Suprising find for US software pricing from Adobe

[tlgerdes]

The student edition of CS6 is $249USD for US students, it is $201AUD for Australian students from the Adobe website.

:D

[bartman]

Wish I was a student.........
Bartman

[tlgerdes]

You can always get them yourself (kids I mean):D

[bartman]

LOL Trevor!

[Colin_Fraser]

Why surprised?
Adobe have had academic pricing for students and teachers in Australia for over 10 years.

[Omaroo]

Australian pricing has never been lower than US though. Ever. Australian arms of US software companies are under constant criticism for inflating our local prices to seemingly no reason. Adobe and Apple are the two main protagonists. Hopefully Apple will see sense too, and reduce their software costs to us here soon as well. There are no legitimate reasons for the differential that has been displayed here for years.

[sheeny]

Ah yes... but when CS5 was advertised at $599 on the web, direct from Adobe, and I clicked on it, it asked for my country... put in Australia and the price went up to $1599! For something downloaded over the web...:mad2:

Al.

[tlgerdes]

As Chris said, it is not the student discount part, but the fact that AU is cheaper than US for a change? ;)

Bart wants to rent a child to fulfil his CS6 ordering credentials, anyone know of any going cheap? :lol:

[MrB]

And Autodesk.
Try buying AutoCAD or Inventor for less than double the US price.

AutoCAD LT 2013 is about $1000 US, over $2000 aussie.
An Inventor licence is about $8000 aussie.

Autodesk works on a quote system too, no open pricing, so you could be charged more (or less) than the next bloke. BS

[naskies]

I have academic appointments in Aus and the US, so I was very pleasantly surprised to find that Adobe Creative Suite 5 was almost 15% cheaper to buy via the Australian online store - even back in 2010 when it was first released.

On the other hand, I feel like I've been punished by Adobe for purchasing software legitimately... I had some nasty laptop problems and ended up having to switch between multiple computers. Constant activation hell. Ironically, there are none of these problems with cracked versions!

[Stardrifter_WA]

I was of the understanding that the student versions of Adobe software had time limits, after which you have to upgrade to full version. I seem to think that I read this, some time ago, in an Australian computer magazine. If true, beware!

Cheers Peter

[Larryp]

CS6 student/teacher version on Ebay for $185-free postage

[Colin_Fraser]

No Peter, the software is not limited in any way.
I read about this as well some time ago but I think the only limitation is the level of support you get from Adobe

[Octane]

Larry, be, very, very careful if you go down the eBay Adobe product route.

You will either a) never receive the goods, or b) be sent pirated copies of the software.

H

[Larryp]

Thanks for the warning, Humayun

[FlashDrive]

:lol:

Flash .. !! :D

[Colin_Fraser]

Or c) you will receive a perfectly legal package from one of the dozens of legit online businesses with thousands of sales and 100% feedback.
And at a good price :thumbsup:

[Octane]

Colin,

I doubt it.

H

[FlashDrive]

I know ... I just saw the humour in the statement

Colin .

[sheeny]

Got to agree.

I bought a CS5, the dealer believed it was legit. I couldn't register it, so luckily the dealer refunded my money after a couple of replacements and advised me he was no longer going to sell software... he'd been as much a victim as I was.

Naively I tried again, but was totally shafted this time and blew my $700. After failing to gain recourse through Paypal, I went to Adobe. They confirmed it was a chinese pirate copy (and that I'd done my dough). I sent all the details and the counterfeit software to Adobe for the basis of a case against the seller. The Adobe rep from their counterfeit software investigation department advised me there that eBay is full of counterfeit software.

Al.

[Stardrifter_WA]

It is the old story Al; Caveat Emptor! I never buy software online for that very reason. :)

[Omaroo]

I've found that this is the very best way to buy software! You don't pay for a delivered box and media. Just make sure you buy direct from the manufacturer...

[tlgerdes]

FYI, Officeworks has the student edition of CS6 for $199. You still have to register online to get your key.

[bartman]

LOL !!!!!!!
sound a bit bad doesn't it:confused2:
Bartman

[davewaldo]

I bought my photoshop CS5 from the US from a reputable photography store - B&H, saved a load! Registered no dramas.

I wish I could honestly use the student edition, but under the terms it cannot (ever) be used for financial / commercial gain and once you're no longer a student you must stop using it. At least this is what I remember from when I was looking into it.

Dave.

[RobF]

Thanks for posting that Dave - that's my recollection too when considering whether to buy academic versions of other software. You have to be careful to read the fine print.
Not always the case mind you - I think Microsoft academic versions are ok to keep indefinitely once purchased?

[tlgerdes]

Lucky me, my kids have another 11yrs of being students :P