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Did I win?Probably not!
I seemed to be the sole protestor of the inflated prices we were being asked to pay here in Australia for Adobe products. Specifically, a downloaded upgrade to Adobe Lightroom 4, which cost US$79 in the States, but the list price here was $98.75 (equivalent at the time to around $105). I emphasise that this is for a download, where no-one has to do anything - it is all automated and what you get in the States is what you get here. I thought it was over the top and I said so here, and on dpreview. I also contacted Adobe and got a nonsense answer about taxes and IT surcharges. I sent an email to the IT editors of the Fairfax newspapers - all to no avail. Now, we Queenslanders don't give up too easily. I was determined not to pay the "I live in Australia tax" as it was christened by someone here. On 7 March I ordered an upgrade disk via PriceUSA, one of those clearing houses with a US address. I paid them AU$91 including shipping, so I only saved about $7. It arrived today. Obviously the point of the exercise was to avoid paying Adobe their outrageous AUD pricing - not to save money, but to prevent them from getting it - if you can see that distinction. I succeeded there. However it has taken 5 weeks to receive the disk, which is obviously significantly longer than a download, even on my BigPond cable service. TFF (Trevor)
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Re: Did I win?Nicely done Trevor. This is the same story with itunes....
Re: Did I win?I commend you for your tenacity...reminds me of the fight I am currently engaged with in order to remove my email address from an unwanted/uninvited mailing list.
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Except iTunes is much easier to circumvent.
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Yes but it's the same principle.
Re: Did I win?Waiting 5 weeks to save $7? While I'm usually on the principle side, this is a bit much
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I agree with you. Except my motivation was not to save money, but to deny Adobe an extra $20 (approx) that they didn't deserve! TFF (Trevor)
My History Blog: Your Brisbane: Past & Present My Photo Blog: The Foto Fanatic Nikon stuff!
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