Get the Best Price on Full-Versions of CS3

If you need a full version of one of the Premium collections of Adobe Creative Suite 3, you can save over 12% by taking advantage of an irregularity in the pricing of currently available editions and upgrade versions.

Mac Upgrades

CS3 Web Premium: Instead of buying a full-version of Adobe Creative Suite CS3 Web Premium (Mac) for $1,582.99, you can buy a full-version copy of Macromedia Studio 8 for $909.99 and a Mac upgrade license of CS3 Web Premium for $493.99. Total Savings: $179.01 (or 11.3% off)

CS3 Design Premium: Instead of buying a full-version license of Adobe Creative Suite CS3 Design Premium (Mac) for $1,780.99, you can buy a full-version copy of Macromedia Studio 8 for $909.99 and a Mac upgrade license of CS3 Design Premium for $592.99. Total Savings: $278.01 (or 15.6% off)

PC Upgrades

CS3 Web Premium: Instead of buying a full-version of Adobe Creative Suite CS3 Web Premium (PC) for $1,581.99, you can buy a full-version copy of Macromedia Studio 8 for $909.99 and a PC upgrade license to CS3 Web Premium for $492.99. Total Savings: $179.01 (or 11.3% off)

CS3 Design Premium: Instead of buying a full-version license of Adobe Creative Suite CS3 Design Premium (PC) for $1,780.99, you can buy a full-version copy of Macromedia Studio 8 for $909.99 and a PC upgrade license of CS3 Design Premium for $589.99. Total Savings: $281.01 (or 15.7% off)

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Posted by PJ on Apr 16, 2007 | Comments |

7 comments posted

  1. Posted by ramanan - 04/17/2007

    Very cool; Adobe Upgrade Arbitrage.

  2. Posted by David Webb - 04/17/2007

    And for those of us who live outside the states and are getting charged nearly 200% of the US price its nice to know you guys can get a further 15% off your “bargain” prices.

  3. Posted by Jack - 04/18/2007

    Oh stop your whining already, no one cares that Europeans (or other non-Americans) pay more. At least your quality of life is greater than that of the typical narrow-sighted American. Feel good about that, and just pay more for the software.

  4. Posted by European - 04/18/2007

    “…no one cares that Europeans (or other non-Americans) pay more.”

    Most Europeans and other non-Americans tend to care. I know I do.

  5. Posted by Kris - 04/19/2007

    How about saving $1800? http://www.flashmagazine.com/1396.htm

  6. Posted by Alex - 04/26/2007

    I don’t like being charged almost $20 for a magazine just because it comes from England, where it would sell for something like 6 or 7 pounds. Or taking a trip to England and having to pay over $10 for a cheap meal at McDonalds.

    With that out of the way, I think it is insane that they don’t just price Photoshop at what it’s worth based on the exchange rate. (And looking at the list in the site linked in the previous post, I find it strange that CS3 Web Premium costs 200 euros more in France than in the Netherlands.)

    Of course, the real culprit is the exchange rate. The US Dollar has fallen drastically compared to the European currencies in the past couple years. Where a pound used to cost just over $1.50, it now costs $2.00.

    I always thought that all of the world’s “stable” currencies should be hedged, or fixed against one another. I’m not an economist, and I don’t know all the ramifications of hedging the world’s currencies, but I believe it would do more good than bad.

  7. Posted by topfunky - 05/01/2007

    Got it! Thanks for the tip!

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