http://duncanriley.disqus.com/enSun, 24 May 2009 10:57:04 -0000http://www.duncanriley.com/2007/06/04/why-are-macs-so-expensive-in-australia/#comment-9856138I doubt it's a tariff.<br>I've just come back from living in the States for just over a year. I was born and bred Aussie though.<br><br>Let me tell you, this is completely across the board. Electronics, food, clothes, petrol!<br><br>Sometimes it's just ridiculous how expensive the markups are.<br>In my mind the factors which cause it are,<br>1. Exchange rates, 2. Shipping Costs, 3. Less Volume of products, 4. Much less competition.<br><br>As a educated consumer, which you obviously now are - Buy from the States and have it shipped, we will continuously get ripped off here which is a big shame.Anon.Sun, 24 May 2009 10:57:04 -0000http://www.duncanriley.com/2007/06/04/why-are-macs-so-expensive-in-australia/#comment-7513387It might be a tariff that Aus. puts on American products, therfore forcing Apple to raise prices to level the margin of profit in Aus. I don't know, though, it's just a theory.GregWed, 25 Mar 2009 22:23:28 -0000