Steve Jobs Tells Germans to Blame Their Government for iPad Price Difference
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Re: Steve Jobs Tells Germans to Blame Their Government for iPad Price Difference
#2The headline makes it sound like Steve Jobs is being rude to Apple customers, but actually from the article, it seems like he's just curtly informing them of why the iPad price is 15 euros higher in Germany than in other european countries.
Re: Steve Jobs Tells Germans to Blame Their Government for iPad Price Difference
#3EU governments sure do love their taxes.
Re: Steve Jobs Tells Germans to Blame Their Government for iPad Price Difference
#4The headline makes it sound like Steve Jobs is being rude to Apple customers, but actually from the article, it seems like he's just curtly informing them of why the iPad price is 15 euros higher in Germany than in other european countries.
Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that he was being rude, I just paraphrased him.
I liked that he's frank about redirecting any potential criticism from Apple to the German government, where it belongs. I don't know that I've ever seen a CEO do this, directly to customers, without pulling any punches.
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#5The headline makes it sound like Steve Jobs is being rude to Apple customers, but actually from the article, it seems like he's just curtly informing them of why the iPad price is 15 euros higher in Germany than in other european countries.
Jobs is quoted as saying:
Please educate yourself.
That seems rude to me. He might be responding to an equally rude complaint that was sent to him, but it still seems like bad PR to me.
Re: Steve Jobs Tells Germans to Blame Their Government for iPad Price Difference
#6EU governments sure do love their taxes.
US states sure do love theirs! down to every damn municipality.
I hope Volcker will prevail and US will get VAT finally.
Re: Steve Jobs Tells Germans to Blame Their Government for iPad Price Difference
#7People in Europe usually have the VAT included in the advertised price, so I can see how people would be getting their hopes up when seeing the american prices.
Re: Steve Jobs Tells Germans to Blame Their Government for iPad Price Difference
#8EU governments sure do love their taxes.
Hell, yeah! And I’m happy about it. High taxes but a lot of bang for the buck.
Re: Steve Jobs Tells Germans to Blame Their Government for iPad Price Difference
#9The headline makes it sound like Steve Jobs is being rude to Apple customers, but actually from the article, it seems like he's just curtly informing them of why the iPad price is 15 euros higher in Germany than in other european countries.
Jobs is quoted as saying: Please educate yourself. That seems rude to me. He might be responding to an equally rude complaint that was sent to him, but it still seems like bad PR to me.
besides, meddling in politics of foreign state... not very smart thing to do for a CEO