[LINK] It's cheaper to fly to the USA than buy Adobe CS6 in Australia (was Re: sigh

[Kim Holburn]

http://www.neowin.net/news/its-cheaper-to-fly-to-the-usa-than-buy-adobe-cs6-in-australia

>It's cheaper to fly to the USA than buy Adobe CS6 in Australia

> In Australia, Adobe's Creative Suite 6 Master Collection costs AU$4,344 for a boxed copy, or AU$3,949 for a digital copy which is GST exempt. In the United States, the exact same product will cost you US$2,599, which when currency converted comes in at AU$2,513 - a difference in price of AU$1,831 over the boxed copy (AU$1,436 over digital).
>
>A return flight to Los Angeles costs AU$1,147.58 on Virgin Australia, meaning if you chose to fly to the United States to purchase CS6 Master Collection you would save AU$228 over buying a digital copy locally, and it's a whole AU$684 cheaper than buying a boxed copy. If you are unlucky and forced to pay import tax and duty for the product coming into Australia, the total amount (CS6 + tax/duty + flight) would be AU$4,049, which is still cheaper than buying a boxed copy locally.


On 11 February 2013 20:44, <stephen at melbpc.org.au> wrote:
>
> "Microsoft, Apple, Adobe summoned by Australia pricing inquiry"
>
> Lower house committee summoned the three firms to explain why Australian
> customers paid more for same products
>
> AFP First Published: Mon, Feb 11 2013. 01 52 PM IST
> <http://www.livemint.com/Industry/Microsoft-Apple-Adobe-summoned-by-
> Australia-pricing-inquir.html>




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