Yggdrasil wrote: "PS. This is NOT a critisism of CL. Virtually all software seems to carry a similar markup. It's just the way things are." Musicat wrote: "unfortunately you have to remember the import/export laws. what your country sets for prices on those is up to them." Guys, one myth that has to be discontinued, is that companies do not have control on foreign countries prices. They much DO have and there ARE things they can do. They can not give exclusivity to foreign resellers. By allowing several companies to resell their products in a foreign country, companies can have: - undirect but effective control over final prices. The presence of competition is a natural antidote to speculations. If competitor companies are distributing Poser in say Italy, they won't be able to raise the price ad lib, because this would kill their sales as people will buy from the other companies. - companies can also this way sell and distribute download-only versions of the software, all over the world, without breaking any exclusive contracts because there are none. Of course, this would mean for a company to give up the immediate profit from exclusive resellers, but if they product is good and strong (and Poser 5 apparently may be), they will end up making more money in the long run. And they will improve SIGNIFICANTLY their company reputation abroad. And make thousands of customers happier and willing to get back to them. THIS, it is not depending on foreign government laws or whatsoever. This is a choice that depends ENTIRELY on the software company (in our case, Curious Labs).