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Originally Posted by dugnsuz
Sad but true Trevor - someone's economy is getting stimulated and it ain't ours!
Doug
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Well, I've said it before, and I'll say it again - if you give free market reign to business, this is what will [mostly] happen. Governments like it because higher prices means more taxes, so there's on incentive of keeping the buggers honest. I've already had this run in with the ACCC over Microsoft Vista - at the time of launch it was going for US $359, and with the Aussie dollar being at like 96c at the time (from memory, I could be wrong), the converted rate (which I do remember) was $540. Microsoft Australia wanted to charge a RRP of $799...I pointed this out to the ACCC and told them that it was price fixing and I was told that it isn't price fixing, and that they can charge whatever price they like. My oh my...that's the last time I'll ever trust the ACCC.
Dave