Wierd Pricing for Upgrades

Earlied this month I upgraded from Studio 8 to CS3 Web
Standard - $399.
Had I waited, I see I could upgrade from Studio 8 to CS4 Web
Standard
for the same price: $399.
Because I upgraded to CS3 Web Standard, I see that it will
cost me an
additional $388 to upgrade for CS4 Web Standard. This makes
no sense.
Going from Studio 8 directly to CS4 - $399.
Going from Studio 8 to CS3 to CS4 - $798.
Am I reading this upgrade pricing correctly?
Charles Newbury

> Well thats the way Adobe treats its customers...some win
and some lose.
> I agree with you, there should be a fair pricing system,
based on
> what past products you have purchased and finances you
have injected
> into their company.
And it's why I've decided to ignore the upgrade this time.
Last time we
were told if you got two upgrades behind, you had to
repurchase. This
time that deal is off and you can go all the way back to
MX2004 and
upgrade for the same price I can upgrade when I bought CS3.
Think
I'll wait until Adobe starts lowballing the price again. SOME
software
companies even reward early adopters. Not Adobe.

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