He lives in Switzerland. $3K barely pays for a lunch and an espresso.

seanmcdirmid 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

Computers are actually cheap as far as Swiss taxes go (I bought my first MacBook Pro when intel came out at EPFL). I’m sure they got their computer for about the same price as you could get it in Hong Kong. But ya, food, rent, and services are pricey in Switzerland, even if you are just grabbing a croissant at coop.

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philsnow 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

There's a reason the Zurich airport has a vending machine that sells slips of gold, platinum, and palladium

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willis936 6 days ago | parent [-]

I'm not sure what the actual reason is, but my first instinct is "tax evasion".

	▲	walletdrainer 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		Paying the 30% premium at a gold ATM and then selling for maybe 95% of spot seems like a terribly inefficient way of avoiding taxes. These machines are just for souvenirs

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denysvitali 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Jokes aside, electronics is way cheaper here (also thanks to a relatively low VAT) than in most countries - although Apple keeps their prices pretty much the same across the world.