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787322 2009-06-30 07:15:00 Lucky youre not in Europe, sites are saying they'll be paying twice as much as everyone else. Even tho IE has been removed from their version of Win 7

Yeah that sucks. And they wonder why there is piracy. Where there is rampant piracy, they price it a lot cheaper. Microsoft need to learn not to be greedy with their pricing. They could take a page from Apples book.
robbyp (2751)
787323 2009-06-30 07:20:00 Hi,so is there anything to stop New Zealanders buying from the likes of Amazon ? Or will they simply not sell outside the US? ruup (1827)
787324 2009-06-30 08:10:00 Yeah that sucks. And they wonder why there is piracy. Where there is rampant piracy, they price it a lot cheaper. Microsoft need to learn not to be greedy with their pricing. They could take a page from Apples book.

Blame the weak currency, the EU, and a few other things for that. There's no upgrade option for the Europeans. They'll either have to buy the full OS (discounted) or wander over to a neighbouring country.
the_bogan (9949)
787325 2009-06-30 09:19:00 A guy at my place of work told me the prices of windows 7 which he got from somone who knows somebody who knows somone at MS you know how it goes lol.

Win7 basic is $99 and windows 7 home premium is $199 don't know the price of windows 7 ultimate.
Hitech (9024)
787326 2009-06-30 09:22:00 Those sound like the US, not NZ prices Speedy Gonzales (78)
787327 2009-06-30 09:45:00 Thanks for following up on this. I was sure we were left out and so it appears. Only way around it is to send money to someone in the States and get them to order a pre-ordered copy. Now, who can I ask? Mmmmm. linw (53)
787328 2009-06-30 09:52:00 Try Surferjoe Speedy Gonzales (78)
787329 2009-06-30 10:16:00 Thanks for following up on this. I was sure we were left out and so it appears. Only way around it is to send money to someone in the States and get them to order a pre-ordered copy. Now, who can I ask? Mmmmm.

If it gets picked up by the media, as to why Microsoft is not giving this deal to NZer, then i am sure Microsoft New Zealand would have to front up. Especially as their competitor Google is giving the impression of helping NZ out of this recession, with their free adwords credit to NZ businesses.
robbyp (2751)
787330 2009-06-30 12:46:00 Hi,so is there anything to stop New Zealanders buying from the likes of Amazon ? Or will they simply not sell outside the US?

I just tried to order Win7 Home Premium at the discounted price from Amazon and they will not ship it to NZ :groan:

I didn't think they would ship it but I thought it was worth a try :annoyed:
Rod J (451)
787331 2009-06-30 12:47:00 Lucky youre not in Europe, sites are saying they'll be paying twice as much as everyone else. Even tho IE has been removed from their version of Win 7

Suckers! Its their legal system that forced MS into doing that stuff in the first place anyway!
beeswax34 (63)
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