I've never yet got a PG product from a UK reseller - they are usually at least one if not two versions behind, and woefully expensive. I used to get the disks surface, then air mail from Canada, and that was cheaper and more reliable than getting them from England.

It's not just pound to dollar rip offs here in the UK. The best (mmm) rip off I've seen recently is Linplug, a German company, which sells its upgrade to Saxlab for 29euros, but £39! I queried this, and they said that their distributor placed a surcharge on any transactions in pounds - on the current exchange rate, the deal should be £26 - basically a 50% surcharge for a downloadable product!!! Native Instruements actually prevent customers from the UK from paying in $s (with £s not being an option), even though this would save typically 20-30% over paying in euros. PG's policy of allowing you to pay in dollars and downloading the products is a jolly good thing! No VAT makes it even better!!

The UK is not by anyone's standards a cheap place to shop ...

Brian