25% price increase when ordering Cloud membership?

Hi,
I was about to order the Cloud Membership. Price is $50 for one year or $75 per month. When I went to the checkout it switched to Norwegian kroner, fair enough,   but the prices is at the same time increased by 25%.  Converted back the price is now $67 and $101. 
I won't pay that, I wonder who is taking the extra charge here?
All prices is $50 and $75 an all pages advertising for the Cloud Membership, until payment.
Regards
Terje

Dean Utian wrote:
@John
In Australia, we also pay higher prices for Adobe software - around the same increase as you're seeing at your end - about 25% higher. Think the Aus price is AU$62/month for CC and the Aus $ is stronger than the US.
Thanks Dean. Yes, that's what I'm paying. I'm in Australia too.
Dean Utian wrote:
There has been a lot of discussion about this in avrious blogs, magazines. The official Adobe explanation is:
"Our pricing methodology takes into consideration the costs of doing business in different regions and customer research that assesses the value of the product in the local market. Conditions vary between markets and it’s difficult to make a straight comparison between countries."
http://desktopmag.com.au/news/adobes-cs6-pricing-explanation/
It doesn't really explain things but suggests that Adobe creates a price they think will be accepted by the market.
I've seen these vague "explanations" trotted out online often.
They're often cut-and-pasted in this forum by Adobe Staff. Suggest the Staff don't have a better answer either - or they're not authorised to post one.
Problem is the "explanations" don't explain anything - especially the fact that the Cloud is digitally delivered so no transport or packaging costs, just bit and bytes and Gigabytes from an Adobe server located somewhere around the globe. Same product and service wherever you are.
As you say, Adobe charges what the market will bear. Some loathe it and won't pay the regional price differences on principle. The majority tolerates it in order to use the software.
Free market capitalism at its purest.
Dean Utian wrote:
In Australia, the educational price for Creative Cloud is in line with the US price. In fact, with current exhange rates, it's slighly cheaper.
Interesting observation.

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