Thanks Brian,
The US$ trick worked for me (Spain). Regards, Jaume >________________________________ > De: Brian Walters <apathy...@lyons-ryan.org> >Para: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >Enviado: Martes 26 de junio de 2012 2:36 >Asunto: If You're Ordering the 2012 Annual Ouside of the USA.... > >G'day all > >Like others, I found that the discount codes mentioned by others wouldn't work >for me in Australia but, after a bit of online searching I think I've found a >work around. It seems to have worked for me in Australia - it may work in >other countries as well. > >The trick is to do the transaction in US dollars. > >On the order page for the annual, if you scroll down to the bottom right >you'll see a drop down box where you can select to carry out the transaction >in US dollars rather than your local currency (choose "Blurb United States"). >Once you've done that you'll find that the discount code "UNIVERSITY25" will >work. > >A disconcerting feature of Australian orders is that Blurb is now charging >Goods and Services Tax. This is something new and adds 10% to the quoted cost >of the annual for Australian buyers. Strangely, the tax is added even if you >make the purchase in US dollars and the amount charged is more than 10%. I'm >not sure what's going on with this but even with PayPal's skewed exchange rate >for USD/AUD, I've still come out ahead by using US dollars for the transaction >(I think.....) > > >--Cheers > >Brian > >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >Brian Walters >Western Sydney Australia >http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > >--PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >PDML@pdml.net >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow >the directions. > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
