hello wally, unless they have changed their policy this is not the case with pulsedata. i used to belong to the braillenote email list, and a year or so ago there was a long running discussion about the pricing of pulsedata's various equipment in different countries around the world. eventually pulsedata in new zeland posted an explanitary message stating that they don't set the price of their equipment globally and that it's left to the individual branch of their company in various countries to set their own prices. pete. ** Going on holiday and want to halt messages? Send a message to:- ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** vacation ## d ** where ## is the number of days followed by d for days. ** For other things like digest mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq