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Then $549 for the PS4 in Australia???

FUUUUUUUUUUU…

Gotta love the weak Aussie currency

But US$ to AU$ is 0.94:1 currently…

Bloody foreign companies taking advantage more like!

But Sony is Japanese! It’s…

Okay, so, if we assume it’d be exactly the same price as the US (which is a fool’s dream), it would come to about AU$425. Then you think all the things you listed account for a further $124 PER console?

I would have been happy with $500 really, as that would make more sense given the current conditions, but anything over is clearly just price gouging.

Although, there’s not much other choice, when the other main contender is XboxOne…
And WiiU, but I planned to get that sometime anyway. And PC for that matter…

Well, I just did some calculations:

399 USD = 437 AUD (0.9123:1, from Travelex. Good luck finding a better rate; Google does not account for forex commissions.)

Looking at Amazon shipping rates, I’d estimate about $8-10 on average goes to shipping, and about $5 to handling in Australia, bringing the total to about A$450.

10% GST brings this up to about AUD$495.

So we’re paying about $50 above what the PS4 is actually worth. Still annoying, but not quite as outrageous as claimed.

Yeah, I would be more than happy with that price. $500 would be perfectly fine, but the magic $50 that just so happens to appear is still frustrating for me.

Not as bad as some other companies, mind you, but it’s still apparent.

Unfortunately that’s not really a fault of Sony, but rather of the general mentality that most people overseas wouldn’t do their research on Amazon or eBay to save a relatively meagre $50 on a PS4. If you’re an aware online buyer, you’d pretty much never buy any generic product through official channels.

Mind you, it also costs Sony (and other companies) extra money to maintain support centres, international warranties, and various other costs related to international sales that they wouldn’t have to pay if they solely sold their merch in Japan or the US, so they need to claw back these expenses somehow…

That’s what India is for!

I’ll probably buy it anyway, regardless of the extra cost, so I’ve had my traditional Australian whinge for the day.

“That’s what India is for!” And I thought I was the capitalist!

“I’ll probably buy it anyway” Which is why they charge you extra :P

DAMMIT I’m my own problem…

Stablefree's Shed: I thought Sony was doing well...

stablefree:

drdissonance:

stablefree:

drdissonance:

tsyolin-sounds:

drdissonance:

stablefree:

drdissonance:

Then $549 for the PS4 in Australia???

FUUUUUUUUUUU…

Gotta love the weak Aussie currency

But US$ to AU$ is 0.94:1 currently…

Bloody foreign companies taking advantage more like!

But Sony is Japanese! It’s…

Okay, so, if we assume it’d be exactly the same price as the US (which is a fool’s dream), it would come to about AU$425. Then you think all the things you listed account for a further $124 PER console?

I would have been happy with $500 really, as that would make more sense given the current conditions, but anything over is clearly just price gouging.

Although, there’s not much other choice, when the other main contender is XboxOne…
And WiiU, but I planned to get that sometime anyway. And PC for that matter…

Well, I just did some calculations:

399 USD = 437 AUD (0.9123:1, from Travelex. Good luck finding a better rate; Google does not account for forex commissions.)

Looking at Amazon shipping rates, I’d estimate about $8-10 on average goes to shipping, and about $5 to handling in Australia, bringing the total to about A$450.

10% GST brings this up to about AUD$495.

So we’re paying about $50 above what the PS4 is actually worth. Still annoying, but not quite as outrageous as claimed.

Yeah, I would be more than happy with that price. $500 would be perfectly fine, but the magic $50 that just so happens to appear is still frustrating for me.

Not as bad as some other companies, mind you, but it’s still apparent.

Unfortunately that’s not really a fault of Sony, but rather of the general mentality that most people overseas wouldn’t do their research on Amazon or eBay to save a relatively meagre $50 on a PS4. If you’re an aware online buyer, you’d pretty much never buy any generic product through official channels.

Mind you, it also costs Sony (and other companies) extra money to maintain support centres, international warranties, and various other costs related to international sales that they wouldn’t have to pay if they solely sold their merch in Japan or the US, so they need to claw back these expenses somehow…

That’s what India is for!

I’ll probably buy it anyway, regardless of the extra cost, so I’ve had my traditional Australian whinge for the day.

Stablefree's Shed: I thought Sony was doing well...

stablefree:

drdissonance:

tsyolin-sounds:

drdissonance:

stablefree:

drdissonance:

Then $549 for the PS4 in Australia???

FUUUUUUUUUUU…

Gotta love the weak Aussie currency

But US$ to AU$ is 0.94:1 currently…

Bloody foreign companies taking advantage more like!

But Sony is Japanese! It’s…

Okay, so, if we assume it’d be exactly the same price as the US (which is a fool’s dream), it would come to about AU$425. Then you think all the things you listed account for a further $124 PER console?

I would have been happy with $500 really, as that would make more sense given the current conditions, but anything over is clearly just price gouging.

Although, there’s not much other choice, when the other main contender is XboxOne…
And WiiU, but I planned to get that sometime anyway. And PC for that matter…

Well, I just did some calculations:

399 USD = 437 AUD (0.9123:1, from Travelex. Good luck finding a better rate; Google does not account for forex commissions.)

Looking at Amazon shipping rates, I’d estimate about $8-10 on average goes to shipping, and about $5 to handling in Australia, bringing the total to about A$450.

10% GST brings this up to about AUD$495.

So we’re paying about $50 above what the PS4 is actually worth. Still annoying, but not quite as outrageous as claimed.

Yeah, I would be more than happy with that price. $500 would be perfectly fine, but the magic $50 that just so happens to appear is still frustrating for me.

Not as bad as some other companies, mind you, but it’s still apparent.

Stablefree's Shed: I thought Sony was doing well...

tsyolin-sounds:

drdissonance:

stablefree:

drdissonance:

Then $549 for the PS4 in Australia???

FUUUUUUUUUUU…

Gotta love the weak Aussie currency

But US$ to AU$ is 0.94:1 currently…

Bloody foreign companies taking advantage more like!

But Sony is Japanese! It’s…

Okay, so, if we assume it’d be exactly the same price as the US (which is a fool’s dream), it would come to about AU$425. Then you think all the things you listed account for a further $124 PER console?

I would have been happy with $500 really, as that would make more sense given the current conditions, but anything over is clearly just price gouging.

Although, there’s not much other choice, when the other main contender is XboxOne…
And WiiU, but I planned to get that sometime anyway. And PC for that matter…