MacBook Pro Prices around the world

Question

I have done some research and the following are prices from Apple Stores around the world on the web for the 2.0GHz standard model, no add-ons.
Prices have been converted to United States Dollars for comparison:
Apple USA: $2499
Apple UK: $3167
Apple Singapore: $2861
Apple Israel: $3445
Apple Australia: $2928
Apple Germany: $3168
Apple Finland: $3350
So for a UK purchaser, they could fly to New York for a weekend for $300, buy a MBPro and have a good time and STILL save money !!!!

Answer 1

Strangely - I actually had a chat with a customs officer at Heathrow once about this very issue.
The law states that you have to declare - but in reality no one ever does ! How many people arrive at London Heathrow with laptops ??? More than I can count !! And I go through Heathrow at least once a month.
To be a completely correct law abiding citizen,. every purchase over 136 pounds has to be declared at UK customs.
If its for personal use, USUALLY they are not interested; if its for RE-SALE then its a different issue.
If you are shipping goods via a web/telephone purchase then the US store will put a pro-forma invoice and a Certificate of Origin with the goods. This will be in US Dollars, so any taxes will be calculated based on the US Dollar price.
If you ship from a US store (CompUSA) for example, the carrier (UPS, FedEx or DHL etc) will clear the goods through customs for you, and you will pay the duty (15%) of the actual declared value on the shipment form. NOT the value of the item in the UK.
Its usually all seamless and troublefree - and it pays to look around INTERNATIONALLY before buying anything these days.
NOTE: Most US based stores will NOT accept foreign credit cards via the web or phone apart from Amex, but its so simple to wire money these days bank to bank that really its not an issue.
As always though, caveat emptor....