i left max because they tried to make me pay alomst twice as much for
max as americans have to. (instead of 3500$ its 5000Euro here).
when i asked for the xsi price it was a fairly good conversation from
$US to euro.
i cant say anything about the maintenance contract (have doubts about
that anyway) but the base price strategy is SO much more honest
compared to autodesk. a $30 difference...hehe.. with max its $2500 ;)
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Tuesday, September 27, 2005, 11:10:30 AM, you wrote:
p> let it go guys.
p> Europe used to pay the dollar price but in euros!
p> that could run up to 30% price difference.
p> perhaps they got a better deal from their distribution channel for shipping
p> in the states.
p> like every company they try to make a living while having the best
p> developers in the world,
p> and little bits and pieces left and right are needed for this, now that they
p> 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
p> 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
p> 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
p> 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
p> $395USD
>> > > > and charge me whatever the current exchange rate is. Essentially,
p> XSI
>> > > > is cheaper to buy if you have a US address you can have it sent to
p> ...
>> > > > 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
p> :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
p> 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
p> it,
>> > > >>> am I
>> > > >>> missing something?
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> Leoung
>> >
>> >
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