The schools order a collective order from who knows where and we all pay some money the school.
If you don't have enough money you just borrow a calc from the school for the 5 years we use 'em there, then you need to give 'em back.
Of cource I bought my TI-84+

Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on June 28, 2013, 07:00:25 pm

By the way, is the PRIZM sold yet in the Netherlands? Sometimes european countries tend to get new calc models years later, if at all.

I think it is sold here. A lot of small electronics stores carry them. I saw Nspires go for less than TI84+ calcs all over the place. (messed up, right?)

The same thing happened here with the CX and the Clickpad models for a while. In 2008, you could get a Clickpad model for $159.99 with the 84+SE keypad included, despite the real 84+SE selling for $176.48. In 2009 the Clickpad went for $169.99. In late 2013, the CX models went from $194.99 to $179.99 then later $149.99. Now they're gone from both the physical and online stores (although the site still sells CAS Touchpad and CX models).

This didn't make sense to see the TI-84+ at $142.83, the 84+SE at $149.99 (was $176.48) and the Nspire CX at $149.99, so I thought that they were discontinuing the latter two, but then they moved only the CX in the clearance bins and today the 84+SE is still sold. I think the CX was just selling poorly, while the SE sold decently, but they had to make place for the eventual CSE by dropping the price (since the CSE will be $179.99).

Quote from: Sorunome on July 01, 2013, 05:20:42 am

Over here in germany I can't say that I've ever seen any graphical calc in a store......

Then what kind of calculators do people use? That's insane!!!

I guess they just don't make enough money from them due to TI charging so high outside United States and France (often $50-100 more). Plus schools probably lend them for free or people just buy them online for cheaper.

In Canada TI calcs are already far more expensive than in USA, so if, for example, I get a TI-84+CSE for $179.99 plus taxes (around $207), I might as well get it on Underwood Distributing or something where they sell them $129.99 + $39 shipping. Of course online you have to be careful about what shipping carrier and service you choose, though, because with UPS Ground/Standard, even though it says $24 shipping it's actually $89 with the hidden charges on delivery, plus you often have to pick up your item at their outlets (which are only open on week days), spending $12 in city bus transit in the process unless you have a car. That means that your $129.99 calc bought from USA ends up costing between $218.99 and $230.99 (almost double than the original price!)

Here in the netherlands it's always like this: The shops pricetags tell the price used to be €199,99 and now it's only €139,99 (which is still US$180.) Imagine you'd have to pay €200 for a TI84+ (US$260!!!!!)

I wonder if someone can stop this madness. A company that has the balls to just sell a dirt cheap graphing calculator that does the same.

The whole problem is that only TI calculators are allowed on some tests (and sometimes casio and hp, but those are also expensive).