Did anyone see the enormous difference in price between an upgrade in the States and Europe?
I'm talking about prices excluding VAT. In the States you pay $ 149 and in Europe you have to pay an equivalent amount of $ 217. Which is almost 50% more expensive! Even the price in Euro € 169 exceeds the dollar price.
Gerlo
White Balance so easy, even our 5 year old can do it.- Melissa Strickland
Let's face it. Adobe is an American Co. If they can turn a larger profit in Europe to offset the cost of doing business there, they will.
If you've ever picked up a UK computer magazine, you'll often see that the price of things is essentially the same. Meaning, it seems as though the Dollar sign was simply swapped with the Pound sign: 150 Dollars = 150 Pounds. I've always wondered about that.
As a note, I rarely bother with a carnet when I go to Europe with my equipment these days. As a customs inspector recently told me, they photo equipment is much cheaper in the USA than in most of the world, with the exception of the Far East.
Nemo
White Balance so easy, even our 5 year old can do it.- Melissa Strickland
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. Which is almost 50% more expensive!
Gerlo
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You' re kidding?
I did receive today an offer for the update, by mail - from a well-known store; its 219 % on the US price, or something near 330 $. At the german Adobe's shop, its 385 $, in Italy as well.
NO kidding, though.... [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]
As I upgrated a few months ago to CS, I'm considering to wait on CS-3.
White Balance so easy, even our 5 year old can do it.- Melissa Strickland
When I checked the local price for an upgrade here in Australia to buy the original CS, it was something like $360.00 Australian, whereas US$149.00 converted to something like $200 Australian at the time.
I wrote to Adobe here in Australia asking how they could have the effrontery/cheek/gall/barefaced audacity to charge so much here when it was so much cheaper in the US. I no longer have the reply email but I recall it saying that the Australian version comes in a box whereas the US upgrade was a download only.
Obviously they had no real reason to charge so much extra other than the fact that they could, so they did. Don't get me wrong, I think Photoshop is a great program, it just really annoys me that Adobe thinks it is fine to sell their product in the US for one price and then rip-off photographers in other parts of the world, simply because they can.
Cheers from Downunder
Noelb
White Balance so easy, even our 5 year old can do it.- Melissa Strickland
Comon Noel... you should be used to it by now. Everywhere I go to buy something, the first reaction to price is always "how much?!", "what did you say?".
Lucky I don't need the upgrade for the moment.
Bill.
White Balance so easy, even our 5 year old can do it.- Melissa Strickland
"Simply because they can.."? That's just it. It's time they realized they're getting too cocky on this one. I trust you've read my gripes on this one too. Let's all get together constructively and tell 'em what's what. The easy way out is what's really happening out there: people are sticking two fingers up at Adobe and using copies. I think this is unfair to the guys who have left their brains on the project, don't you?
White Balance so easy, even our 5 year old can do it.- Melissa Strickland
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I wrote to Adobe here in Australia asking how they could have the effrontery/cheek/gall/barefaced audacity to charge so much here when it was so much cheaper in the US. I no longer have the reply email but I recall it saying that the Australian version comes in a box whereas the US upgrade was a download only.
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Actually, it wasn't -- the US CS upgrade came in a box. You could order it online from Adobe for US$149, but it had to be physically shipped. It came with a printed manual.
Mathew
White Balance so easy, even our 5 year old can do it.- Melissa Strickland
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