Companies Ignore IT Pricing Inquiry And Continue To Sell Over Priced Items: Adobe Systems Incorporated (ADBE) and More

Apple’s prices are expensive anywhere, and Australia is certainly no exception. On the Australian Apple website, the iPad Mini is listed at $379 – $50 more than in the United States. The base 27-inch iMac is priced at $1,799 in America, $2,054 in Australia, and $2,352 in the UK. So, Australia isn’t getting the worst end of the deal, but it still seems out of place to charge almost 15% more in Australia than here at home.

The Foolish Conclusion…

It appears as though the claim from the Australian government is valid for all three companies. CHOICE, the organization that originally approached the Australian government with concerns, claims that, “Australians are paying on average 34% more for software, 52% more for iTunes music, 88% more for Wii games and 41% more for computer hardware than U.S. consumers.” Obviously some of these allegations include other companies, but they are centralized on these three. Regardless of the outcome of these allegations, I would not expect these three companies to be affected in a major way.

The article Companies Ignore IT Pricing Inquiry And Continue To Sell Over Priced Items originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Tyler Wofford.

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