Hi guys,

Can anyone recommend a place where I would be able to get a better deal on Adobe Illustrator than the price set by Adobe on their website?

I know of ebay and I found great prices there, but the owner of the business does not want to purchase from ebay.

Thanks,
Max

if you are still in college, or are a teacher, you can goto academicsuperstore.com and get some great deals on software

also, try craigslist.org. sometimes people will be selling their old copy of various programs there.

This will be purchased for a company, so none of those discounts apply.

Thanks,
Max

ah, sorry, don't know then

Nah, no prob. ;) Thanks for the suggestion, though.

You might want to check out places like:

http://reviews.cnet.com/Adobe_Illustrator_CS/4014-3513_7-30548018.html?q=

... they compare all the best prices around. Lowest price is $439.00 US for the lastest version (CS) by the looks of it.

Hope this helps :)

Thanks - I haven't thought of that :)

i wouldnt suggest buying from those types of websites, often they are simply reselling a copy, not an original.

you won't find a price cheaper than adobe's because they all had to buy them from adobe - that is unless you want either an older version or a used version, both of which i'd highly suggest you don't get. It's one thing to buy a copy on ebay or a similar site for personal use, but for a business you should have your own, LEGAL copies of all software. I assume your business involves design for the most part because of the need for illustrator. You should be able to cover your overhead costs in your design prices. if you cant, you need to raise your prices. One client should easily pay for a copy of illustrator many times over.

I worked at a print shop a while ago that received a box of the whole adobe print suite - photoshop, illustrator, pagemaker, indesign, acrobat, streamline...in both mac and pc - everytime adobe updated its suite. print design was an extremely small portion of their work, probably 5%, yet they still were able to purchase all the necessary software.


if this is not critical to your business (you could live with a different program that does the exact same thing yet is cheaper) i would highly suggest going with the corel suite. although we had the whole adobe suite, we primarily used corel draw for print work (only used photoshop for photo editing and the other programs when we were given that filetype). it is just as powerful and much more affordable.

That is a good point.

Thanks,
Max

I have Illustrator 10, and trust me, i don't think it was worth it.it was $100. Also fireworks it another good one for $100.

I have noticed something really really annoying in illustrator...a major bug. basicly if you make something in paint for example, the program will enlarge it by alot...

Where did you Get Illustrator for $100?

my guess is he got an educational version for $99.

yup... for me, I asked a friends parent who works at a university to buy it for me! You can try that at your university and find someone to buy it for you. (you have to be staff or a student)

If you get creative you can simply download the 30 day full trial every thirty days from a different IP/email/address.

Of course, this could probably get you sent to prison so never mind.

I got my copy free by attending an Adobe conference if you can beleive it. Won the door prize. As for value- I use Photoshop for everything, and I mean everything, except vector images which I hire out to a guy in Poland.

Well, I downloaded the free version for 30 days and have found it quite good. I don't need Photoshop because I never found any use in it - 80% of my images are vector.

Yeah i don't know why I put in photoshop. I think it's because I am pissed at it right now for not allowing me edit some layers without flattening them first.

Originally posted by MG315
i wouldnt suggest buying from those types of websites, often they are simply reselling a copy, not an original.

you won't find a price cheaper than adobe's because they all had to buy them from adobe (...)

Sometimes there are people selling legit software packages. However, there are lots of software packages in which the EULA states plainly that only if you buy from an authorized reseller you will be entitled to register the software. I recently read a report on a case like this: a guy bought 3DS Max from another guy at eBay and Discreet refused to register him. The software was an original package, he had the proper serial numbers and all, but they simply refused to grant him a registration!

Of course everyone who's selling Adobe software bought from Adobe, but you don't think stores and dealerships buy from Adobe at retail price, do you?

dreamaloud1, you don't need to download it from a different computer; download it once, install it, after 30 days, unistall, and delete the whole files... (leftovers...hidenfiles etc...), then install it again.

They're getting smarter than that, 1jetsam. I know that the software package they use for the demos, vBox, leaves a lot of registry entries all over the place. Through those, they can determine whether this software was used previously.

Max

the reason the software costs so much is because of people like you. you think that you can get away with reusing the tryout versions or downloading the program and never paying for it. then you turn around and charge clients for your services using stolen software. that is like a car repair shop stealing all their tools, then charging a premium rate for fixing cars.

if you are charging money for your work, the least you can do is pay for the tools that you use. the tryout version is there for a reason, as is the educational one. start paying for what you use.

we live in free world guys, we here get everything for free.may be 2 dollars for CD.God Bless America

free world refers to the rights of an individual and a freedom from oppression (in most cases). free world does not literally mean you can steal software for free - that is illegal.