Robbery Vista (and other MS products) price

[Guest]

I was about to ask - how long yet to wait until Microsoft will finally apply
local pricing policy? How that's happened that Vista Ultimate retail cost
over $600 ID in Russia, comparing to just $300 ID in USA?!!!!! Home Premium
cost over $300 ID, comparing to $150 ID in USA, but should cost not over $30
ID. Why do MS applies robbery pricing policy? And where is so promised by MS
local pricing policy?
No wonder 99,(9)% of Russia and China are not on Genuine products.

 

[Spanky daMonkey]

I was about to ask - how long yet to wait until Microsoft will finally
apply
local pricing policy? How that's happened that Vista Ultimate retail cost
over $600 ID in Russia, comparing to just $300 ID in USA?!!!!! Home
Premium
cost over $300 ID, comparing to $150 ID in USA, but should cost not over
$30
ID. Why do MS applies robbery pricing policy? And where is so promised by
MS
local pricing policy?
No wonder 99,(9)% of Russia and China are not on Genuine products.

So they can get more money from people like you. Their robbery pricing
policy is clear.

 

[teyebeareeus]

even pirates avoid vista, even though they can get it for free...

you see its worth SH*!T

 

[Tom Ferguson]

I'm glad you see its true value.

If it were not for sh*t and its chemical equivalents, agricultural
fertilizers, most of the world could not be fed.

;-))

Tom
MSMVP 1998-2007

even pirates avoid vista, even though they can get it for free...

you see its worth SH*!T

{Snip}

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

Its an interesting issue, I hope in the future Microsoft look at product
pricing from an ecnomic stand point. The Company is working hard on this,
for in stance in China, Vista Home Premium cost $67, which Vista Business
cost $150. So, the Company is listening. But you have to take into account,
piracy is responsible for high pricing.

If you can afford a moden powerful enough PC to run Vista Ultimate, why
can't you invest in the software is a critical part of the experience on the
PC? Its a very complex issue.

 

[Alias]

Its an interesting issue, I hope in the future Microsoft look at product
pricing from an ecnomic stand point. The Company is working hard on this,
for in stance in China, Vista Home Premium cost $67, which Vista Business
cost $150. So, the Company is listening. But you have to take into account,
piracy is responsible for high pricing.

No, greed is. In Spain, a retail copy of Ultimate goes for over 1000 US
Dollars. That, my friend, is highway robbery, pure and simple. They also
made it so in Spain you cannot buy a generic OEM copy XP or Vista
without buying an ENTIRE computer.

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

Bio-fuel
Manure

 

[Bill]

Have to factor in duties and taxes in those countries. Some places have 100%
or more import duty. So blame the country and their tax structure.

I export from here in the US and my customers buying direct like my prices.
But when they add shipping and the duty to get it past customs that items
triples easily

Bill

 

[housetrained]

Its not just MS. Logitech remote 1000. In UK c£300 in USA c$300. Ordered one
from Amazon.com and they said they cant ship that item to UK, its
restricted.

 

[john]

I was about to ask - how long yet to wait until Microsoft will finally
apply
local pricing policy? How that's happened that Vista Ultimate retail cost
over $600 ID in Russia, comparing to just $300 ID in USA?!!!!! Home
Premium
cost over $300 ID, comparing to $150 ID in USA, but should cost not over
$30
ID. Why do MS applies robbery pricing policy? And where is so promised by
MS
local pricing policy?
No wonder 99,(9)% of Russia and China are not on Genuine products.

look at China, where they're practically giving it away due to all the
piracy.
I'm sure there's a lesson in there somewhere - LOL

 

[ray]

I was about to ask - how long yet to wait until Microsoft will finally apply
local pricing policy? How that's happened that Vista Ultimate retail cost
over $600 ID in Russia, comparing to just $300 ID in USA?!!!!! Home Premium
cost over $300 ID, comparing to $150 ID in USA, but should cost not over $30
ID. Why do MS applies robbery pricing policy? And where is so promised by MS
local pricing policy?

Because lots of folks are willing to pay it. I've heard that MS has
offered vista for $40 to purchasers of the new gOS computer ($199) at
walmart.

 

[teyebeareeus]

If it were not for sh*t and its chemical equivalents, agricultural

fertilizers, most of the world could not be fed.

Oh...then you do not know about the bio-depletion going on...

with the modern ways of agriculture we are heading towards a dead end...

there are other smarter ways of growing crops... that are even more
effective than the "modern ways" we are using today..
And not to mention pesticides.... do you know children now have 10 times
more toxins that are considered extremely dangerous than adults do?

If we are to survive then we need ways that will sustain humanity for
millennia.. not decades...




there

 

[Frank]

Oh...then you do not know about the bio-depletion going on...

with the modern ways of agriculture we are heading towards a dead end...

there are other smarter ways of growing crops... that are even more
effective than the "modern ways" we are using today..
And not to mention pesticides.... do you know children now have 10 times
more toxins that are considered extremely dangerous than adults do?

If we are to survive then we need ways that will sustain humanity for
millennia.. not decades...

You think you are the only person in this ng who can read?
Preach somewhere else capin' crunch. You're not near as informed as you
think you are and we're not near as stupid as you imagine us to be.
Frank

 

[teyebeareeus]

Frank I am happy to see you are interested in these subjects.

 

[john]

You think you are the only person in this ng who can read?
Preach somewhere else capin' crunch. You're not near as informed as you
think you are and we're not near as stupid as you imagine us to be.
Frank

heh, your stupidity is anything but imaginary
LMAO

 

[Tom Ferguson]

Oh...then you do not know about the bio-depletion going on...

{snip}

You're assuming facts not in evidence.

 

[forty-nine]

Oh...then you do not know about the bio-depletion going on...

with the modern ways of agriculture we are heading towards a dead end...

there are other smarter ways of growing crops... that are even more
effective than the "modern ways" we are using today..
And not to mention pesticides.... do you know children now have 10 times
more toxins that are considered extremely dangerous than adults do?

If we are to survive then we need ways that will sustain humanity for
millennia.. not decades...

You have heard of famines, yes ?
Plagues ?
Do they occur in developed countries ?

Before you believe the enviropsychobable you are so fond of...try doing some
thinking on your own.

Name the toxins and provide a link to the levels detected in adults vs
children...and show there is "direct" correlation to pesticide exposure.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Other products are similarly expensive suggesting it is something more
than just Microsoft.
However in these newsgroups, it is convenient to blame Microsoft and
ignore whatever other factors may be involved such a economy, politic,
trade barriers, lawsuits etc.
Is the same seen in other forums about other products?

One part is simple captitalism.

 

[HeyBub]

I was about to ask - how long yet to wait until Microsoft will
finally apply local pricing policy? How that's happened that Vista
Ultimate retail cost over $600 ID in Russia, comparing to just $300
ID in USA?!!!!! Home Premium cost over $300 ID, comparing to $150 ID
in USA, but should cost not over $30 ID. Why do MS applies robbery
pricing policy? And where is so promised by MS local pricing policy?
No wonder 99,(9)% of Russia and China are not on Genuine products.

I believe Microsoft determines price empirically. Through rigorous testing
they find a price below which they can't make 'em fast enough and above
which no one will buy.

Microsoft has yet to apply the "Polaroid Model" of pricing. Start off with a
high price, then, as the years go by, lower it. This give those who are
willing to pay a high price the opportunity to do so.

 

[HeyBub]

You have heard of famines, yes ?
Plagues ?
Do they occur in developed countries ?

There has never been a famine in a democracy.

Many countries should not depend on growing their own food. Most crops take
an enormouse amount of water which, in places in Africa, does not exist.
These countries should IMPORT their food and pay for it with something they
can produce.

Before you believe the enviropsychobable you are so fond of...try
doing some thinking on your own.

Name the toxins and provide a link to the levels detected in adults vs
children...and show there is "direct" correlation to pesticide
exposure.

And, even if there is, show that this higher concentration is more harmful
that either the higher cost or complete absense of food grown without
pesticides.