Originally Posted by Matt Finley
Thanks. Bad news. So, if you were to buy the downloadable special price package for new audiophile update, at $149, then you pay an additional 20% of that $149 as your total purchase price of nearly $180. Thus there is no benefit to buying by download? In all the discussions we have had on this (of which as a USA resident I have no real understanding), we assumed that PG Music developing a downloadable audiophile version (and the full one is coming someday) would help you.
Well, we would still save the cost of the SSD and the VAT on that, which is another $30.

In principle, in the UK at least, there's a way to avoid it if it's "education support media", but HMRC always seem to fight everything. When they fight, they also charge admin fees and sometimes more, so it's usually "just tolerate it". In principle taxes may for the state services we get, though they're often none to efficient. C'est la vie.

Jazz relative beginner, starting at a much older age than was helpful.
AVL:MXE Linux; Windows 11
BIAB2025 Audiophile, a bunch of other software.
Kawai MP6, Ui24R, Focusrite Saffire Pro40 and Scarletts
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