Besides the fact that most of the software Australia gets is packaged in Asia (mainly Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand at the moment), and I believe most of the software in the US is either in Asia or in Central and South America. Hence no matter how much the US gets it for, Aus should get it at a similar price too...
This does not only apply to software by the way, plenty of other types of goods have the same sort of price 'inflation' in Australia. What is more shocking is that not enough people are asking why, and too many are just paying the shelf prices. On Dec 13, 9:28 pm, "Andrew Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Boxed or not. > > Adobe or others have the ability to bring the product into Australia > at cost, not to mention that it might also be chaper to package > locally. So import and duties etc really do not play aprt in this at > all. > > Now as I said A current Affair ran a story a short while ago about > retailers profiting on the strong dollar, forcing our interest rate up > because they are getting richer and making the economy stronger. > > There is no argument at all, like I said I bought a 160gig ipod, that > retails here for $477 (AUD) by it from apple it is $390.00 or was when > I bought it. Had it shipped by a friend at a grand total of $400.00 > (AUD) > > So did I pay duty? Did I pay anything but postage, there is a little > known fact that companies (Know this from the games industry) lie > about the true value of the package to avoid all this. > > I mean I rememebr 10 x Playstation development kits in 1990 come into > the country at a value of $25,000 (aud) go down as being worth $10 to > avoid such duties / taxes. > > If you think that a company the size of Adobe can;t do the same you a > wrong, they already do. And profit from our ignorance, or lack of > ability to stand up to them. > > Remember been down this road before when Vista was released, the ACCC > is looking into this practice by business / companies. > > On 12/13/07, Dale Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I agree the downloaded product is what we are discussing here, a boxed > > product is a different story. > > > Its not like anyone is trying to rip off Adobe or do an injustice to the > > Australian market, but there are heaps of products now that you can only buy > > online, and heaps of others that allow you to buy online regardless of your > > location. > > > I know I purchase a lot of software this way in downloadable format, a lot > > of which I wouldn't even be able to find in a box anywhere. So I think its a > > change in thinking, I'm going to buy it online and look for the best deal I > > can. > > > Regards > > Dale Fraser > > >http://learncf.com > > -- > Senior Coldfusion Developer > Aegeon Pty. Ltd.www.aegeon.com.au > Phone: +613 8676 4223 > Mobile: 0404 998 273 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
