I partly agree - HOWEVER: The big problem is the way that MM distributes the software in these markets. This is very different from the way the Server-SW (not the tools market) is sold in the US: It goes through distributors and partners (at least that was the idea).
This is circumvented by some large accounts purchasing the SW in other markets (some are even cheaper than US -:) and reselling them directly to end-customers below the official distributor purchase price in the local market. This creates all kinds of problems, as you can imagine.... Stefan -----Original Message----- From: Simon Horwith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 11:55 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: CFMX 7 Price you can't really just do simpe price conversions... it just doesn't work. A book that costs $50 in the US will most likely cost the equivellent of $80 in the UK and $20 in India. It's all about what that market will bear. ~Simon Simon Horwith CIO, AboutWeb - http://www.aboutweb.com Editor-in-Chief, ColdFusion Developers Journal Member of Team Macromedia Macromedia Certified Master Instructor Blog - http://www.horwith.com Paul Hastings wrote: >i've never seen big ticket s/w sold internationally at the same price as >domestic US. 25-50% markup because those international customers are too >darned foreign to easily handle & local vendors tack on another 25-50% >for having to deal with the darned foreigners selling the s/w in the >first place. s/w that i could buy in the US for $10K was sold here (here >as in thailand) for over $30K. at one time the same applied to h/w, you >wouldn't believe what a sun server or workstation used to sell for here. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:193411 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
