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Originally Posted by mikea
I can see your logic re gas prices but I'm sure that I'd prefer to have the choice of paying $3 to $4 a gallon and decide upon my fuel use / engine size rather than be forced to pay $11 to $12 per gallon knowing that 80% is taxes! Interesting example time? My car in the UK is a Citroen C5 Estate with a 2.2 litre straight 4 diesel which gives me an average return of circa 45 mpg and in the UK, this car is considered quite large. However, my previous car was a Land Rover Discovery 2 with a 4.6 Litre V8 petrol engine that gave me an average of 14 to 18 mpg ... Horrific cost to run...
DIY in the UK is similar to much of the rest of Europe, depends whether you buy trade or at the rip off mega stores... I have experience of UK, France and Spain in this, all as bad as each other!
Finally, Apple prices in the UK... here are a few examples (using an XR of 1.587 at todays commercial rate)
iPad Mini from base model @ £269 ($427) to Top model £529 ($839)
iPad 4 from base model @ £399 ($633) to Top model £659 ($1045)
iPhone 5 (unlocked) from £529 ($839) to £699 ($1109)
iMac from £1099 ($1745) to Fully loaded £3558 ($5645)
All prices taken from Apple store Direct.
Most of my Apple kit is actually purchased in the US by either my son or myself with the exception of my iPhone which I get for free on my cell contract... so another comparison : -
My cell contract is for 24 months and included my iPhone 4S (pre- 5 launch)
and includes 2000 mins to any UK landlines or other cellphone per month, 5000 UK SMS per month, unlimited calls to other users on my network and unlimited / unmetered 3G connectivity. For this I pay £36 ($57) per month inclusive of tax.
what else can we compare?
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Wow, you have a cheap cell phone plan. I pay $69.22 for my service and I'm 'lucky' to be grandfathered into my plan.
450 minutes to any US landline/cell.
Unlimited in-network cellphone calls.
500 text messages
Unlimited data (this is where I am grandfathered in, they recently changed it so you have to pay for how much you use).
o0o, and to top it off - this is with a 20% discount!