Originally Posted by
Visconti
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Just curious, why buy it from the Apple store there? Is there a benefit? Reason I ask is because I've got a boatload of Yens I had exchanged (wanted to buy a Grand Seiko) before the pandemic, and now that thankfully given a chance, in rush to spend it.
When you factor in the exchange, it's considerably cheaper, especially when you count the lack of (or refund of) sales tax (vs 9% in California), and the Yen drifting downwards against the US$ after Apple released a product as they don't update the price once the product is released, hence the opportunity to arbitrage.
The downside, seemingly confirmed in this thread, is the inability to do a trade-in (has this been confirmed?), or being able to buy on 0% installments.