Quote Originally Posted by Hanna View Post
If you want to convince anyone with your iPad example, please post links to a Belarussian, Russian, German and American vendor selling iPad Airs. We are all aware that electronics and clothes are more expensive in Europe for a number of perfectly legitimate reasons and there is nothing sinister about that.
iPad Air - Buy iPad Air with Free Shipping - Apple Store (U.S.) <--- The U.S. Apple Stores' offer (the top one costs $929)
iPad <--- The German Apple Stores' offer (the top one costs 869 Euros, or around $1173)
iPad Air – Купите iPad Air с бесплатной доставкой - Apple Store ( <--- The Russian Apple Stores' offer (you'll have to do some math there, the top one costs 36,990 Russian rubles, that will be around $1121)

Yes, in Russia you can get it for a lower price than in Germany, but I wasn't talking about Russia, was I? =))

Now, the most interesting part. There are no official Apple Stores in Belarus at all!!! What I've been able to find is some kind of "premium reseller store", but it's doubtful it even has that status. Anyway, here's the webpage:

iPad Air купить в Минске i-Store

Don't get shocked with what you see at the first glance, because their currency rates can actually shock anyone! So, that nice price tag of "12,299,000" in their local currency becomes $1317, by their current rates. More expensive than that in Russia, more expensive than that in Germany. Yes, my information about the $1,500 price was a bit outdated, but you've got the idea. =))