It is cheaper to fly to US than buy Adobe software in Australia
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Re: It is cheaper to fly to US than buy Adobe software in Australia
#2Can someone explain why tech stuff in general is quite a bit more expensive in Australia comparatively?
Re: It is cheaper to fly to US than buy Adobe software in Australia
#3Can someone explain why tech stuff in general is quite a bit more expensive in Australia comparatively?
I've heard that setting up shop is quite expensive in Australia due to a number of factors, and that the online prices is matched up to the retail price to avoid hurting profits.
Re: It is cheaper to fly to US than buy Adobe software in Australia
#4I wonder how the piracy rate in Australia (for CS and more generally) compares with that in the US.
Anyone have any figures?
Re: It is cheaper to fly to US than buy Adobe software in Australia
#5There is no excuse why downloadable content should cost more -- economies of scale, shipping costs, and differences in taxes and exchange rates are all irrelevant. Even in the case of physical goods, the disparity is often drastically more than can be accounted for by the above reasons. This comment sums it up quite well: http://news.cnet.com/8618-1001_3-57568633.html?assetTypeId=1...
There is a parliamentary committee currently looking into this disparity in pricing: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57568633-92/apple-microsoft...
Re: It is cheaper to fly to US than buy Adobe software in Australia
#6These articles take the wrong perspective - it's not that Australia is much more expensive in tech matters, it's that the US is much more cheap. I don't know where the recent Australia-specific articles are coming from, but it's been like this since as long as I can remember - that the US is much more cheap than any other country I'm familiar with for tech stuff, including Australia, but also almost every other country.
For example in Europe, the same suite mentioned in the article costs USD 4552.14, or $200 more expensive even than Australia.
Re: It is cheaper to fly to US than buy Adobe software in Australia
#7The same thing happens in the UK. Napster for example charges more than 50% more for a download service in the UK, than in the USA. Completely ridiculous for an internet based download service.
I was going to subscribe until I learned this. Can't support business's gouging their clients.
Re: It is cheaper to fly to US than buy Adobe software in Australia
#8Or you could just get a VPN for $10 and buy Photoshop online from the US website.
Re: It is cheaper to fly to US than buy Adobe software in Australia
#9Voila, monopoly in action.
I have both a grudging respect and an intense dislike of Adobe for their complete ownership of the creative software space. It's kind of amazing, and it's the clearest example of a monopoly that I experience in my everyday life. Well done, I guess?
Re: It is cheaper to fly to US than buy Adobe software in Australia
#10Its not only Aus.
Example: price of Creative Suite® 6 Design Standard is USD1,299 versus GBP1,227, despite the fact that the exchange rate is around 1.55.
For some stupid unknown reason, Adobe will usually charge the same unit price in GBP as they do in USD. They will quote "cost of operating" is higher in the UK, but 55% higher? Bullshit.