I thought .Mac was $99USD

I thought I'd give it a try for a year so started to sign up till I saw the amount, the charge was $139CDN plus tax for a total just over $160. Ouch. $99USD is only $106.57 at the current exchange rate, where did $139 come from? There's no frickin way I'm paying $160 a year for .Mac.

Sorry for the rant, but heck, that's way too expensive.

i fell you dude, same thing with me, i wanted a .mac account but the canadian price is just way too much.

same here, the us price was to much for me!

It takes more energy to force the signals thru all that cold and snow!! ;D

lol it could !

that just seems unfair.

in the UK where i am its £69 so that bout $99 ish. so its fair over here. sucks that you have to pay higher

PapaNoHair said:

It takes more energy to force the signals thru all that cold and snow!! ;D

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That explains the $114 price in Norway too ;D

It takes more energy to force the signals thru all that cold and snow!!

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Canada is up from here, too. Those electrons are fighting gravity the whole way.

tariffs?

What's the price differences on other internet services from the States to Canada?

Canadians pay more anyways. $2 on a $4 magazine isn't exactly normal exchange rate right?

christm said:

lol it could !

that just seems unfair.

in the UK where i am its £69 so that bout $99 ish. so its fair over here. sucks that you have to pay higher

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Um, no it's about $140-ish... so you're paying 40% more than me.

Apple are not adjusting their prices to account for the crashing US dollar, but then neither is anyone else.

Zoolook said:

Um, no it's about $140-ish... so you're paying 40% more than me.

Apple are not adjusting their prices to account for the crashing US dollar, but then neither is anyone else.

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Sounds like their being blissfully unaware to increase profit. "oh, the dollar fell, we don't follow monetary issues very closely." Yeah right. If the issue was reversed . . .

fleurya said:

Sounds like their being blissfully unaware to increase profit. "oh, the dollar fell, we don't follow monetary issues very closely." Yeah right. If the issue was reversed . . .

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Well... to be fair, if every company adjusted its prices to suit the FX rates, there would be a lot of problems. Can you imagine prices bouncing up and down on websites daily?

But I agree - many companies are making a lot of money with the week dollar... it supports US companies exporting to non-US markets.

Here you go... .Mac for 79.99 I bought a copy last year for 69.99. Amazon is a bit cheaper for some stuff. Hope it'll work for all of you across the puddle or north of me!!