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Subject: Re: Deep Fritz 8 Rocks

Author: Herbert Stephan

Date: 06:58:31 12/05/03

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On December 04, 2003 at 21:02:10, Mike Hood wrote:

>On December 04, 2003 at 19:42:31, Slater Wold wrote:
>
>>On December 04, 2003 at 19:26:28, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>
>>>On December 04, 2003 at 19:22:26, Slater Wold wrote:
>>>
>>>>On December 04, 2003 at 18:49:36, Gary Swartz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I just got that new Deep fritz 8 that played Kaspariov from Chesscentral today
>>>>>and it rocks. I don't even have a multiprocessor and it kills me .. dead.
>>>>>
>>>>>Ya gotta love it.
>>>>>Garry
>>>>
>>>>Where'd you get it?!  I know you said Chess Central, but I didn't see it.
>>>>
>>>>The only reason I didn't buy Fritz 8, was because there wasn't a 'deep' version.
>>>
>>>http://www.chessbase.com/shop/newproducts.asp
>>
>>WOW!  Chessbase did GOOD!
>>
>>It's 99,90€, which is over $120 USD.
>>
>>But for Americans, it's $84.82!!
>>
>>Interesting!
>
>The difference might be because of the German "Mehrwertsteuer" (effectively the
>same as the American sales tax) which is currently 15%. That would raise the
>price to $97.54.

That still leaves a difference of more than 20 %. So it would be cheaper for an
european customer to order from the US. Another chessbase absurdity.



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