# Apple: rant!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/apple-rant/153190>\
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**Created:** [June 29, 2005, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/apple-rant/153190 "2005-06-29T19:26:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![eyezberg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/77aa72/32.png) [@eyezberg](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/eyezberg)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/apple-rant/153190/1 "2005-06-29T19:26:09Z")

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Ok, try this: go to [www.apple.com](http://www.apple.com)  
All the way at the bottom, select “India” in the country selector.  
You get [http://www.apple.co.in/](http://www.apple.co.in/)  
Click iPod+iTunes

[SIZE=3]Now why the hell does that redirect to [Switch from Android to iPhone - Apple](http://www.apple.com/switch/) ?[/SIZE]

> More people are interested in switching from PCs to Macs than ever before. See why they made the change and how easy it was… blabla…

[SIZE=4]I was looking for iPod prices, stupid Apple!![/SIZE]

I have checked \*\*all online stores \*\* for iPod 60 prices (again), and France is still by far the most expensive, **30% more than US** , can you believe that?

So when I got to that page, I was really fed up with their lack of respect (yes, that’s what is is) and posted this as my “switch story”:

> In fact, I do not own a Mac.  
> And I would never buy one due some research I just did on Applestore!

I have compared prices for an iPod 60 an most online Apple stores, and have found huge price differences.

Mexican store, you can’t even order from Apple.  
India store: when I clicked on iPod, I was redirected to the “switch to a Mac” page here on Apple US!? Any explanation for that?

Now, prices:  
US: $399  
Japan: $414  
Switzerland: $467  
Germany and Spain: $518  
Belgium: $541  
Italy: $554  
France: $566

I live in France, so now you know why I’ll never buy anything Apple.

Also, on the french website, you say that for the 20Gb iPod, sales price includes 17.94€ for private copy; makes then 0.0036 per song (at 5000 songs). But the iPod 60Gb is 23.92€, at 15000 songs that’s just 0.0016 per song!?

I guess no-one from Apple will ever bother to explain any of this, because most certainly you can’t, I do not care anyway, as I am going to blog this as much as I can 😉

Bonjour de Paris  
Joe