I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for prices changing from this, unfortunately.
At the end of the day pricing is purely a marketing function, and in that world the only rule is to charge as much as the customer is willing to pay. Then there are hundreds of ways to justify the price by calling accounting and agreeing on what costs are being covered by the price. For all you know the price difference is to pay for the private jets that the sales reps are taking to go around Europe..! (*) In addition, it is likely that the target for these prices are companies, not individuals. Said companies can get the VAT off in some countries, and may benefit from other tax cuts (e.g. passing this as an expense) which makes them much more willing to foot the bill than your average developer guy/gal, who has to pay from his/her net income and pay VAT on top of it. So... I don't believe it's going to change unless some of the subsidiaries see drops in profits. It's going to take some massive boycotting or perhaps push from an open-source competitor product for things to change... both unlikely. (*) ...or more likely, it must be paying for a lot of local country specialists, lawyers, etc. which are unique to each country, thus driving the overhead costs through the roof. On 4/24/07, Zárate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi guys, Sorry to bring this up again, but Danielle Libine has put up a really interesting pdf about the subject. He gathers lots of data with really clear graphics about prices and countries. Then a couple of questions for Adobe: http://web.mac.com/libine/iWeb/Site/Article.html I think we really should keep the "pressure" up and "force" Adobe to at least give a public, official explanation. Hopefully a review of the prices. Cheers, Juan On 4/7/07, Søren Christensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Yes it is totally f*ckd up - production bundle upgrade: > us: $1199 / €897 eu/spain: $2630 / €1967 > > So guess which side of the atlantic i am buying my upgrade ;-) > > Cheers, > >B) Søren > > On Mar 28, 2007, at 4:27 PM, Joe Wheeler wrote: > > > Has anyone checked out the international prices on CS3? > > > > I can hardly believe how badly the UK is getting fleeced. > > > > I'm upgrading from CS1 Creative Suite and Studio 8 to CS3 Design > > Premium. In > > the US that's $599.00 dollars, but in the UK pounds it works out to > > £703.82. > > Take the exchange rate into account and UK customers are paying... > > > > > > 1,384.51 USD!!! > > > > Sales tax in the UK is 17.5% but the Adobe price hike is a whopping > > 231% - W > > T F? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > > http://www.figleaf.com > > http://training.figleaf.com > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > -- Juan Delgado - Zárate http://zarate.tv http://dandolachapa.com http://loqueyosede.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
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