So much for getting the best price on the internet. I needed to update some anti-virus software on a laptop. I went to Norton's .com site and found the downloadable package for $39.99 (expensive but acceptable). But without a U.S. shipping address I actually can't buy the product at that price. Instead, I have to go to Norton's UK site and pay £39.99 (precisely double the price) for the exact same product. What a rip off!!
Did I miss a trick here, or do I have to accept paying twice as much as my friends in the States for the same thing?
graeme
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How the crap does THAT work?! It's DIGITAL music. An mp3 for gods sake. There's no postage or packaging!
OK, so I know the real reason and it makes sense - but I still don't like it. In fact, it pisses me off! Beatport have said that the reason for this is licensing issues. The UK record labels have said they won't allow their music to be sold on the site unless the tracks are sold at a certain price.
Beatport USED to be the cheapest site exactly because of the fact it sold its music in dollars and I could buy it from them and not from the overly priced UK retailers. Now all digital music sites charge the same amount! So much for competition - the market is rigged.
So all I have to do surf to Beatport from a computer outside of Europe and I will get the exact same track in dollars. Like Austrailia. Yep, the ozzies get it in US dollars. Go figure...
Hey you know AdGuy always gets the last word! ;)