Why are Australians still being asked to pay too much for Office 2013? Last week we looked at the Aussie pricing for Office 2013 which is higher than the US prices though that’s hardly anything new since Microsoft has overpriced Office ‘down under’ for as long as we can remember. Why? Let us preface this […]
Let’s take into account US State Sales taxes and see if it makes much difference In the past we’ve compared the US retail price of Microsoft Office with the Australian price with GST. That was a fair comparison since many people could avoid US state sales taxes by buying online with free shipping in many […]
Office 2013 can’t be moved from the computer you first install it on – we’re quite sure. “I can’t see any other media mentioning the non-transfer rule for Office 2013 retail packages. Are you sure about that?” We’re absolutely sure. It’s true that most Office 2013 reviews don’t mention it but that’s partly because Microsoft […]
Australians still get shafted when paying for Office 2013. Our price comparison for Office 2013 shows that Microsoft is still taking advantage of Australian consumers. For Office 2010 the price hike was up to 40% more than the USA on a generous calculation. For Office 2013 the high end is 40% more expensive and a whopping 55% […]
How well are the changed terms for retail sales being disclosed? Now Office 2013 is being sold to the public we’ve been carefully looking for proper disclosure of the new stricter license rules. As regular Office Watch readers will know, Office 2013 retail bundles have very different rules to the past packages. Generally speaking, a […]
