Care to explain this?
My friend from Europe just recently purchased a copy of the Sims 3 pets via steam, and when he did, i noticed something rather alarming. What i found out is that the price for older titles has DOUBLED...
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"Gguy;c-17420915" wrote:
@SimAlexandria Yet again, like i just said, it's not about me. This was mainly taken to point out an oddity. Plum, i don't even use Euros, i use dollars. Can someone from Europe take an additional origin price picture? I'd like to confirm my theory that Europeans are being charged double the price (I highly doubt that only my pal is being affected)
I think you have to also take into account the rate of exchange, dollars to euros. That may well be why it appears to cost more. Otherwise, you're right, there's something shady going on somewhere.
"Seera1024;c-17421494" wrote:"Gguy;c-17420925" wrote:
Well, between my friend's pic, your statements and my comparison to the prices in dollars, i think it's safe to say that my theory has been proven correct. Now we have to figure out just why the price is so higher in Europe (At least on Origin). I mean, if you convert Dollars to Euros, it should cost pretty similar, around 18 euros or something along those lines. I doubt regional prices would increase the price by 20, that's a crazy difference.
@SimGuruGraham Any input on this?
Could also be a country's taxes.
Most countries require stores to post prices that INCLUDE tax when they advertise price.
The US does not. So our price is without tax.
The other countries have their price as converted from dollars and then their tax added. And countries have different tax rates, I think many countries in Europe have a higher tax than the US.
So keep that in mind as well when looking at prices and comparing.
Yeah, there is something called a Vat-tax that the U.S. has managed to steer clear of. That drives up the cost like nobody's business.
