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Dale · 07-30-2008, 05:50 AM

Pete, that sucks, that is truly gouging of the highest order.

I was a fan of LR2 until the release, and the price difference became obvious. I'll switch to Aperture for the the price and .edu discount alone.

With the price difference here, there will be a few box copies for sale new in the marketplace soon I'd think.

Originally Posted by Derridale

Well, they just lost me as a bona fide Adobe customer.! Grrrr! I purchased a copy of Lightroom 5 weeks and 2 days ago, and registered it. I had already purchased a previous copy for my Windows machine, and this second copy was for a Macbook Pro. I believed I was doing the right thing.

Now, I've just called Adobe (the Malysian call centre, of course!) and was told that I do NOT qualify for a free upgrade to version 2 - the grace period is only 1 month! That stinks. And there I was assuming that doing the right thing by Adobe was going to be acknowledged. Hah! Bah!

So - they've lost an honest, paying customer, as I now will be looking on the Bit Torrent sites to see what I can find. I refuse, point blank, to pay the outrageous inflated Australian prices any more, especially with our dollar being almost at parity with the US dollar (about 96 cents as I write this).

If Adobe treat their customers this way, then I have absolutely no compunction in spreading the cost of my software over a couple of bought copies and other "non-bought" copies. No matter how good LR2 may be, it's not worth forking out again to buy it only 5 weeks and 2 days after buying version 1.4

Aperture is looking better by the day.....

One disgusted former Adobe customer.

07-30-2008, 05:50 AM	#11
Dale Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Surfcoast Victoria Australia Gallery Photos: 0 Posts: 248	Pete, that sucks, that is truly gouging of the highest order. I was a fan of LR2 until the release, and the price difference became obvious. I'll switch to Aperture for the the price and .edu discount alone. With the price difference here, there will be a few box copies for sale new in the marketplace soon I'd think. Originally Posted by Derridale Well, they just lost me as a bona fide Adobe customer.! Grrrr! I purchased a copy of Lightroom 5 weeks and 2 days ago, and registered it. I had already purchased a previous copy for my Windows machine, and this second copy was for a Macbook Pro. I believed I was doing the right thing. Now, I've just called Adobe (the Malysian call centre, of course!) and was told that I do NOT qualify for a free upgrade to version 2 - the grace period is only 1 month! That stinks. And there I was assuming that doing the right thing by Adobe was going to be acknowledged. Hah! Bah! So - they've lost an honest, paying customer, as I now will be looking on the Bit Torrent sites to see what I can find. I refuse, point blank, to pay the outrageous inflated Australian prices any more, especially with our dollar being almost at parity with the US dollar (about 96 cents as I write this). If Adobe treat their customers this way, then I have absolutely no compunction in spreading the cost of my software over a couple of bought copies and other "non-bought" copies. No matter how good LR2 may be, it's not worth forking out again to buy it only 5 weeks and 2 days after buying version 1.4 Aperture is looking better by the day..... One disgusted former Adobe customer.