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The move means, for example, that parents in the US can now purchase a new Mac for their son or daughter who may be studying abroad in the UK or France. Prior to this week, it was not possible for customers to purchase Apple products — either online or by phone — for delivery to a different country.
The Cupertino-based company is currently guaranteeing door-to-door delivery of products ordered in the US to 20 countries including: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, and the United Kingdom.
Canada remains conspicuously absent from the list.
"Now it's easy to give iPod and Mac gifts to friends and family in Mexico, Europe, and Southeast Asia. Simply visit the Apple Online Store of the destination country," Apple says. "If you don't speak the language, no problem. Just place your order with an Apple Online Store expert."
All cross border orders will be billed in the currency of the destination country at an exchange rate that will be determined by the purcheser's bank at the time the order is settled. Credit cards — Visa, MasterCard, and American Express — are the only payment types eligible for international billing. Debit cards and other forms of payment are not eligible.
Additional details on Apple's Cross Border international gift-giving campaign are available here.
Andrew Orr
Amber Neely
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Christine McKee
AppleInsider Staff
71 Comments
Yawn....
If they allowed buying from another country's iTunes store, now that would be something.
If they allowed buying from another country's iTunes store, now that would be something.
That's not Apple's decision to make; it's the content providers'.
Just send the kid the money....and hope they buy the computer.
i swear steve jobs hates canada.
we waited forever for the iphone, the canadian itunes store still sucks, we never get access to the same 'special deals' in the online store, despite the fact that orders ship from california anyway, the list goes on...
on behalf of other canadians, i sincerely apologize to our vegan 'dear leader' for canadian bacon. what else could it be?
i swear steve jobs hates canada.
we waited forever for the iphone, the canadian itunes store still sucks, we never get access to the same 'special deals' in the online store, despite the fact that orders ship from california anyway, the list goes on...
on behalf of other canadians, i sincerely apologize to our vegan 'dear leader' for canadian bacon. what else could it be?
Different countries have different economies with different laws governing how they operate. The iTunes Store situation is about copyrights, not a CEO's disdain for his Northern neighbors. The lack of 'special deals' is probably because you burned down our White House once. Canadians = Terrorists.