 | | | Re: dollar vs euro whining | Re: dollar vs euro whining 2005-05-10 - By runejw
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C'mon this is utter BS
www.oanda.com has online and realtime currency exchange rates.
EUR are currently worth 28% more than $ and the EUR has been much
more worth than $ for a considerable time (2004 18%, 2003 14% -
historic exchange rates also available...).
The fact of the matter is as you point out that the price of
software can be defined as the length of a rubber-band.
Therefore it would be quite easy for Eovia to have one product for
one global price. A number of other companies manages that without
any problems.
Don't worry we Europeans still get the pleasure of paying 17-25%
sales tax on top of that, so US customers will still have an
advantage.
The annoying bit is that when Eovia sets the price XYZ USD = XYZ EUR
they are sort of insulting our intelligence by believing we will not
notice the actual 28% price difference.
That is not a good way to treat customers - to put it very simple.
Also London is not EU. Wages and prices particularly in eastern
parts of EU are considerably lower.
Cheers,
Rune
--- In Carrara@(protected), "hdaggers2000" <hdaggers@(protected)> wrote:
> 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.
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