comments http://www.nzmac.com Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:10:36 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.nzmac.com/news/apple/apple-launches-itunes-a-online-apple-stores-in-new-zealand.html#comment-79 I stand corrected, bad maths, sorry. My Calculator Widget tells me that US99?´®¢ currently equals NZ$1.437 $1.44 plus 12.5% (x 1.125) equals $1.62 Still well short of the $1.79 being charged per tune. I also think that while Renaissance/NZ Apple Store have gone half-way with tying the NZ prices to the US equivalent, I would like to see Apple ITSELF to have a presence in NZ. A real live bricks and mortar Apple Store? Bart Hanson. - bart hanson Sun, 10 Dec 2006 01:33:29 +0100 http://www.nzmac.com/news/apple/apple-launches-itunes-a-online-apple-stores-in-new-zealand.html#comment-78 Hi Bart You might try that calculation again with real numbers. The exchange rate for US$1 is more like NZ$1.63 not $1.163 The GST rate is 12.5 %, not 10% so 99c x 1.63 = NZ1.63 plus GST it's NZ$1.82 (not such a rip off?) - Fri, 08 Dec 2006 15:50:09 +0100 http://www.nzmac.com/news/apple/apple-launches-itunes-a-online-apple-stores-in-new-zealand.html#comment-77 I have been told that the new Apple NZ Store (www.apple.co.nz/store) prices are directly comparable to the US prices (exchange rate x%). This is great, not least because I hope it means that Apple now recognize us as a market in our own right instead of going through a distributor i.e. Renaissance, or Apple Australia first. Can anyone confirm this? When it comes to the NZ iTunes Music Store though, this is how the maths looks to me... 1 tune in US costs 99c 99c x 1.163 (current exchange rate) = NZ$1.15 10% = $1.26 Actual cost in NZ per tune $1.79 (ripoff?) - Thu, 07 Dec 2006 15:17:30 +0100 http://www.nzmac.com/news/apple/apple-launches-itunes-a-online-apple-stores-in-new-zealand.html#comment-76 Wow this is great, just great finally Apple NZ is here properly. I remember being gutted by a Magnum Mac technician last year when I asked when Apple would come to New Zealand properly along with the iTunes music store, he simply replied "when we add another 20 million to our population". So understandably I was rather pessimistic about this as a possibility. Upon receiving an e-mail from renaissance saying the online store is no long in operation I felt ill for a second thinking they were closing down, but was thrilled to see it direct to an official apple.com link. I signed straight up for an iTunes music store account and brought two games, (1.79 is a good price for a song in my opinion) I'm over the moon! The pricing is so much better now on hardware, I'm totally thrilled. - Sam Wed, 06 Dec 2006 22:24:24 +0100