[Leica] Expensive software

[lrzeitlin at aol.com (lrzeitlin at aol.com)]

 Howard.
You are right. I received the original post from a friend who claimed it 
came from an Adobe PR. I was so astonished that I had to check it out with 
the only Australian I knew who might be familiar with the pricing. I know 
that when I lived in the UK most photo and computer gear was about 50% more 
expensive than in the US. Every time I went back home I carried a shopping 
list from all my Welsh colleagues. When I checked your information I saw 
that it did come from the How to Geek website. But is it true? What a 
markup!?
Larry Z
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That certainly doesn't sound like a press release from Adobe! It condemns 
the publishers rather than tariffs.

Looks to me like it's from "Geek Trivia" on the How-To Geek website:

http://www.howtogeek.com/trivia/rather-than-buy-locally-its-cheaper-to-fly-roundtrip-from-australia-to-the-us-for-what/


?howard

On Jan 1, 2014, at 11:34 AM,?lrzeitlin at aol.com?wrote:

Goeff,
Is this really true? It's from an Adobe press release.
"Australians frequently complain about the price of imported software, and 
rightfully so. From operating systems to applications, the price of software 
is typically 50% or so higher than it is in the United States.
In fact, the price of Adobe Creative Suite (of which Photoshop is one of the 
most famous elements) is so expensive in Australia ($4,334 as of mid-2013), 
that it?s actually cheaper to book a round trip flight to the U.S. and 
purchase a copy while visiting for $2599. Based on the average cost of 
flights over the last year, you?d save around $600 pulling the stunt.
While it would be easy to blame import tariffs or other government 
intrusions for the absurdly high prices, the blame rests almost entirely on 
the software publishers. The Australian government has conducted multiple 
inquiries into why local prices are so high, going as far as summoning 
representatives from Microsoft, Apple, and Adobe to justify why they gouge 
Australian purchasers so severely."
Larry Z