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

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Subject: [Leica] Tripods > KEN
From: kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:11:12 -0500
References: <80F9701439F20347874CE5E4E03C22E95F7A9D40@WhizzMAIL01.whizz.org> <CBBBA91D.1D7B4%mark@rabinergroup.com> <002301cd21e7$bd731410$38593c30$@chiaroscuro.co.nz> <20120424095240.f33qb6f38gg8wgk4@webmail.marcdufour.net> <4F97470D.5040306@cox.net> <CAH1UNJ1d6uCetiCtyOiQHbzNSxj2tXRWJyVV8Lbt-5rU6Cq4og@mail.gmail.com> <000f01cd230c$767aee40$6370cac0$@net>, <4F9863E9.9010304@cox.net> <80F9701439F20347874CE5E4E03C22E95F7BB435@WhizzMAIL01.whizz.org>, <4F988BFE.1080002@cox.net> <80F9701439F20347874CE5E4E03C22E95F7BD670@WhizzMAIL01.whizz.org>

OK, that makes sense.  I was about ready to launch into international 
trade conspiracies :)

Ken

On 4/25/2012 6:55 PM, John McMaster wrote:
> 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
>>>>>>
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Replies: Reply from robertmeier at usjet.net (Robert Meier) ([Leica] Tripods > KEN)
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