Also as a FYI if you have a MSDN account you get a free account (check you MSDN Account)
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Preet Sangha Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 2:22 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: USD $8 App dev accounts According to http://blogs.windows.com/windows_phone/b/wpdev/archive/2012/10/30/announcing-the-new-windows-phone-8-developer-platform.aspx You can get appdev accounts for on USD $8 for the next week. They say that they'll charge 99 in local currency but refund the difference in the next month. My local currency in NZD but they want 70. I wonder if this is a ex rate reversal? What do you guys get for AUD? -- regards, Preet, Overlooking the Ocean, Auckland