From: Magda 
Newsgroups: rec.travel.europe uk.finance uk.rec.driving
Subject: Re: Motorists hit by card clone scam
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:32:01 +0200

On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 23:23:33 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, steve@italiancar.co.uk (SteveH)
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

 ... Magda  wrote:
 ... 
 ... >  ... Care to come up with some evidence of these expensive Macs?
 ... > 
 ... > You only saw one price - check better, in several shops, in several
 ... > countries. Macs are always more expensive in the end.
 ... 
 ... OK, I've just checked the German and Dutch stores - 1099 euros in
 ... Holland, 1119 euros in Germany (a few quid more due to VAT), in fact all
 ... European countries in the 'Euro Zone' are within 20 or 30 euros of each
 ... other. Variances are due to local taxes.

Between 749 pounds and 1119 Euros there is *a little more* than 20-30 Euros difference...
Just a smidge!

 ... I've only checked the Apple Store because Apple margins are so low that
 ... all retailers, almost without exception, sell at the same price as the
 ... Apple Store.
 ... 
 ... Care to find evidence to disprove this?

No time to waste with Mac users. Good for you guys if you have so much money to waste.