Microsoft NZ store poor deals compared to US store

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#157353 28-Nov-2014 11:00

Anyone else notice the US store has good deals on phones and SP3 vs the NZ store?

$50 gift voucher (NZ) vs $150 off SP3 (US).

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msnz/en_NZ/cat/categoryID.67758200?icid=GlobNav_TopTab_4_HolidayOffers
http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/cat/black-friday-deals/categoryID.67001100?icid=HomePage_TopStripe_BF_112614

Ouch. Its like they don't like us or something...

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#1189720 6-Dec-2014 02:00

To be honest I'm used to it now because all the vendors pretty much do it - I wish there was some way to force vendors to offer the same deals in NZ as they offer in the US but I doubt it would ever gain political steam.

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#1189765 6-Dec-2014 09:28

sorry, meant to reply the other day. we're trying from this end to get something in place for the NZ Store - i'll let you know when/if it happens

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#1189766 6-Dec-2014 09:29

Not a single listing for anything WP8.1 phones, covers or accessories nothing nada zip diddly squat

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#1189801 6-Dec-2014 10:31

Try Google with 'Ed Husic price gouging'. Ed is an Oz MP who took on the likes of Microsoft, Apple and Adobe regards the huge difference in price between America and the rest of the world, although Ed was focusing on Oz and NZ. It took several years, but he has had some positive results. It used to cost 50% more for Adobe products here, but we now pay almost exactly the same.

Email Ed with examples — I would hope he still has a head of steam over the issues. Adobe's price gouging used to drive me crazy, so I've sent him a couple of emails and got nice replies both times.

[EDIT] typo - I hit the 8 when aiming at the 5.

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#1199818 18-Dec-2014 11:24

We still don't have windows phones in the Microsoft Store - but we do want to see them there ourselves!

The Surface Pro 3 in the NZ Store now has a $125 discount loaded until Jan 4th 2015. The US Store currently has a $100 promo code (not discount) and free sleeve - the deal mentioned above was a one-off only for black Friday.

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#1199823 18-Dec-2014 11:30

no wonder apple has success with the iphone - they like selling the device to customers via a website they create

same cant be said for google and microsoft locally.

one day they will learn.

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#1199832 18-Dec-2014 11:45

with the market power that Apple has, there are things they can do with telcos that Microsoft cannot

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#1199835 18-Dec-2014 11:46

nathan: with the market power that Apple has, there are things they can do with telcos that Microsoft cannot

Like Negotiate :P

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#1199854 18-Dec-2014 12:16

the US store has the Asus transformer tab 15 inch 1080p for $299. all gove within minutes of course

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#1199856 18-Dec-2014 12:20

sdavisnz:
nathan: with the market power that Apple has, there are things they can do with telcos that Microsoft cannot

Like Negotiate :P

I'm sure they could, if they wanted to. Google, MS, Apple...none of them care overly for the NZ market - it's just not lucrative enough, so they don't put in any effort.

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#1199865 18-Dec-2014 12:30

markl:
sdavisnz:
nathan: with the market power that Apple has, there are things they can do with telcos that Microsoft cannot

Like Negotiate :P

I'm sure they could, if they wanted to. Google, MS, Apple...none of them care overly for the NZ market - it's just not lucrative enough, so they don't put in any effort.

At least you can buy an iphone/idevice from the apple.co.nz store and there is a range of cases/accessories for the idevice you buy. as said earlier in the forum, ms nz dont even have phone cases available.

Samsung has also lifted their game lately they have most devices and all accessories available on the NZ website.

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#1199868 18-Dec-2014 12:33

sdavisnz:
markl:
sdavisnz:
nathan: with the market power that Apple has, there are things they can do with telcos that Microsoft cannot

Like Negotiate :P

I'm sure they could, if they wanted to. Google, MS, Apple...none of them care overly for the NZ market - it's just not lucrative enough, so they don't put in any effort.

At least you can buy an iphone/idevice from the apple.co.nz store and there is a range of cases/accessories for the idevice you buy. as said earlier in the forum, ms nz dont even have phone cases available.

Samsung has also lifted their game lately they have most devices and all accessories available on the NZ website.

Yeah, but I don't really see the need to be buying direct from the manufacturer in most cases...you're not going to get a better deal. Not here in NZ. At least Google are straight up not even bothering to give us access to devices through the Play Store... Seems the most honest treatment to me "hey, we can't/won't give you any better a deal than you'd get from someone else so we won't even bother"

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#1199870 18-Dec-2014 12:36

sdavisnz:
nathan: with the market power that Apple has, there are things they can do with telcos that Microsoft cannot

Like Negotiate :P

wow you make it sound so easy :)

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#1199888 18-Dec-2014 13:02

markl:
sdavisnz:
markl:
sdavisnz:
nathan: with the market power that Apple has, there are things they can do with telcos that Microsoft cannot

Like Negotiate :P

I'm sure they could, if they wanted to. Google, MS, Apple...none of them care overly for the NZ market - it's just not lucrative enough, so they don't put in any effort.

At least you can buy an iphone/idevice from the apple.co.nz store and there is a range of cases/accessories for the idevice you buy. as said earlier in the forum, ms nz dont even have phone cases available.

Samsung has also lifted their game lately they have most devices and all accessories available on the NZ website.

Yeah, but I don't really see the need to be buying direct from the manufacturer in most cases...you're not going to get a better deal. Not here in NZ. At least Google are straight up not even bothering to give us access to devices through the Play Store... Seems the most honest treatment to me "hey, we can't/won't give you any better a deal than you'd get from someone else so we won't even bother"

I'm quite sure in the case of the Nexus 4 and 5 Google Play Store would have been far cheaper than the rip off retail prices we were charged here.. But Google treats us as a tech 3rd world country..

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#1199914 18-Dec-2014 13:14

sdavisnz:
markl:
sdavisnz:
nathan: with the market power that Apple has, there are things they can do with telcos that Microsoft cannot

Like Negotiate :P

I'm sure they could, if they wanted to. Google, MS, Apple...none of them care overly for the NZ market - it's just not lucrative enough, so they don't put in any effort.

At least you can buy an iphone/idevice from the apple.co.nz store and there is a range of cases/accessories for the idevice you buy. as said earlier in the forum, ms nz dont even have phone cases available.

Samsung has also lifted their game lately they have most devices and all accessories available on the NZ website.

right now we rely on Telco and retailers in NZ to sell accessories. We want to make this easier, but nothing to announce today

FWIW For my Galaxy Note 4 S View Case I ordered at launch, I was surprised to find it took 9 weeks to arrive and disappointed that I wasn't told of the delay when I ordered, and that my credit card was billed immediately

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