Posted by =\(8\) on 05/06/07 16:55

"Spex" <No.spam@ta.com> wrote in message
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> =(8) wrote:
>> "Povl H. Pedersen" <povlhp@povlhp.local> wrote in message
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>>> On 2007-05-03, Dwij <dwijgarg@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hey guys,
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone purchased Adobe CS3, if not when do you intend to purchase
>>>> it?
>>>
>>> When they cut european prices to half, so that they will be only
>>> slightly
>>> higher than US prices. Or maybe I will buy my upgrade from the US.
>>> I do not understand why Adobe want a lower marketshare in Europe.
>>
>>
>> Adobe doesn't. However, because there is a smaller marketshare they have
>> to charge more to make the same. It is a lame ass catch 22. You can't get
>> the chicken because you can have the egg.
>>
>> =(8)
>
> Having a lower market share in a particular region does not make the
> product twice as expensive to sell.
>
> Adobe are just greedy grasping bastards.


Actually it does. Adobe doesn't ship the packages over seas. They make them
there, plus there is the language conversions, etc. So if you have 1/10th
the marketshare you have to charge more to recoupe the cost of the all of
this. This is from a post from someone at Adobe on their forums.

Personally, I think they would get a larger market if the price was lower.
Again it is a catch 22, like it or not.

=(8)

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