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Story: Adobe hits UK users with £1k premium for CS4

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Shameless rip-off

I don't know how long Adobe expect to get away with this.

For CS3, I just voted with my feet and bought a copy in the US (at the Apple Store in Orlando): it installed just fine on my UK Mac and saved me a fortune. Looks like I'll be doing the same for CS4.

Current check on Amazon.co.uk: Design Premium OS X upgrade is £675 inc. VAT (currently exchanging to $1242). At Amazon.com it's listed at $595, so even with a likely sales tax of 5% if I buy at a US store AND removing the VAT from the UK price (as I can claim it back because I'm VAT registered), that still equates to $625 in the US compared to $1056 in the UK. I guess I'll just dump the manuals I don't need in some Boston landfill and come home happy.

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