Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi, I bought lightroom I think by download for about $350 I think. Can't fully remember, might have had something to do with the vast amount of Adobe software I own and hardly use :-( May have been an opening price at the demo here in Melbourne. Surprized to hear its so much now. We need AMEX cards billed in the USA ;-) --- jviiret@gmail.com wrote: From: Justin Viiret <jviiret@gmail.com> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> Subject: Re: [Leica] Aussie photographers are richer than Americans apparently Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 10:03:05 +1000 Hi Geoff, That's what I've found, too -- and you can't buy it online from the Adobe USA store, either. When I originally bought my copy of Lightroom 1, I found that an online retailer here in Oz was able to sell me a boxed version of the release for just over half what Adobe were charging for the download direct from them -- so I bought it that way, though I would have been much happier to download it directly if there had been something even _close_ to price parity. Unfortunately I don't think I'll be able to do the same thing for the upgrade, as I doubt they're selling shrinkwrapped upgrade packages. For the moment I'm sticking with what I've got. The usual problem with living in a vastly smaller market, I guess. :( jv On 03/08/2008, at 9:15 AM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > Just following up on my grumble on Lightroom 2 pricing disparity. > > Amazon sent me a nice note offering to sell me LR2 boxed as a pre- > order for > USD290 (or it's 299 downloaded from Adobe) > > Meanwhile Adobe Australia would like the equivalent of about USD515 > for the > same download here. Aagh! > > Anyway, as predicted in the earlier thread, I note that Amazon now > has LR2 > books from Martin Evening and Scott Kelby as well as Classroom in a > Book > titles. You'd have to get at least the Martin Evening title just for > the > amazing cover photograph, before you even consider the contents. > Don't even > start me on book prices down under vs. USA either! _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information