I think you should change the title.

tellboy
Yep you have to add VAT on to the figure you calculated. If you want to get the X2 producer to X3 producer as the boxed version though try Et Cetera www.etcetera.co.uk they have it for £109 plus £6 for carriage which is cheaper than CW on-line store and you get the media in a box too! Only problem is it isn't in stock yet. Maybe you'll have to wait a week or two.

Just got an email from them, it says "We are expecting our first delivery next week."

Runningonair,
 
Considdering the other comments I think the difference is not that much? Taxes have allways been high in Europe.
 
It's been years with other big daw's who charge way more. And this year especially you get Melodyne, a great bundle of software (wich I've never seen before in a daw) and top features all around. There are the base X3 and X3 studio as well.... To me X3 is the ultimate christmas gift.... And we allways create a song in Sonar for either Sinterklaas (dutch) or Christmas with the whole family. The fun of that alone!!

With a post count of three (all in this thread) and a "Cakewalk user for years" you immediately trigger my troll sensor.
 
Cakewalk is a company of individuals, not some faceless corporation so I suggest you temper the use of the word "hate". That is out of line.
 
There are multiple threads on the topic, indeed several after each release of Sonar, so any sort of simple search would have found you a suitable answer.
 
 

How can you live in the UK and not immediately know that VAT is included in the price?

+1

Rip of Britain With free health care, doctors and dentists.
America.... mmmmMMM.  Maybe Obama Care
 
Justs couldnt resist it!

runningonair
So here we go again.

My thoughts exactly when I saw the thread title. 

if you look at other US makers, they are in the same boat.. mackie stuff I got tax wise went thru the roof and IRC m-audio stuff went the same way.
 
it's not their doing, personally I blame John's avatar
 
they don't get the same deal as EU based companies. Adversely I think focusrite / novation prices over there are decent enough ?
 
if I had a £ for everytime every year for this being mentioned.. I'd have hhhm £73
 
if you are in the EU, then you think the US lot get a better deal ,but their setup is different state to state tax wise.
 
healthcare wise some of it is a tad free if you live in wales.. e.g. prescriptions... england you pay £6 unless you're a diabetic etc. nhs dentist, you pay 3 bands depending on the amount of work (and there is a "point system" so dentists  can't make mega bucks doing nhs work).. (don't get me started on health tourists, who the government should start billing their country for work, like spain etc does for UK folk)
 

garybrun
Rip of Britain With free health care, doctors and dentists.
America.... mmmmMMM.  Maybe Obama Care
 
Justs couldnt resist it!

Free?
 
 
Ok, if that's what you believe.........