According to this BBC page http://www.microsoft.com/uk/press/executives/
users in the Uk are going to be ripped off yet again by being charged DOUBLE
the prices charged in USA. Let's boycott Vista in the UK until this rip-off
culture stops.

PS - if anyone has an email address for the Sales Director of MS UK I would
like to know so that I can ask him to comment on this.

"Gordon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> According to this BBC page http://www.microsoft.com/uk/press/executives/
> users in the Uk are going to be ripped off yet again by being charged
> DOUBLE the prices charged in USA. Let's boycott Vista in the UK until this
> rip-off culture stops.
>
> PS - if anyone has an email address for the Sales Director of MS UK I
> would like to know so that I can ask him to comment on this.
>

Sorry, wrong link! (don't know how that one got in there!)
Link is:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6309651.stm

Gordon wrote:
> According to this BBC page
> http://www.microsoft.com/uk/press/executives/ users in the UK are
> going to be ripped off yet again by being charged DOUBLE the prices
> charged in USA. Let's boycott Vista in the UK until this rip-off
> culture stops.
> PS - if anyone has an email address for the Sales Director of MS UK
> I would like to know so that I can ask him to comment on this.

Gordon wrote:
> Sorry, wrong link! (don't know how that one got in there!)
>
> Link is:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6309651.stm


Yes - that does seem to be quite the price jump from US to UK pricing.

You could try getting a message through/setting up something via the
standard means:
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/contactu...e/default.mspx

Looking at the pricing, it's almost like there was no conversion done...

Examples:
(Example 1)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Microsoft-Wi...850283-9421405
(UK Home Basic Upgrade - £99.99)

http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Wind...TF8&s=software
(US Home Basic Upgrade - $98.99)

(Example 2)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...850283-9421405
(UK Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate - £369.99)

http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Wind...TF8&s=software
(US Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate - $378.99)

Admittedly - I am not up on my currency exchange rates - but it seems off to
me.
Perhaps someone who knows the currency exchange rates better can enlighten?

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MS-MVP
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"Shenan Stanley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Gordon wrote:
>> According to this BBC page
>> http://www.microsoft.com/uk/press/executives/ users in the UK are
>> going to be ripped off yet again by being charged DOUBLE the prices
>> charged in USA. Let's boycott Vista in the UK until this rip-off
>> culture stops.
>> PS - if anyone has an email address for the Sales Director of MS UK
>> I would like to know so that I can ask him to comment on this.
>
> Gordon wrote:
>> Sorry, wrong link! (don't know how that one got in there!)
>>
>> Link is:
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6309651.stm
>
>
> Yes - that does seem to be quite the price jump from US to UK pricing.
>
> You could try getting a message through/setting up something via the
> standard means:
> http://www.microsoft.com/uk/contactu...e/default.mspx
>
> Looking at the pricing, it's almost like there was no conversion done...
>
> Examples:
> (Example 1)
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Microsoft-Wi...850283-9421405
> (UK Home Basic Upgrade - £99.99)
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Wind...TF8&s=software
> (US Home Basic Upgrade - $98.99)
>
> (Example 2)
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...850283-9421405
> (UK Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate - £369.99)
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Wind...TF8&s=software
> (US Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate - $378.99)
>
> Admittedly - I am not up on my currency exchange rates - but it seems off
> to me.
> Perhaps someone who knows the currency exchange rates better can
> enlighten?
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
Unfortunately this is what tends to happen for anything manufactured in USA
and sold in UK - the UK price in £ is the same as $.....OK when the exchange
rate is very low, but as it's nearly US$2 to the £ at the moment, is a HUGE
difference! It's called ripoff UK.....

Shenan Stanley wrote:

> Perhaps someone who knows the currency exchange rates better can
enlighten?


Don't forget to add 17.5% VAT.

http://www.xe.com/ucc/

1.00 GBP = 1.96 USD

A google search responded with:

1 British pounds = 1.9625 U.S. dollars

Conversion date wasn't given.


--
Don
Vancouver, USA


"Gordon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:eD$(E-Mail Removed)...
> "Shenan Stanley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Gordon wrote:
>>> According to this BBC page
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/uk/press/executives/ users in the UK are
>>> going to be ripped off yet again by being charged DOUBLE the prices
>>> charged in USA. Let's boycott Vista in the UK until this rip-off
>>> culture stops.
>>> PS - if anyone has an email address for the Sales Director of MS UK
>>> I would like to know so that I can ask him to comment on this.
>>
>> Gordon wrote:
>>> Sorry, wrong link! (don't know how that one got in there!)
>>>
>>> Link is:
>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6309651.stm
>>
>>
>> Yes - that does seem to be quite the price jump from US to UK pricing.
>>
>> You could try getting a message through/setting up something via the
>> standard means:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/uk/contactu...e/default.mspx
>>
>> Looking at the pricing, it's almost like there was no conversion done...
>>
>> Examples:
>> (Example 1)
>> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Microsoft-Wi...850283-9421405
>> (UK Home Basic Upgrade - £99.99)
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Wind...TF8&s=software
>> (US Home Basic Upgrade - $98.99)
>>
>> (Example 2)
>> http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...850283-9421405
>> (UK Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate - £369.99)
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Wind...TF8&s=software
>> (US Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate - $378.99)
>>
>> Admittedly - I am not up on my currency exchange rates - but it seems off
>> to me.
>> Perhaps someone who knows the currency exchange rates better can
>> enlighten?
>>
>> --
>> Shenan Stanley
>> MS-MVP
>> --
>> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
>> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>>
> Unfortunately this is what tends to happen for anything manufactured in
> USA and sold in UK - the UK price in £ is the same as $.....OK when the
> exchange rate is very low, but as it's nearly US$2 to the £ at the moment,
> is a HUGE difference! It's called ripoff UK.....
>

Shenan Stanley wrote:

> Gordon wrote:
>
>>According to this BBC page
>>http://www.microsoft.com/uk/press/executives/ users in the UK are
>>going to be ripped off yet again by being charged DOUBLE the prices
>>charged in USA. Let's boycott Vista in the UK until this rip-off
>>culture stops.
>> PS - if anyone has an email address for the Sales Director of MS UK
>>I would like to know so that I can ask him to comment on this.
>
>
> Gordon wrote:
>
>>Sorry, wrong link! (don't know how that one got in there!)
>>
>>Link is:
>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6309651.stm
>
>
>
> Yes - that does seem to be quite the price jump from US to UK pricing.
>
> You could try getting a message through/setting up something via the
> standard means:
> http://www.microsoft.com/uk/contactu...e/default.mspx
>
> Looking at the pricing, it's almost like there was no conversion done...
>
> Examples:
> (Example 1)
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Microsoft-Wi...850283-9421405
> (UK Home Basic Upgrade - £99.99)
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Wind...TF8&s=software
> (US Home Basic Upgrade - $98.99)
>
> (Example 2)
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...850283-9421405
> (UK Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate - £369.99)
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Wind...TF8&s=software
> (US Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate - $378.99)
>
> Admittedly - I am not up on my currency exchange rates - but it seems off to
> me.
> Perhaps someone who knows the currency exchange rates better can enlighten?

Date: 1 in U.K. pounds equals: Exchange rate:
29 Jan 2007 1.96 US dollars (noon) 1.9590 (0.5105)

Date: 369.99 in U.K. pounds equals: Exchange rate:
29 Jan 2007 724.82 US dollars (noon) 1.9590 (0.5105)

http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/rates/exchform.html

Good thing you guys in the UK are rich...

John

Gordon wrote:
> According to this BBC page http://www.microsoft.com/uk/press/executives/
> users in the Uk are going to be ripped off yet again by being charged DOUBLE
> the prices charged in USA. Let's boycott Vista in the UK until this rip-off
> culture stops.
>
> PS - if anyone has an email address for the Sales Director of MS UK I would
> like to know so that I can ask him to comment on this.
>
>


The prices listed, I'll agree, are outrageous. How much of that is V.A.T?


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Bruce Chambers wrote:
> Gordon wrote:
>> According to this BBC page
>> http://www.microsoft.com/uk/press/executives/ users in the Uk are
>> going to be ripped off yet again by being charged DOUBLE the prices
>> charged in USA. Let's boycott Vista in the UK until this rip-off
>> culture stops.
>>
>> PS - if anyone has an email address for the Sales Director of MS UK I
>> would like to know so that I can ask him to comment on this.
>>
>
>
> The prices listed, I'll agree, are outrageous. How much of that is
> V.A.T?
>
>

17.5%

Alias

Alias wrote:
> Bruce Chambers wrote:
>> Gordon wrote:
>>> According to this BBC page
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/uk/press/executives/ users in the Uk are
>>> going to be ripped off yet again by being charged DOUBLE the prices
>>> charged in USA. Let's boycott Vista in the UK until this rip-off
>>> culture stops.
>>>
>>> PS - if anyone has an email address for the Sales Director of MS UK I
>>> would like to know so that I can ask him to comment on this.
>>>
>>
>>
>> The prices listed, I'll agree, are outrageous. How much of that
>> is V.A.T?
>>
>>
>
> 17.5%
>
> Alias


Ouch! But that still doesn't account for the entire difference, does
it? I wonder if Microsoft is charging more in member countries of the
EU, since EU courts are imposing such costly, and sometime absurd,
conditions on Microsoft, at the behest of European companies that can't
compete?


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