It is cheaper to fly to US than buy Adobe software in Australia

Post by kd0amg » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 3:48 PM UTC

patja wrote: post #119

Wingman4l7 wrote: post #5

There 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 committ…

There is no excuse why a movie ticket for a 7:00 PM showing should cost more than a movie ticket for the first showing of the day. If anything it should cost less because there are more people in attendance making the cost per attendee lower. Outrage! Let's get the United Nations, Interpol, and the Parliament to intervene!

Post by Belhor » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 4:01 PM UTC

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 4:19 PM UTC

sailfast wrote: post #113

cletus wrote: post #111

As an Australian (now an NYC resident), I am no stranger to the price gouging that Australians have had to suffer although I must say that how it is now is much, much better than it was 10-20 years ago. First, it's worth noting that US prices don't include sales tax. Australian prices include a 10% GST. Second, international companies will end up doing their accounting in one currency. For tech companies unsurprising…

Thanks for bringing up the currency risk - while certainly not responsible for the entire price difference, the cost for hedging risk against foreign currency in Australia has increased quite a bit according to the Australian central bank (from 5-10 basis points to 30-40 - http://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2010/mar/html/box-b.h... ) which will definitely put a dent in your profit margin if you start accepting Au…

Post by antiterra » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 4:20 PM UTC

rmc wrote: post #63

This is a bug with the copyright system. The software is copyrighted and only Adobe can sell it. So they can sell what they want. One copyright reform I'd make, would be removing copyright protection from works like this where are sold as massively different rates between markets. You'd need to look at average wage in the country and compare (rather than a simple metric of 'can you fly to $OTHERCOUNTRY and buy it for…

Post by Retric » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 4:24 PM UTC

Tloewald wrote: post #86

mattmanser wrote: post #75

What I never get about this and the differences in pricing in movies, music, books, branded clothes, etc. is that this is all tacitly approved by all the governments. That Nike or Adobe or whomever can stop people from buying it cheaper in one country and then selling it at a profit in another country is frankly bizarre. But then they'll throw a fit at each other if one country says 'no, you can't sell you're cheap b…

The government doesn't have much to do with it, it's all contract law. Adobe makes a deal with a local distributor -- we won't sell directly into your territory, we will label our goods so you can discriminate (e.g. not provide service or upgrades for "grey market" products). The real scandal is that the sftware (or hardware) company sells its products at a wholesale price to the local distributor that prices in supp…