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It is not just The Economist, if there is geo-based pricing, we in NZ usually get a raw deal. For example video games.

Tax is not enough to account for it. Our sales tax is 15%, so twice California, but we are paying well in excess of the difference and we did before the govt. started levying tax on overseas online sales.



Seems like a case of "what the market will bear" along the lines of higher travel prices being shown for Safari/Mac users.




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