Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/25

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Subject: [Leica] Tripods > KEN
From: john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:55:43 +0000
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I have CS5.5 Master Collection which is why it costs more

john
________________________________________


OK, I think I see how this works.  I went to the Adobe Australian site
and see the upgrade to CS6 is 337AS(AUD), which is USD 350.  This must
be because I am signing in from a U.S. address?  I'm guessing that if I
had signed in from a site in oz I would see USD 525?  Or from an address
in Spain I would see a much higher price for LR4 than 129 euro?  It
makes no sense to me that a download would be so much higher than the
currency conversion and the VAT would indicate.

Ken

On 4/25/2012 5:48 PM, John McMaster wrote:
> The upgrade for my CS5.5 to CS6 is 525USD (download) on the USA site, my 
> local Adobe store has it for 800AUD (download - 830USD) and still waiting 
> to hear the NZ retail price........
>
> john
> ________________________________________
>
>
> There must be more than one distribution route.  On the Adobe Spain site
> I looked at, LR4 is 129 euro, which is approximately the USD price plus 
> VAT.
>
> Ken
>
> On 4/25/2012 12:54 PM, Marc Dufour wrote:
>> Ken,
>>
>> More and more interesting.
>> I've been looking for information about import duties in UE, but it seem
>> it's information reserved for pros, I don't know.
>> It's usually around 10%, but the local taxes are very different in each
>> country.
>> For an example, the price of a graphic design program I use every day,
>> CorelDraw, which is 499$ in USA, is 771$ in GB, 933$ in Spain, 945$ in
>> France...
>> In Spain, the Vat is 20%, so: 499 $ + 10% +20%: around 658 $, not 933$.
>> I don't understand :(
>> Marc
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 6:06 AM, Ken Carney<kcarney1 at cox.net>   wrote:
>>
>>> Marc,
>>>
>>> Interesting.  Do you know why the price differences?  Local taxes,
>>> import duties?  I would think Adobe would not arbitrarily raise the
>>> USD price unless to absorb some offsetting cost or tax?  Just curious.
>>>
>>> Ken
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4/24/2012 2:52 AM, Marc Dufour wrote:
>>>
>>>> Interesting trend...
>>>>
>>>> Another example, form this morning:
>>>> Price for Photoshop CS6 in USA: 699 USD (Adobbe online shop) Price
>>>> for Photoshop CS5 (CS FIVE) in Spain: 1319,54 USD (Spanish Adobe
>>>> online shop)
>>>>
>>>> I could give more examples, as scandalous as this one.
>>>> The way the great US companys make themselves greater and greater.
>>>> A shame.
>>>> Marc
>>>>
>>>> John McMaster<john at chiaroscuro.co.nz>   ha escrito:
>>>>
>>>>    I live in the capital city, I have also been to most large cities in
>>>>> Australia. I have lived in London and visited B&H so know what I am
>>>>> missing in Aus/NZ.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think Americans do not realise what it can be like for the rest of
>>>>> the world. I have a query with Epson NZ; the 7900 retails for $4K
>>>>> USD but with a current offer making it $3K USD. The price in NZ is
>>>>> +$7700USD+local tax - that is a huge difference.....
>>>>>
>>>>> john
>>>>>


Replies: Reply from kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney) ([Leica] Tripods > KEN)
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