I have seen copies of Acrobat at University Bookstores for about $100 - Academically priced software. As far as I know it is the ssame as the retail software, except the box has a sticker that says "Academic" on it. Although it's only meant for students/staff/faculty of a educational institution, all you need to do is say you're buying it for your son or daughter and mention that he/she is starting school in the fall/spring... anyway, you get the picture. Most of the time they don't even check to see if you're a student/staff/faculty...
just my two cents 
Isosceles Jones
