cmon guys pay a vacation to the US, buy the adobe suite (whatever you
like) write down in the registration the addrs of your hotel and
connect to the internet, and Doesn't matter where you are, you'd
have online support , because there is no way to trace your
connection (or at least that is what the FBI said in the x-files,
joking), I bought my programs in the us, then used a cargo to
brought it to Ecuador and I used and downloaded the upgrades from
there.....I don't know if I'm saying a lot of nonsenses but that
looks perfectly right for me. My primary language is the spanish, but
I've always use my products set up to english language( by the way I
bet I can't understand the commands or how to use the programs in my
own language-the spanish).
regards
Gustavo Duenas
On Mar 29, 2007, at 10:56 AM, Nick Weekes wrote:
So how would one legally go about buying Adobe software in the US (by
legally I mean not from ebay)? And r.e. the lack of european
support or
upgrade, wouldn't you still be elligible for a US upgrade if you
bought the
software from there?
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian
Thomas
Sent: 29 March 2007 15:39
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] The great CS3 Swindle
Well - a telephone call from Adobe Europe (in the Netherlands) today.
A lovely Russian lady whose name I didn't get.
She tried to tell me the price difference was down to VAT rules -
until I
pointed out that VAT is 17.5% over here, not ~80%.
As an aside, she pointed out that we in the UK pay slightly more
for our
downloads because we pay Republic of Ireland VAT rates for
downloads (21%)
as opposed to UK VAT on box product (17.5%). I'd noticed that the
UK store
downloads were pricier than the box product the other day, and
couldn't
understand it - that explains it. Doesn't have much bearing on the
US/UK
gap, tho'.
Then she tried to be terribly reasonable, telling me that I could,
if I
wished, buy the software from the States, but couldn't then have any
European support or European upgrades (hardly a problem).
I straightfowardly put it to her that it was simply about commercial
interests and that Adobe charged the UK prices that the UK would pay.
Which she agreed with.
Which means the only explanation is - because they can get away
with it.
Ian
On 3/29/07, Ian Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I've 'phoned the Adobe's UK office today and am told that someone
from
the customer services management team will get back to me today to
explain it.
So let's see what happens. :-)
Me, I'm not holding my breath.
Ian
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