Incidentally 86% of Dutch people speak English, from my experience that is higher in coastal / docklands areas. Also an iPod shuffle is $49. I thought it was a nice gesture.
You don't think the Jobs family gets a company discount on iPods? C'mon.
So the value of a gift, unlike the value of a product, depends on what the giver paid for it? I would expect the value of the gift to be what it would cost me to acquire it, surely?
Not necessarily. Depends on whether you would have bought it for yourself.