The math seems to fit this explanation: if you are in Canada, you have to add the GST of 7% to the base price.
> De: digimata <digimata(at)digimata.com>
> Date: 2005/09/26 lun. PM 07:36:54 GMT-04:00
> À: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
> Objet: Re: $395.00 US for USA $425.00 US Canada
>
> I am glad I am not the only one.
> It is not just the $30.00US, It is the principle. I ran into similar
> issues with upgrading to Essential.
> It took almost a month to resolve and finally Will Mendez was nice
> enough to sort it out for me.
>
> We should all paid in the advertised amount in US funds and let Visa or
> any other Credit Card do the conversion.
> As Canadians we seems to get a raw deal from AVID.
>
> Leoung
>
> Tim Thorburn wrote:
>
> > I ran into this problem as well when I bought Fnd4.2. If you convert
> > $395USD into Canadian dollars it comes to $462.98. Now when you
> > convert $425USD into Canadian dollars it comes to $498.07. Both of
> > these were calculated with exchange rate prices as of Sept. 26 23:09GMT.
> >
> > I sent a few emails to customer support concerning this, basically
> > they told me its to handle the conversion rate - which is not true.
> > If you're charging $395USD - then the product is $395USD, the fact
> > that I am in Canada really means nothing as Visa will give you $395USD
> > and charge me whatever the current exchange rate is. Essentially, XSI
> > is cheaper to buy if you have a US address you can have it sent to ...
> > which is sort of odd since 4.2 was shipped from Montreal :P
> >
> > I haven't looked to see if other versions of XSI have similar price
> > discrepancies, or whether Softimage has different USD prices for
> > various countries, would be neat to know the real reason behind it :D
> >
> > At 05:25 PM 9/26/2005, you wrote:
> >
> >> They are both stated as in US Funds.
> >>
> >> Leoung
> >>
> >> George wrote:
> >>
> >>> The Exchange rate of US Dollars compared to Canadian dollars might
> >>> account
> >>> for the discrepancies!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM]On Behalf
> >>> Of digimata
> >>> Sent: 26 September 2005 22:11
> >>> To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
> >>> Subject: $395.00 US for USA $425.00 US Canada
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I just wondering why the discrepancy.
> >>>
> >>> If I enter as if I was in the US the price is $395.00 as soon as I
> >>> change it to Canada the
> >>> price goes up to $425.00 US. There must be a logical reason for it,
> >>> am I
> >>> missing something?
> >>>
> >>> Leoung
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