I haven't even seen Poser in the shops here, but you're absolutely right. Everything for us compared to the US is so much more expensive, and for the same thing, there is absolutely no reason for it. Even when there is nothing to ship. Ulead VideoStudio is a perfect example. I bought the VS X13 about a week ago: US price was $59USD. On the Australian sister site, it was $140. Buying the same program, downloading it instead of having something shipped to you on a disc... how can they justify the reason behind such a price difference?

With the Aussie dollar doing so well against the Greenback lately, now is the perfect time for updating programs and buying them directly off the US sites, whenever applicable. Saves so much money.

I live part-time in Sydney, the rest of the time I'm in country NSW and I've noticed drastically the further you get away from the big cities, the higher the prices get within country NSW or even the availablity of items. Living in the country, only 4 hours from Sydney, it's like another planet.

If there was a logical justification of the massive differences in prices, maybe it would be easier to swallow... as it is now, it just burns.