[jaws-uk] Re: S M A's
- From: "keith" <keith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 15:19:37 -0000
Dear George,
Thank you for your explanation, but I'm afraid I believe we are being ripped
off in this country.
I take your point over CD's. We do, however, using the Internet, have the
option to buy these through companies such as Amazon.
Why, please, was I sent a message from FS, inviting me to download their
newsletter, which should, I would have thought, apply to ALL Jaws users,
inviting me to purchase a new S M A for $120?
Who please fixes the price of £125 for us to pay over here?
I appreciate there are import costs, but as regards VAT, we as blind users
don't pay this, and I signed a form giving me exemption. So surely the
company can claim this back, if they have to pay it in the first place.
So, taking into account the costs of importing, and the cost of reclaiming
the VAT, how, please, can a charge of £125 be justified compared to a dollar
price of £120?
Blind people, generally speaking the world over, do not have the
opportunities to earn salaries that our sighted colleagues can command. And
I, for one, am retired, and living on a pension.
Finally, I was told this morning by S&S that if I went straight to Freedom
Scientific to purchase an S M A, I would be referred back to S&S.
So it looks as if I would have no option but to pay the quite iniquitous sum
of £125.
I'm still awaiting a call back from S&S.
With very best wishes,
Keith
-----Original Message-----
From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of George Bell
Sent: 23 December 2005 12:02
To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: S M A's
This is not an unusual situation by any means where American
products are concerned, and mostly reflects the state of the
American economy right now.
I have the same situation right now in relation to the
Cakewalk Sonar software which many of you use. In the
States, it is advertised at $299, while here in the U.K. it
costs around $400, or £229.
Just look at the price of CDs here compared to the States,
where they are half the price.
But then companies like ourselves cannot "sneak under the
wire" with importing goods from abroad. We do have to pay
freight, and before it even gets out of the Customs shed, we
have to part with 17.5% VAT, not to mention Customs Duty of
5% or even higher for electronic goods.
As many of you who have known me for some time know, I have
fought the Dollar - Pound war for a very long time. I won't
go into the cost analysis here, but please be assured that
in this case, were you all to start dealing directly with
the States for SMA's, within 12 months, you'd all be begging
for control to return to the U.K.
George.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of keith
> Sent: 23 December 2005 11:22
> To: Jaws Group
> Subject: [jaws-uk] S M A's
>
> Dear All,
>
> Jaws 7, with XP Home.
>
> I wonder if anyone, like me, has read the latest FS
newsletter?
>
> One of the items in that newsletter concerns taking out a
new
> S M A. If the user is using version 7.0, and buys an S M A
by
> 31 December, they can purchase it at a special price of
$120.
> After 31 December, the price will go up to $180.
>
> I was invited in November by S&S to take out a new S M A,
in
> the princely sum of £125, which had to be renewed by, I
> think, 12 December.
>
> I duly paid this sum on 30 November.
>
> Consider my surprise, therefore, to read in the newsletter
of
> the dollar price. At a mid-rate of $1.7390 to the pound,
this
> equates to roughly £69.
>
> I rang S&S this morning to enquire the position. The
person I
> spoke to knew nothing of this dollar price, but said it
> probably applied to America. I pointed out that FS
supplied
> products worldwide, and would he please get in touch with
FS,
> and then ring me. I await a phone call.
>
> I'd be interested to read what others think.
>
> With best wishes,
>
> Keith
>
>
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