While I'm all for a better price I would hardly call 3.8% a significant difference in the price, it's a lot better than it used to be. I think one major difference is our prices includes GST where as the US that is added later depending on the state taxes. That said the iTunes price is a bit higher 30% difference which is partly explained with local record deals but still.
Adobe is much worse. In the US the full price of Photoshop CS6 Extended is $999US, while here it's $1519AU, over a 50% rise in price for software that doesn't need an expensive box to ship in. Even with our local 10% GST it should be no more than $1100!
Okay just saw the same news on TV and I think the Apple part is being over blown, it's mostly software they are talking about and the likes of Adobe. Apple is not too bad on this front, get the latest OS X for $19.99 in the US, that's $20.99 here which when you take off the 10% GST is actually cheaper than the US price.
Adobe needs to be held to account with a 50% price gouge for prices here in Australia.
I don't get this report. Nobody here in Australia is complaining about the price of iMacs! We are winging about the price of iTunes songs! A single track costs $2.19 compared to $1.29 in the states! But what adobe is doing is just plain shocking! CS6 master collection works out to be $4454US compared to $2699 in the states. And Australian GST tax isn't applicable on digital downloads from offshore.
Go figure
There is no excuse for a 50% or more price gouge from Adobe for international customers...
but if you do your research you will see that companies like ADOBE charge over double the price for some of their digitally available software.
Exactly!! Kudos to everyone who takes the time to look at the facts.
Apple has been very fair with their hardware pricing. I mean, the iPhone is overpriced, but it's overpriced
everywhere!
The reason Apple is there, is to explain iTunes store inconsistencies. From today's article in The Australian:
'Differences in the cost of buying tracks and albums through Apples iTunes store, inconsistent pricing of Microsofts Windows operating system, and hundreds of dollars difference in the cost of Adobe products such as Photoshop and Design Premium upgrades were examples given to the committee.'
Adobe deserves all the bad press it gets. When I personally spoke to Adobe's sales support and asked why their Australian prices were so high, I got the standard copy-and-pasted spiel about the cost of doing business in other countries. BS. Their software is digitally distributed these days. We could order and download it straight from the US store and it would cost them nothing morethat is if they didn't intentionally block international payments, forcing you to use the Australian store and its ridiculously inflated prices. And unlike the iTunes Store, Adobe isn't subject to the likes of record companies. It's their own product and they can price it however they like.
Can't believe how many posts this has gotten and yet it's clear NO ONE has actually read what is actually being investigated!
Since when do online commenters stop and check the facts before expressing an opinion?
This article is so pathetically written, and riddled with bias. Maybe you should resubmit it so that it actually reflects the intentions of our Parliament!
Yep. Pretty disappointing for it to highlight, of all things, the iMac, when that product isn't the cause of these enquiries. It's created a lot of ignorant and unnecessary mud flinging here.
