Guild Wars 2

Didn’t really know where to start this one so made it in this forum.

How come it’s 10 usd for 800 gems and 10 euro for the same amount, when they aren’t worth the same. It’s not so painful with 800, but when we come up at 4000 gems and pay 50. The difference between 50usd and 50 euros is about 15.5 usd.

That is quite alot. I am from Sweden and we don’t even use euros here. I wanna buy gems with usd or maybe pay in swedish crowns, 50 sek sounds more than fair to me

Live in Norway, myself. Noticed the same issue with Euros but didn’t know where to bring it up either. >.<

We should start a complaint list. I will hold my gempurchase til I get a good answer about this.

I believe it is lazy rounding to cover things like TAX ie VAT in the UK and other charges that apply to selling things abroad from the US.

Why would there be a charge for transferring virtual things over the net?

Still selling and buying with applicable laws and taxes in different countries. If i buy from US I pay import tax.

rolky.9538:

Why would there be a charge for transferring virtual things over the net?

Because different countries have different laws when it comes to handling goods or currency?

Sounds very strange to me. I would like a higher-up to confirm that.

You might be able to confirm this yourself with some very basic research. For example, DLC for other video games that are made here and sold over seas have the same type of thing going on. If it’s 20 USD, it’s 20 Euro. Given the US tax system, i wouldn’t doubt if US companies are charged an export tax for virtual items, not to mention the wildly fluctuating exchange rates.

rolky.9538:

Sounds very strange to me. I would like a higher-up to confirm that.

Yes I know the search function on the forums stinks, but this has been discussed many times before. I use Google with a site:forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum option.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/bltc/Gem-prices-vs/first#content
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/account/Gem-costs-why-are-the-EU-paying-18-dollars-more-for-4000#content

In this thread, there is a clarification from ANet:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/bltc/1-dollar-is-not-1-euro/1436897

John Smith.4610:

That UI is for US Tax, VAT is added into the price. We pay 20% on all transactions from Europe.

Yeah i figured that was the deal. You see it all the time over there and here as well when games are made overseas that don’t have publishers in the US.

Ok thanks for the links, I will read them through right away.

But I use paypal so it goes from my account to their account and there isn’t any shipment involved because the gems end up on my account on their servers

Gonna read what they have to say now :-)

rolky.9538:

Ok thanks for the links, I will read them through right away.

But I use paypal so it goes from my account to their account and there isn’t any shipment involved because the gems end up on my account on their servers

Gonna read what they have to say now :-)

It has nothing to do with shipment.

It is about the exchange taxes, but if they make a option to pay in USD and with paypal that shouldn’t be a problem would it?

It isn’t “real” money just virtual ones.

rolky.9538:

It is about the exchange taxes, but if they make a option to pay in USD and with paypal that shouldn’t be a problem would it?

It isn’t “real” money just virtual ones.

You can pay with paypal, and it is the same thing.

There will always be taxes on items, even if they are only in a game. That is simply how stuff works.

Maybe I should order gem cards from the US, free shipping and sell them here and make a big profit