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markdown · 2020-09-26 18:35:10

At those prices, there are vastly bigger addressable markets elsewhere.

bdcravens | karma 20814 | avg karma 2.3 · | 2022-03-22 12:11:36

On a country scale, the challenge is the wide range of prices in the US, even if the comparison is restricted to major metropolitan areas.

jacknews | karma 6263 | avg karma 2.27 · | 2024-02-27 04:14:22

Sure, I'm just saying in other markets these places are already at mid-tier prices, and the US market looks like it's heading that way too.

FrojoS | karma 2159 | avg karma 2.57 · | 2019-06-24 12:51:42+00:00

What matters is mostly the global price.

samatman | karma 17828 | avg karma 2.76 · | 2022-08-10 08:49:12

It's not strange when prices are higher in places with high demand and fewer options.

dvirsky | karma 2771 | avg karma 3.1 · | 2020-02-11 00:07:05+00:00

It's more extreme because the domestic market size is a fraction of the US' domestic market.

ed_balls | karma 829 | avg karma 1.34 · | 2017-05-11 00:01:13+00:00

Apart from people buying these for status there is another market - Hawaii and other remote places where prices are from 2x to 5x comparing to California.

t0mas88 | karma 6044 | avg karma 3.96 · | 2020-02-18 08:59:38+00:00

Indeed. The other brands prices are also higher here.

rocgf | karma 1054 | avg karma 3.07 · | 2022-10-25 09:48:33

There are too many to name, it's basically the entire developed world, which is basically NA, Western Europe, Australia, Japan, South Korea.

Not saying the US is not more expensive, but it's not a "huge outlier" by any means.

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benjaminwootton | karma 5428 | avg karma 4.42 · | 2022-10-28 04:03:34

In spite of the insane prices too, particularly outside of the US.

jacquesm | karma 227883 | avg karma 3.76 · | 2017-10-31 01:59:43+00:00

The mark-up in western hospitals notwithstanding I can see a large market for cheaper devices in countries that are not so rich.

TuringNYC | karma 8951 | avg karma 3.84 · | 2020-10-06 19:35:58

In other countries, they negotiate prices at the country level.

averageRoyalty | karma 442 | avg karma 0.99 · | 2024-01-20 16:09:29

All of these factors are true in other countries where the prices are set nationally.

OgsyedIE | karma 212 | avg karma 2.65 · | 2024-05-08 23:24:24

You're comparing an international market to a domestic market.

juandopazo | karma 367 | avg karma 5.24 · | 2013-09-11 12:23:16+00:00

US$100 is a lot of money for a lot of people in other markets.

saraid216 | karma 6617 | avg karma 1.54 · | 2013-03-31 17:08:26

The prices are generally higher back there, for what I hope are obvious reasons.

kevinskii | karma 1464 | avg karma 3.95 · | 2023-04-16 22:07:32

Excellent points, but perhaps part of the reason for the price difference is because the US population is much more geographically dispersed, so the infrastructure costs are much higher.

mratsim | karma 1408 | avg karma 2.31 · | 2024-02-20 23:02:12

Or for some there is a national base price.

sjg007 | karma 6164 | avg karma 0.98 · | 2018-10-11 01:53:26+00:00

Especially when different locales have different costs.

baroffoos | karma 3051 | avg karma 2.81 · | 2019-11-25 02:28:02+00:00

Location pricing was done before the internet and ad tracking. Some countries have richer people who can afford to pay more for luxuries.