[orbital~debris]

Even though Apple added fullscreen viewing to the latest QuickTime update, i still feel the need to upgrade to QuickTime Pro in order to be able to download movie trailers and easily record clips with my iSight.

However, i notice that the price works out cheaper if i buy it from the USA online Apple Store than if i get it from the UK online Apple Store (£14 versus £20)…

I wondered if anyone has any experience of buying non-physical items (it's just a code Apple email to you as far as i understand) from the US store instead of their own countries' store? Will it work? any drawbacks?

Also, i've read that the Pro keys stop giving full Pro functionality for Pro features of the next major release of QuickTime. With that in mind, will there be such an update with Leopard (i.e. QuickTime 8)?

[-Q-]

Originally Posted by orbital~debris 

I wondered if anyone has any experience of buying non-physical items (it's just a code Apple email to you as far as i understand) from the US store instead of their own countries' store? Will it work? any drawbacks?

No actual experience, but I do know something like that isn't possible via the iTunes store. It requires a credit card billing address from the location the store resides. I honestly don't know if the American Apple Store has that same functionality or not. The only drawback I can think of is that the address fields wouldn't match up for billing purposes...

Originally Posted by orbital~debris

Also, i've read that the Pro keys stop giving full Pro functionality for Pro features of the next major release of QuickTime. With that in mind, will there be such an update with Leopard (i.e. QuickTime 8)?

I haven't read of anything like that, but I also haven't paid much attention to the miniutae of 10.5 development. But yes, you will lose your pro features at the next upgrade unless they change that policy.

[Nivag]

Like -Q- says you wont be able to purchase it without a USA based credit card and address. I tried to buy it from the USA store and i've got a UK credit card.

[orbital~debris]

Originally Posted by Nivag 

Like -Q- says you wont be able to purchase it without a USA based credit card and address. I tried to buy it from the USA store and i've got a UK credit card.

Thanks -Q- and Nivag for your replies.
Nivag, looks like you beat me to it

Oh well, i know it's only a little more but i thought this might have been one occasion when Apple customers in the UK wouldn't have to pay the pond-crossing markup!

[C.A.T.S. CEO]

Originally Posted by orbital~debris 

Even though Apple added fullscreen viewing to the latest QuickTime update, i still feel the need to upgrade to QuickTime Pro in order to be able to download movie trailers and easily record clips with my iSight.

Don't you have iMovie? You can recored clips with it, without QTP.

[pheonixash]

A little OT, but if I'm visiting the US, can't I buy stuff here with a credit card from another country? Does that not work?
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[ghporter]

In a brick-and-mortar store, you can probably buy anything. Online, that's a different story.

And I doubt that anyone will be able to really find a valid and legal dodge to buy software in the U.S. for use in the UK-there are most likely some licensing issues involved that make the price different. That's why a lot of "soft" products are different between various countries. European Union or not, the people who license content (or algorithms) work country-by-country, so prices are set according to the license fees charged in each country. Trying to avoid the extra 6£ in this case could be seen as the equivalent of trying to avoid paying a tax on the product.

[JKT]

Note, the price at the US store is sans tax, so it isn't really £14 anyway. Given that you are based in the EU, you would have to pay VAT on the purchase. Add the cost of currency conversion plus whatever flat fee your bank charges, and that £6 rapidly becomes nothing.