Sunday, December 3rd 2006
UK to pay 68% more for Office 2007 then counterparts in the USA
Internal sources within Microsoft have hinted that Office 2007 Ultimate Edition are suggested to retail around £600. Considering that (after factoring in the exchange rate) copies of Office 2007 Ultimate Edition are suggested to retail around £357, Microsoft is charging UK customers 68% more for the same product. However, Microsoft claims that it is not to blame for the increased costs for UK customers. A spokesman for Microsoft says:
Source:
PC Pro
It's up to our partners to set the pricing. We're not allowed to fix prices - that would be illegal.Microsoft is also blaming exchange rate, regional taxation and different channels of retail distribution for the increased cost to the UK.
37 Comments on UK to pay 68% more for Office 2007 then counterparts in the USA
edit: w8 thats exacly the same as v-zero
Well if your brainy enough to get to go to uni, im sure you will do well in life! ;)
ohhhh and whislt we are there, we can also but a Jaguar car and save 28.5% on the UK retail price!
Strangely enough, I work for a National Charity and our Area Volunteer Chairman who recently retired at 47 was the European and Middle Easter Senior Vice President for Microsoft, he only finished last year and he will be in the office tomorrow so I am going to have a chat with him!