Wolfgang, Thanks for taking the opportunity to mention some of the thinking behind these price differences. Having previously been in the photographic retail trade for many years, I can understand the necessity for separate pricing structures between continents. And also, the importance of a network for customer support. It just always seems hard to bite the bullet and pay more in Europe than the USA. And I know competition does bring prices down, but I think you can forget that on a hot new product like poser 5. Maybe....but I tend to think the distributors will want to squeeze every last cent out of the people in the queue. Well, perhaps I'm being unfair....they have to eat too. The best thing poser users can do for each other is to post news of lowest European prices, so we can maybe find the best deals. mac