Mac wrote: "That's a lot of utter bollocks!" Dear Mac, thanks for your fine manners. You're a gentleman. I am though more interested in the facts than I am in your manners. So let me show you a few facts: Price increase percentage from US to EU : + 48 % without VAT + 78 % incl. VAT (Italian) "Security zone" percentage applied by producers: 7% price difference without VAT after "security zone" applied: + 41 % Now let's consider this + 41% - There is no reseller share to pay, because it's the producing company which distributes through their EU web store; - There is no VAT to be considered, because the price difference of +48 is calculated without VAT So where does this +41 come from? It is equivalent to US$ 137. Do I have to assume that I as private person can get a priority expedited shipping from the US for about US$50, and CuriousLabs/Egisys as a company, can not get a better deal than US$ 137 for shipping of each copy of Poser 5? OF course not. This would be absurde. Now EVEN IF CL/Egisys payed the same price as a private user for shipping (which is ridiculously impossible), there would STILL be a +87 price increase already calculated net of security zone, non-existent shares, shipping and taxes. Dear Mac: yours are a couple of words. Those above, are facts. - Orio