madmac3d

Looking to purchase Viz 2006 pretty soon, but wasn't sure who to go to in the UK to buy it. Any recommendations?

or should I just buy it direct from the states and pay the import duty?

Cheers

madmac3d

ouch !

Uk online price = £1985 (incl vat)

US online price = $1995 = £1045
+ vat * 17.5% = £1227
+ import tax .... not sure how much that is, but it can't much more than 10% surely!?

so.... seems like its a no brainer... I need to look at getting an import ?

I remember there being licensing issues with imported copies of max.... but my god!?... surely the price disparity is rediculous!

Gabriella_A

Viz is an Autodesk product...

I'm sure that here in Italy you HAVE to buy the product from a local reseller to have a full legal licence...

I know that's unfair... and the worst part is that we often have to wait MONTHS before the local italian reseller have the last version of the software...

I don't know why, but the Autodesk (the italian branch), told me that if I buy a Us copy of the software the licence in Italy has no effect.. and I'm considered as a illegal user... as if I had no licence at all!!

I don't know if Autodesk does the same in other countries... but if not I'll start to be VERY angry...

Gabriella

Geoff

Try these people

http://www.cadpointdirect.co.uk/webs...me.php?cat=584

price (exc. VAT): £ 1,419.60

It's now £50 less than I paid 4 months ago and they were the cheapest I could find.
But it looks as though the subscription has gone up by about £40!

Geoff

(don't forget to buy a decent renderer, like vray!)

It arrived the very next day to

madmac3d

Thanks for the info.

I don't understand how the rules of 'free trade' fail to apply in this situation. Surely its against trade rules that they can prevent you from buying a product in country A and using it in country B?

I suppose its another example of the doublespeak we have to get used to these days.... Free trade = Controlled Trade.

Geoff - Thanks for that, that's a good price for sure.