From: Magda 
Newsgroups: rec.travel.europe uk.finance uk.rec.driving
Subject: Re: Motorists hit by card clone scam
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 01:50:30 +0200

On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:39:45 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve
Firth) arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

 ... Magda  wrote:
 ... 
 ... > You only saw one price - check better, in several shops, in several
 ... > countries. Macs are always more expensive in the end.
 ... 
 ... MacBook Pro
 ... 
 ... Italia      - EUR 2,000 (GBP 1,357.26)
 ... France      - EUR 2,000 (GBP 1,357.26)
 ... Deutschland - EUR 2,000 (GBP 1,357.26)
 ... Belgique    - EUR 2,019 (GBP 1,369.98)
 ... Nederland   - EUR 1,989 (GBP 1,349.62)
 ... UK          - EUR 1,988 (GBP 1,349.00)
 ... 
 ... And why is a Mac (slightly) cheaper in the UK than in those other
 ... countries? Because UK VAT is lower than in the other countries listed.
 ... 
 ... If you want cheaper Macs, complain to your rip-off government.

Now, compare that to the price of PCs.

Funny, how you can't keep up with the subject of the discussion...