The advertised upgrade price to US customers is $149.00, which at current currency conversion rates is £92.35.
 
We actually got charged £119.00, which definitely does not equate to $149.00 
 
£119.00 at current conversion rates is actually around $192 
 
Bearing in mind this is for a download, and not a boxed/delivered version, UK customers are actually paying $43 more for exactly the same product.

And even if they are adding on a further 20% VAT (our current rate) above the registered US price, it should still only be $178.80, or £110.80.
 
And if VAT is being added on top of the advertised price, I believe it should say so.
 
Our friends in the 'Eurozone' fare a little better, but not much - they are being charged €134.00, equivalent to $181/£112.

I don't believe this is very fair at all, but what do I know.
 
 

I just read in another thread.... No   :)
 
I believe they took in to consideration the euro and the $

PS.. if you confirm your not..
you should change the title of this thread.. it looks horid

Yes, Blighty is getting ripped off, as per usual.
Cakewalk should charge international customers in USD.

sorry, I guess what I read on another thread wasn't what you were looking for steve because you read it too.

Hi Steve-
 
It looks like there is about an $9 difference due to currency fluctuations.
 
If you take $149 and add 20.5% VAT, it would come out to a little over $181. If you did 119GBP and converted it straight, it would be $190. 
 
We set these prices a month ago for retailers so it will vary in either direction. We did try to make themm fair.
 
Surprising, EURO is dead on. $181 either way you do it.

SteveStrummerUK
 
The advertised upgrade price to US customers is $149.00, which at current currency conversion rates is £92.35.
 
We actually got charged £119.00, which definitely does not equate to $149.00 

£119.00 at current conversion rates is actually around $192 
 
Bearing in mind this is for a download, and not a boxed/delivered version, UK customers are actually paying $43 more for exactly the same product.

And even if they are adding on a further 20% VAT (our current rate) above the registered US price, it should still only be $178.80, or £110.80.

And if VAT is being added on top of the advertised price, I believe it should say so.
 
Our friends in the 'Eurozone' fare a little better, but not much - they are being charged €134.00, equivalent to $181/£112.

I don't believe this is very fair at all, but what do I know.
 
 

And that price is VAT inclusive.

 
Thanks Andrew.
 
But whichever way you slice it, we're actually paying nearer 29% more.
 
And as to conversion rate fluctuations, yes, I understand that, but we actually paid exactly the same 29% more last year for the X1→X2 upgrade.
 
And how come US customers don't pay any tax on their purchase, your tax laws are making me want to emigrate.
 

Andrew Rossa [Cakewalk]
 
 
It looks like there is about an $9 difference due to currency fluctuations.
 

There it is !!!
 
Charge everyone in $$ and currency fluctuations will not be a problem for you. Other US retailers seem to manage this.
 
BTW X3 looks great. :)

Online purchases + no taxes is a wonderful thing!  But I believe that may be changing, at least in some states.   I guess we shall see...