Sorry. That should have read 23.99 dollars + 9 dollars postage (so a total of 32.99 dollars for posting FTM 2012 outside the USA) Haden -----Original Message----- From: ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Tony Beardshaw Sent: 10 September 2011 23:54 To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] version 2012 Caroline and others in the UK I think you may be mistaken in thinking you are buying FTM 2012 cheaper by buying from the US directly. At 32.99 dollars + 9 dollars postage and an exchange rate of 1.5 dollars to the pound (if you are lucky) the price works out at about 22 pounds. I see that UK companies TWR computing, My History and Genealogy Supplies (S&N) were selling FTM 2011 for under £20 (even when it first came out) and in the case of TWR it is postage free. Notice they will ship in the last week of September. I understand UK customers will get theirs shipped from the UK companies at the end of September just like the US customers so anyone buying directly from the USA may pay a higher price, delayed delivery and a risk of VAT. Not a good proposition at all, and anyway why not give the UK companies a chance in these difficult times. They are not known for increasing prices year on year so I dont expect they will be much more expensive than last year if there is any increase at all. I made the mistake of buying from the US a few years ago and didnt get mine until about three weeks after the US shipments went out. Just one last thought. It's not the exchange rate today that you pay. It will be when they are ready to despatch your goods that the money is taken from your card and the rate on the day they do that might not be so favourable. Even at 1.6 dollars to the pound the price still works out at over 20 pounds if you buy from the USA. Haden ********************************** List information page http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html Online Support for Family Tree Maker Version 16 and earlier http://pastftm.custhelp.com/ Version 2008 - 2011 http://ftm.custhelp.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FTM-TECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message