Comments on: Get the Best Price on Full-Versions of CS3 http://angrydictator.com/2007/04/16/get-the-best-price-on-full-versions-of-cs3/ Your source for five-hour speeches on technology and culture. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:16:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: topfunky http://angrydictator.com/2007/04/16/get-the-best-price-on-full-versions-of-cs3/#comment-471 topfunky Tue, 01 May 2007 18:50:13 +0000 http://pj.doland.org/wordpress/?p=820#comment-471 <p>Got it! Thanks for the tip!</p> Got it! Thanks for the tip!

]]> By: Alex http://angrydictator.com/2007/04/16/get-the-best-price-on-full-versions-of-cs3/#comment-470 Alex Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:04:56 +0000 http://pj.doland.org/wordpress/?p=820#comment-470 <p>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.</p> <p>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.) </p> <p>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. </p> <p>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.</p> 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.

]]> By: Kris http://angrydictator.com/2007/04/16/get-the-best-price-on-full-versions-of-cs3/#comment-469 Kris Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:00:14 +0000 http://pj.doland.org/wordpress/?p=820#comment-469 <p>How about saving $1800? <a href="http://www.flashmagazine.com/1396.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.flashmagazine.com/1396.htm</a></p> How about saving $1800? http://www.flashmagazine.com/1396.htm

]]> By: European http://angrydictator.com/2007/04/16/get-the-best-price-on-full-versions-of-cs3/#comment-468 European Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:24:36 +0000 http://pj.doland.org/wordpress/?p=820#comment-468 <p>"...no one cares that Europeans (or other non-Americans) pay more."</p> <p>Most Europeans and other non-Americans tend to care. I know I do.</p> “…no one cares that Europeans (or other non-Americans) pay more.”

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

]]> By: Jack http://angrydictator.com/2007/04/16/get-the-best-price-on-full-versions-of-cs3/#comment-467 Jack Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:59:05 +0000 http://pj.doland.org/wordpress/?p=820#comment-467 <p>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.</p> 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.

]]> By: David Webb http://angrydictator.com/2007/04/16/get-the-best-price-on-full-versions-of-cs3/#comment-466 David Webb Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:15:04 +0000 http://pj.doland.org/wordpress/?p=820#comment-466 <p>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.</p> 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.

]]> By: ramanan http://angrydictator.com/2007/04/16/get-the-best-price-on-full-versions-of-cs3/#comment-465 ramanan Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:14:57 +0000 http://pj.doland.org/wordpress/?p=820#comment-465 <p>Very cool; Adobe Upgrade Arbitrage.</p> Very cool; Adobe Upgrade Arbitrage.

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