What do I pay when I order a product? Three things. 1) base software price - to be set by the sofware company 2) shipping - to be set by the shipping company 3) VAT and other taxes - to be set by the government. What are the complaints about? About point 1, the thing CL can do something about. None of us understands why non-US citizens should pay a higher base software price. Non-US citizens do understand that shipping will be somewhat costlier - this is reasonable. Non-US citizens do realize that VAT percentages vary, and that European VAT percentages often are much higher. I must admit that Curious Labs definitely is not the worst of the bunch. Apple and Adobe are: the base price of an entry level Dual G5 was $1,899 in the US and 2,399 in the Netherlands - of course, taxes not included. This is the money Apple receives. At the moment of writing, the exchange rate is more or less 1.00=$1.25, so Apple receives almost $3000 for an entry level Dual G5 in the Netherlands, $1100 more than in the US. This simple calculation again does not include shipping costs and taxes. Needless to say, Apple will never get any business from me. The issue with CL is less dramatic, but non-US citizens are still being overcharged. It is basically wrong.

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