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>Consequences of poorly performing GBP and Euro.

In the comparison I have used current exchange rates. GBP or PLN don't have a tendency to drop down by 10% overnight. I also do not see the reason why Apple couldn't offer the option to charge in USD, in Europe many banks offer currency conversion without fees for online card payments, such as Monzo in the UK.

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It’s simple, their finance team’s would be made significantly more complicated and costly - eg now you get to do extra FX management on your stores local sales for VAT. And virtually all their local customers will be wanting/ only able to pay in their local currency anyway. All to sell at an arguably lower price ?

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