Yes, that's done on purpose for a several reaons. > It's impossible to find any reference to MI 10.0 license price in Pitney Bowes web site. So last November the pound price suddenly shot up about 30% as the dollar rose. However, that means we have to keep changing them if the exchange rate moves. (MAPublisher, Geographic Imager and LabelPro) for the UK, and we do keep the UK prices pretty strictly in line with the US ones. The Adobe US web shop would not accept any delivery address outside North America. Was less than two thirds of what it was to get it from Adobe UK. When we upgraded everyone to Adobe CS3 suite last year the cost = $1.65 they are much more in line (though still a little more). With the US dollar price, but now the pound has fallen from $2 = £1 down to £1 For quite a while the prices in Europe were considerably out of line Now we have a £50 discount special offer.Ĭurrency. Oh, and add to that some companies who are protectionist and divide their markets per country or region.įor instance, why should I not be able to buy MapInfo Pro from the US instead of having to buy it from a local vendor at a significantly higher cost? I think that this is insulting the informed customer who is barred from making an informed decision as to what to buy and from where. So the signal is - 'if you need to ask, you can't afford it' - and if not, we're ready to make you an offer. This is no longer possible.Īnother factor is of course the plethora of maintenance/support offers, some of which you can't refuse, that needs to be brought into the equation. Many years ago, price lists were available on the net, and it was possible to conduct a software comparison that included the price as well as their capabilities.
This policy hides their prices unless you ask for it, in which case you are caught in their markering net. Sadly, PB MI seems to have adopted the 'if you need to ask, you can't afford it'-policy so long endorsed by actors like ESRI, AutoDesk and other oligopolists.
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