tyd2 opened this issue on Mar 14, 2005 ยท 92 posts
jcbwms posted Tue, 15 March 2005 at 6:53 PM
Extract: "So if I say "I believe God exists" it means I'm not certain God exists?" Comment: Yes. Extract: "That's what you call "not hard", just to buy a piece of software? Somehow I think if the inflated price was justified, it would be easier to prove than that." Comment: No, it is not hard to educate oneself. The effort would provide you with benefits above and beyond the simple purchase of software online. The price is not inflated. It is set according to an exchange rate predetermined by Digital River. They, in turn, do not use a standard, but apparently their own system for doing so that likely takes into acocunt their costs for handling additional currencies. So, thus far, we have dealt with several potential reasons for the additional cost, all of which are representative, and none of them have anything to do whatsoever with the trade agreement. 1 - Currency exchange rates 2 - infrastructure costs 3 - 3rd Party fees 4 - currency handling costs 5 - UK customs rules (since world wide fulfillment is handled from somewhere other than the us, it is not governed by us structures) Additional ones as well. So there are most certainly valid reasons for the additional cost -- all of which have nothing directly to do with CL. Earilier in the thread you speak of never lying down in the face of unfairness. I'll respond to that with pick your battles carefully. Af for saying that you called them a thief -- yes. And I can do so -- it is neither disparaging or reputation destroying. Were I to call you a thief, the situation would be different. I wouldn't, either, without evidence, which I strongly suspect I would never encounter as 1- I'm not looking, and 2 - You aren't likely to steal to the best of my knowledge.