Time+space.com and Currency Conversion--You can get some good software deals!
I've got a general tip for purchasing software, and it's a valid approach for any website that allows you to pay in the currency of your choice.
Right now, the Euro is weak against the dollar (relative to its position over the 5 to 10 years).
Some websites (such as Time and Space .com) allow you to pay in any currency you want. Often when they have sales, they've adjusted it correctly for one currency, but one of the other currencies is significantly better to use. I think some of these good deals come also because they adjust the prices to include VAT.
Here's a specific example:
http://www.timespace.com/product/OMNI-1/6/spectrasonics/spectrasonics_omnisphere.html Spectrasonics' Omnishpere--Assuming you're in the U.S., you don't pay VAT, so you get the lower price.
Here are the current prices without VAT:
In dollars, $498.
In pounds, 232.51 which is roughly $349.
In Euro, 298.71, which is roughly $336.
Shipping to the U.S. is roughly 14 Euro, so by paying in Euro, you can get Omnishpere shipped to the U.S. for roughly $355.
I have not *personally* done this deal, but I have used this strategy before especially at timespace.com. Sometimes pounds are the cheapest, sometimes dollars, and sometimes Euro. Check all three and use xe.com to see the exchange rates. Click on the items, because in the search results they include VAT.
Not only that, timespace.com occasionally sends customers coupons which can be applied nearly storewide (excludes VSL for instance). So, this Christmas, I got Impact Soundworks Celestia. It was on sale for $99 on the site, but paying in Euro's it was $84. I added a 20% off coupon and scored it for roughly $68.
Just a tip to help you save some dough!
post edited by SmokeyJ628 - 2015/01/23 10:19:52