let it go guys.
Europe used to pay the dollar price but in euros!
that could run up to 30% price difference.
perhaps they got a better deal from their distribution channel for shipping
in the states.
like every company they try to make a living while having the best
developers in the world,
and little bits and pieces left and right are needed for this, now that they
can't charge 50k usd for a state of the art software anymore.
> Actually on my bill GST was added after the
> conversion rate. Looks like they have different
> rates for all counties - none of which convert
> back to the base price of $395. Get a US address
> and pay the advertised price :D
>
> At 08:12 PM 9/26/2005, you wrote:
> >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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