Pirates!

Just finished watching Pirates of the Caribbean: At world's end with Olga. Read at my review here (opens in a new window).

But since my review is posted in another blog, POTC is not the reason for this post.ent home

Rather, it is because I just came from Quiapo yesterday and saw a copy of the Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium which contains:
InDesign CS3
Photoshop CS3 Extended
Illustrator CS3
Flash CS3 Professional
Dreamweaver CS3
Acrobat 8 Professional

and, support softwares
Adobe Bridge CS3
Version Cue CS3
Adobe Device Central CS3
Adobe Stock Photos
Acrobat Connect

Being the novive (read: trying hard) graphic artist that I am, I'm quite eager to see the new features that the upgrade to CS2 boasts of. So i went to the website of adobe to chekitout. Indeed, it seems to be a nice product, which I have always expected from adobe.

But what was a real shocker was the price!

The genuine Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium costs a whopping US$1,799! That is equivalent to Php 82,754!

And how much is the one from Quiapo? Php 100. Yes. Php 82,654 less.

WTF!?