dollar vs euro whining 2005-05-10 - By hdaggers2000
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When I was in London last summer it struck me that what a dollar buys back home
is
pretty close to what a pound buys in the UK, except for the exchange rate which
made
everything cost (for me) about $1.80us. However, I didn't whine at every
shopclerk about
the "unfair treatment" I was experiencing just for buying toothpaste....
We ALL know that each copy of Hexagon doesn't cost $99 to make, nor does it cost
77Euros at cheap overseas labor.... The retail price of $250 reflects a market
value judged
against software competitors. That market value is exactly the same as 250Eu in
Europe.
Honestly, if you are claiming you deserve a discount for living in London
because it's SOO
expensive... Maybe you should consider the suburbs.
By the way, H&M was even cheaper in London (gasp) than NYC, except for the part
about
costing me 180% which made it mearly a "bargain" rather than a "super-bargain".
... When
will you limeys give me back my money??
Have you tried simply ordering a US copy and getting someone to ship it to you?
Is there
any reason it wouldn't work?
holly
--- In Carrara@(protected), "mykyl1966" <mykyl@(protected)> wrote:
> That is exactly his point. If it costs $99 then we should be able to
> buy it for $99 no more no less (not taking into account taxes etc as
> has already been mentioned.). Here in the UK it is officially the
> most expensive place in the world to live. Do our wages live up to
> that. No where near it.
>
> Thats why it gets annoying at times to once again have to pay more
> than our US counterparts for exactly the same product. I tend to
> agree with him and as has been said life is unfair but it doesnt
> make it right...
>
> Mike R
>
> --- In Carrara@(protected), tonyno@(protected) wrote:
> > Maybe his point is that 99 USD exchanges to about 77 EUR, but, he
> would need to pay 22 EUR more?
> >
> > Tony
> >
> >
> > -- --Original Message-- --
> > From: Ringo Monfort <RingoM@(protected)>
> > Sent: May 10, 2005 11:09 AM
> > To: Carrara@(protected)
> > Subject: Re: Re[2]: [Carrara] Eovia Announces Immediate
> Availability of Hexagon
> >
> > Help me out No spam I not to familiar with the currency exchange.
> >
> > If Hexagon cost 99 Eurodollas over there as the website says.
> > If Hexagon cost 99 USAdollars over there as the website says.
> >
> > What is really the problem?
> >
> > Ringo
> >
> > >>> nospam@(protected) 5/10/2005 11:01 AM >>>
> > Bonjour Bob,
> >
> > BS> #2 - This is a companion license. You must have a valid
> > BS> Eovia product serial number to activate it. And you are
> correct
> > BS> that you can keep your Designer license and have the option to
> > BS> upgrade it to Pro.
> >
> > This is very nice of you indeed.
> >
> > BS> #3 - It is not a mistake. It is simply the price for the
> product in Europe.
> >
> > This is very bad of you indeed.
> >
> > The only rational I can see for that is that Hexagon was developed
> by
> > French poeple you had to paid in Euros with the 33 % fiscal
> pressure
> > firm have plus the 50 % average fiscal pressure employees have
> here in France.
> > Problem is that this pressure does not makes us 50 % richer than
> our
> > American friends, rather the contrary.
> >
> >
> >
> > BS> -bob
> >
> > BS> __ __
> >
> > BS> From: Carrara@(protected)
> > BS> [mailto:Carrara@(protected)] On Behalf Of nospam
> > BS> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 9:45 AM
> > BS> To: Bob Stockwell
> > BS> Subject: Re: [Carrara] Eovia Announces Immediate Availability
> of Hexagon
> >
> >
> > BS> Bonjour Bob,
> >
> > BS> Three questions, one being a call for a fairer price system :
> >
> > BS> - Could somebody ( Thomas for example ;-) ) send us a side-by-
> side
> > BS> comparison of Amapi 7 / Amapi 7 pro / Hexagon features ? It is
> not
> > BS> always easy to compare them. For example, Amapi 7 does export
> > BS> to Illustrator while Hexagon does
> > BS> not. These kind of small differences can make the decision in
> some
> > BS> specific needs.
> >
> > BS> - Is the 99 � "companion upgrade" offer a companion offer,
> or an upgrade ?
> > BS> If it is a companion offer, then people upgrading from Amapi 7
> keep
> > BS> their Amapi license valid, with possibility to upgrade Amapi
> to Amapi
> > BS> Pro, for example.
> > BS> If it is an upgrade in the true meaning, then people upgrading
> from
> > BS> Amapi loose their ability to use Amapi and to upgrade to Amapi
> Pro.
> > BS> So, companion-offer or up-grade ?
> >
> > BS> - European customers will pay 118 � VAT included. Knowing
> that the
> > BS> Dollar is 0,77604 of an Euro today, that means that your
> European
> > BS> customers will pay 152 dollars what your American customers
> will pay
> > BS> 99. Is that ... fair ? This kind of behaviour is well known of
> Adobe.
> > BS> It makes us badly feel like fleeced sheep.
> > BS> I understand that you may have been badly advised by an
> financial
> > BS> councelor that is not up-to-date with the change rate between
> Dollar
> > BS> and Euros so I am not blaming you, but hope you correct that
> mistake as soon as possible.
> >
> >
> > BS> Le / On mardi 10 mai 2005, vous �criviez / You wrote :
> >
> > BS>> Eovia Announces Immediate Availability of Hexagon
> > BS>> New 3D polygonal modeling software delivers evolutionary
> interface,
> > BS>> techniques, and openness for beginners and experts alike
> >
> > BS>> Bordeaux, France and Mountain View, CA, USA * May 10, 2005 *
> Eovia,
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> > BS>> Hexagon, Member of the Carrara Family
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