In Europe we have the "internal market". Yes? I'm in the UK.
That should mean if I want to buy a product from Germany, I can, yes? Not with Altium it seems.
I got a quote from Premier EDA, an Altium reseller in the UK. It seemed expensive. I found that Altium could be bought in Germany (it might have been somewhere else) for £1,000 less. I asked for a formal quote from the cheaper supplier (Altium direct I think).
I then got a rather irate email from Premier EDA solutions, who stated that they offer only a "value added solution" or some other cr@p. I asked for several more quotes across Europe, strangely no offices responded, or if they did they told me to contact my local reseller, i.e. Premier EDA solutions.
Does this stink. It sure as hell does.