Heya Robin, thanks for the reply 

> 
> > Box Product sells for $1970 inc gst from the Adobe store
> 
> You had $1970 from the Adobe Store (Maybe that was a US price 
> - but I also understand there was some sort of stuff up in 

I've just gone to the Australian store here:
http://www.macromedia.com/go/ols_au

And its quoting me $1970. It lets me go all the way to checkout with this 
price. If that’s a stuff up then someone better fix it quick or there'll be a 
lot of happy buyers around.

> 
> Unlike the old Macromedia MVLP program the TLP program is 
> transactional, so the more you purchase at a time the more 
> opportunity you have to move into a higher level for that 
> sale.  You are eligible for volume license with just one 

Does 'you' in this case mean 'me' or 'my client'. If I am purchasing CF for my 
client to be installed on their server do I count up the number of Adobe 
products they own? What if I buy 10 copies for 10 different clients, will I get 
a volume discount?

> To purchase the media for an ESD (Electronic software 
> delivery - i.e.  
> license) purchase of CF7 $40.00 (RRP $47.61) To purchase 
> media that is NOT for ESD purchase $145.95
> 

Why would you pay $40 for ESD, when you can download the trial for free, and 
put the serial number into it? Does the concept of 'purchase media for ESD' 
sound like a contradiction? Or did I misunderstand what you meant.

> 
> > 2yr Maintenence costs $1050
> 
> To purchase 2 year maintenance $883.70

Ok, we were quoted something different from our distributor. Will chase this up.

Basically, there are a lot of changes that have come into play during the 
merger. It seems that Adobe is trying to make it less profitable to be a 
reseller of their products. Admitedly the cost of the server software is not a 
huge part of the income from a project, but it used to be a nice value add that 
we could offer our clients. I don’t remember there being any official statement 
from Macromedia to their partners warning us that the whole licensing structure 
was going to change this significantly.

I remember the good old days when you could look at a distrubutor price list, 
add 10%, and your client would be happy because they are still getting a 
discount from the RRP they see on the website.

And Robin, I know you don’t speak for Adobe here so I'm not complaining at you 
personally. But its been pretty difficult to get straight answers from either 
Adobe, or our distributors.

Thanks for your time. 




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