print versionAlex Patsay, one of Mac devotees in Russia, has posted an in his blog. He's reasoning of Apple's 'PR fiasco' in Russia and criticizing its overpricing policy. "When the price for the gadgets is 75% higher than it’s in the US, it just looks extremely strange for the locals. Even though Russia has oil and other natural resources, the average salary here is still mere $300 per month", he writes.
Starting with opinionated speech on why Apple should be interested in 'gaining some grounds in the emerging markets', he expectedly came to implying that such unproper policy would be of much interest to the proper institutions. In particularly, he reveals, it might be of RosPotrebNadzor competence (organization similar to Attorney General Office in the US), 'the extremely powerful organization that can forbid operating on the market till the certain conditions are met'.
Patsay distributed his statement to popular online news sites and appealed to the members of Mac-users' LiveJournal community .
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