Microsoft to raise some UK prices by up to 22 percent over Brexit
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Re: Microsoft to raise some UK prices by up to 22 percent over Brexit
#2Another cynical cash grab using Brexit/Fallen GBP as an excuse. I didn't see them lower prices when it was at it's highest.
Re: Microsoft to raise some UK prices by up to 22 percent over Brexit
#3> business software pricing will rise by 13 percent and cloud services will see a 22 percent increase.
HN title was misleading.
The GBP was high early this year. Then it took 10% hit over time + 10% hit on the brexit day + 10% recently when some political idiot announced that they'd proceed with Brexit next year.
As much as I hate pricing changes, and find companies to be quick to adjust price upward but not downward. I have to admit that there is a bottom price window that will call for aggressive adjustment from international buyers/sellers. Maybe it's reached already. People will have to live with the consequences.
Re: Microsoft to raise some UK prices by up to 22 percent over Brexit
#4Another cynical cash grab using Brexit/Fallen GBP as an excuse. I didn't see them lower prices when it was at it's highest.
What would be the benefit to Microsoft for lowing their prices purely on an exchange rate fluctuation?
Re: Microsoft to raise some UK prices by up to 22 percent over Brexit
#5> business software pricing will rise by 13 percent and cloud services will see a 22 percent increase. HN title was misleading. The GBP was high early this year. Then it took 10% hit over time + 10% hit on the brexit day + 10% recently when some political idiot announced that they'd proceed with Brexit next year. As much as I hate pricing changes, and find companies to be quick to adjust price upward but not downward…
> some political idiot
That was the PM's speech at the conservative party conference. It confirmed that the UK was going to go for Brexit(no free movement, no single market) not Brexit(free movement, single market), and therefore lots of firms will have to relocate large parts of their operations outside the UK. Especially in financial services.
Re: Microsoft to raise some UK prices by up to 22 percent over Brexit
#6> business software pricing will rise by 13 percent and cloud services will see a 22 percent increase. HN title was misleading. The GBP was high early this year. Then it took 10% hit over time + 10% hit on the brexit day + 10% recently when some political idiot announced that they'd proceed with Brexit next year. As much as I hate pricing changes, and find companies to be quick to adjust price upward but not downward…
> some political idiot That was the PM's speech at the conservative party conference. It confirmed that the UK was going to go for Brexit(no free movement, no single market) not Brexit(free movement, single market), and therefore lots of firms will have to relocate large parts of their operations outside the UK. Especially in financial services.
Then I should replace "idiot" by much worse words.
Firm will not relocate magically. It's simply not possible to get rid of 1000 people and a big building in the blink of an eye.
That would require to hurt the economy and the companies very badly, bringing down hundreds of thousands of jobs and millions of people along. If the MP really hinted at that, it's no wonder that the pound took -10% right afterwards. :(
Re: Microsoft to raise some UK prices by up to 22 percent over Brexit
#7Another cynical cash grab using Brexit/Fallen GBP as an excuse. I didn't see them lower prices when it was at it's highest.
What would be the benefit to Microsoft for lowing their prices purely on an exchange rate fluctuation?
What would be the benefit for them lowering their prices ever? It's not like they're going to get more customers that way, or have fewer customers with higher prices. People use MS products pretty much independent of cost. They could raise their OS prices to 10x the current costs and no one's going to switch.