windows vista UK price rip off

> Why don't you try contacting Microsoft UK for an explanation?
>
>
> "nicholas" <niknik1971NOSPAM@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> |I know this has been mentioned quite a bit lately (UK, Europe and OZ
> | prices), but I went to the Amazon UK's website tonight and I was shocked
> the
> | find that the charge for the ultimate version (full, not the upgrade
> | version) is £369. I do not know how much that is in dollars, but I know
> it
> | is a lot more than you lucky sods are paying in the USA.
> | There is not many things I get jealous about the USA, but this is one of
> | those things I am jealous about.
> |
> | I shall just have to swallow my pride and stump up the money to get it
> as I
> | can not see me going back to XP :-(
> |
> | NIK
> |
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>I know this has been mentioned quite a bit lately (UK, Europe and OZ
>prices), but I went to the Amazon UK's website tonight and I was
>shocked the find that the charge for the ultimate version (full, not
>the upgrade version) is £369. I do not know how much that is in
>dollars, but I know it is a lot more than you lucky sods are paying
>in the USA.
> There is not many things I get jealous about the USA, but this is
> one of those things I am jealous about.
>
> I shall just have to swallow my pride and stump up the money to get
> it as I can not see me going back to XP :-(
>
> NIK

> "nicholas" <niknik1971NOSPAM@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:EA7461A5-1BD3-4ABC-96EA-80E6C9748E1E@microsoft.com...

>> I know this has been mentioned quite a bit lately (UK, Europe and OZ
>> prices), but I went to the Amazon UK's website tonight and I was
>> shocked the find that the charge for the ultimate version (full, not
>> the upgrade version) is £369. I do not know how much that is in
>> dollars, but I know it is a lot more than you lucky sods are paying
>> in the USA.
>> There is not many things I get jealous about the USA, but this is
>> one of those things I am jealous about.
>>
>> I shall just have to swallow my pride and stump up the money to get
>> it as I can not see me going back to XP :-(
>>
>> NIK

>
>
> Nik,
>
> Then order it from Amazon.com or another distributor in the US and
> have it shipped to the UK.
> I really fail to see why people who obviously use the internet cannot
> grasp that they can buy item in local currency from other places and
> save a great deal compared to UK pricing.
> Unless you are desperately unlucky and get a customs charge you are
> quids in even with the shipping charges.
> $1 = £0.5 at the moment so it evens out nicely.

> usually Amazon.com will refuse to allow you to complete the order,
> stating some junk about not being allowed to ship outside the US.

> "nicholas" <niknik1971NOSPAM@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:EA7461A5-1BD3-4ABC-96EA-80E6C9748E1E@microsoft.com...

>>I know this has been mentioned quite a bit lately (UK, Europe and OZ
>>prices), but I went to the Amazon UK's website tonight and I was shocked
>>the find that the charge for the ultimate version (full, not the upgrade
>>version) is £369. I do not know how much that is in dollars, but I know it
>>is a lot more than you lucky sods are paying in the USA.
>> There is not many things I get jealous about the USA, but this is one of
>> those things I am jealous about.
>>
>> I shall just have to swallow my pride and stump up the money to get it as
>> I can not see me going back to XP :-(
>>
>> NIK

>
>
> Nik,
>
> Then order it from Amazon.com or another distributor in the US and have it
> shipped to the UK.

>
> "Mike Brannigan" <Mike.Brannigan@localhost> wrote in message
> news:O7j2FD%23GHHA.4356@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> "nicholas" <niknik1971NOSPAM@btinternet.com> wrote in message
>> news:EA7461A5-1BD3-4ABC-96EA-80E6C9748E1E@microsoft.com...

>>>I know this has been mentioned quite a bit lately (UK, Europe and
>>>OZ prices), but I went to the Amazon UK's website tonight and I was
>>>shocked the find that the charge for the ultimate version (full,
>>>not the upgrade version) is £369. I do not know how much that is in
>>>dollars, but I know it is a lot more than you lucky sods are paying
>>>in the USA.
>>> There is not many things I get jealous about the USA, but this is
>>> one of those things I am jealous about.
>>>
>>> I shall just have to swallow my pride and stump up the money to
>>> get it as I can not see me going back to XP :-(
>>>
>>> NIK

>>
>>
>> Nik,
>>
>> Then order it from Amazon.com or another distributor in the US and
>> have it shipped to the UK.

>
> Amazon US won't ship software to the UK, DVDs and CDs are fine but
> not software (as far as I can remember)
>
>

> "Brian W" <brian.NOSPAMwescombe@PLEASEntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:zGReh.8050$n36.2153@newsfe7-gui.ntli.net...

>>
>> "Mike Brannigan" <Mike.Brannigan@localhost> wrote in message
>> news:O7j2FD%23GHHA.4356@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>> "nicholas" <niknik1971NOSPAM@btinternet.com> wrote in message
>>> news:EA7461A5-1BD3-4ABC-96EA-80E6C9748E1E@microsoft.com...
>>>>I know this has been mentioned quite a bit lately (UK, Europe and OZ
>>>>prices), but I went to the Amazon UK's website tonight and I was shocked
>>>>the find that the charge for the ultimate version (full, not the upgrade
>>>>version) is £369. I do not know how much that is in dollars, but I know
>>>>it is a lot more than you lucky sods are paying in the USA.
>>>> There is not many things I get jealous about the USA, but this is one
>>>> of those things I am jealous about.
>>>>
>>>> I shall just have to swallow my pride and stump up the money to get it
>>>> as I can not see me going back to XP :-(
>>>>
>>>> NIK
>>>
>>>
>>> Nik,
>>>
>>> Then order it from Amazon.com or another distributor in the US and have
>>> it shipped to the UK.

>>
>> Amazon US won't ship software to the UK, DVDs and CDs are fine but not
>> software (as far as I can remember)
>>
>>

>
>
> The don't use Amazon - it's a big Internet shopping mall out there - find
> another supplier to buy from.
> My point was that the purchaser is not hog tied to one supplier but may
> pretty much buy from anywhere they can.
>
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>
> Mike Brannigan
>
>

>I know this has been mentioned quite a bit lately (UK, Europe and OZ
>prices), but I went to the Amazon UK's website tonight and I was shocked
>the find that the charge for the ultimate version (full, not the upgrade
>version) is £369. I do not know how much that is in dollars, but I know it
>is a lot more than you lucky sods are paying in the USA.
> There is not many things I get jealous about the USA, but this is one of
> those things I am jealous about.
>
> I shall just have to swallow my pride and stump up the money to get it as
> I can not see me going back to XP :-(
>
> NIK
>
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