Comments on: Economic Uncertainty Hits Software Prices

By: Angus Kidman

Angus Kidman — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:43:26 +0000

Floyd, to my mind, the change in the exchange rate is a pretty good example of economic conditions!

By: Floyd Bradley

Floyd Bradley — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:51:15 +0000

Angus,
The original article above does not represent what really happened. Carbonite's Australian distributor (trading as Carbonite Australia Pty) decided to raise (by 10.8%) the local Australian Dollar price of the Carbonite Online Backup service , which the distributor buys from Carbonite in US Dollars. It was because of the recent sharp rise in the US Dollar (ie a fall in the US$/A$ exchange rate) that this price change needed to be made, not because of any economic conditions. In the US, Carbonite's low flat price for unlimited backup has not changed since the service was launched in May 2006. Furthermore, Carbonite (a private company based in Boston, MA) has just raised $20 million in new venture capital funding to help fuel its double-digit PER MONTH growth rate.
Floyd Bradley, EVP International, Carbonite Inc.

By: warcroft

warcroft — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:50:13 +0000

being a graphic designer/digital printer I chew through a lot of printer cartridges of various types.
So, I get an email last week from my toner supplier advising that due to the drop in the dollar the price of cartridges is going up.
But what I dont understand is two years ago, when the Aust dollar was around 85c I was paying 'x' amount for cartridges. Then, when we hit 97c the price remained the same.
But now that we drop back to about 95c suddenly I have to pay more.

No, hold on, I do understand. Its greed.
I get no savings when the dollar is good, but the instant it drops back to where it normally is I get slugged with a price increase.