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I can not understand the prices Ableton put up?

549€ for EU and 599$ US, the dollar is much lower than the euro.

In Sweden where I live it is almost 73€ euro in difference=104$ if I could buy the US version.

How come?

Yeah thats odd. It's even more than 73 euro, 77 euro according to google

Helt sjukt!!!

Varför skall vi betala mer??? SVERIGE!!!

It might be a VAT charge for EU citizens.

Or may be they are charging what they think the market will bear, I believe things generally are less expensive in the US.

It's very odd.

Live 5 in EU is is €469 https://www.ableton.com/shop?region=eu
Live 5 in US is $469 https://www.ableton.com/shop?region=non_eu


yet US$ 469 = €369

that means Live is €100 more expensive in Europe than the states.
or, conversely, Live is 126.94 US$ cheaper for people who don't live in Europe.

woo, go Europe!

Either shops in Europe advertise everything at list prices and not street or Europe has to pay more for just about every peice of gear I've seen. Hardware, software it dosen't matter. I've never seen one peice of gear advertised for less money then here in the States...

No idea why that is.

is it because VAT isnt applicable for those outside the EU (like us lucky bastards in Switzerland)

???????????

It's all those got darn taxes you pay to keep that bloated, artificial "union" afloat.

cube wrote:Helt sjukt!!!

Varför skall vi betala mer??? SVERIGE!!!

They're punishing you because you refuse to learn to speak English.

craw wrote:is it because VAT isnt applicable for those outside the EU (like us lucky bastards in Switzerland)

???????????

hehehe anyway we the swiss lucky bastards, outside of the EU, have to pay in dollar (at least it has been so for me for version 3, 4 and 5)

In the USA there is sales tax to be added. Most prices are displayed without sales tax. Sales tax varies from state to state.

In the EU we have VAT - which is mainly the same - around 17.5%. This is usually included in the displayed price.

If you import a USA version then you will need to pay the VAT when it comes into the EU.

So it's not obvious to compare like with like.

Vince

What's the big deal? The cost of Live-ing in europe has always been higher, comparatively speaking.

ba-damp *pisshh*

...try the veal

cube wrote:I can not understand the prices Ableton put up?

549€ for EU and 599$ US, the dollar is much lower than the euro.

In Sweden where I live it is almost 73€ euro in difference=104$ if I could buy the US version.

How come?

You have a nicer country man. If you want to get the cheap price you need to also put up with Bush, <http://www.schwarzenegger.com/>, reality TV, bad manners, and MacDonalds - though you do get cheap fuel bundled in.

The economy is much higher than the states! Thats why!

they probably don't want to change it too often (with exchange rates varying), and keep a fixed price.