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 Apple UK is considering reducing the quoted price of the iPod mini following a backlash of complaints about the substantial price mark-up on the US price, according to a report in the Guardian. The US version of the iPod mini will sell for $249  equivalent to 162. Apple UK has said that it would sell the device for 38 more  199. Although this price incorporates 21 per cent VAT, the result of Apple's efforts to harmonize VAT across Europe. 
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