Unfair/Inaccurate Currency Exchange Rates When Buying Donuts
about the same problem with euro. the boatload is 100$ and in euro.....90€ ( which represent about 120$)
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Fibi391 wrote:
I may be wrong but I think the difference is actually explained by taxes. It's my understanding that our European friends usually have prices quoted as the after-tax price, while here in the US business typically (and TSTO in particular) quote the before tax price.
Actually, that's a good point. The £69.99 you pay in the UK for a boatload is the full price including any taxes, so if it has VAT in there (20% in the UK) then the amount of that payment that goes to EA is actually only £58.35, which is less than $100 at today's exchange rate.
What I don't know is whether VAT is charged on in-app purchases like these ... although eBooks are subject to it where physical books are not so it certainly would not surprise me. I don't have a receipt to hand to check though.
