Guild Wars 2

Needed 1800 for a server transfer so bought 1600 and figured I would use gold on the remaining 200. Why are we forced to raise the price silver by silver until we find the exact number of gems we want to buy? Not to mention once I finally got it close to 200 the price of gems changed so I had to start over. Wouldnt it make more sense to just type in 200 gems and do it that way?

/sign

I really always hate it when i wanted to buy a rounded sum of gems and have to change 50 times the number of gold / silver until i finally have the correct number.

It’s psychological pricing/sales and it’s meant for gem buyers with real $.

e.g.:
Item X is priced at 1500 gems, but I buy 2000 gems.

I now have 500 gems left, but next week I see an item I want for 600 gems. Since I already have 500 gems, doesn’t hurt for me to make another purchase.

vs

Item X is priced at 1500 gems and I’ll buy it for 1500 gems. I now have 0 gems left.

I see an item for 600 gems, but I don’t have any left and I don’t feel like spending it.

Vol.7601:

It’s psychological pricing/sales and it’s meant for gem buyers with real $.

e.g.:
Item X is priced at 1500 gems, but I buy 2000 gems.

I now have 500 gems left, but next week I see an item I want for 600 gems. Since I already have 500 gems, doesn’t hurt for me to make another purchase.

vs

Item X is priced at 1500 gems and I’ll buy it for 1500 gems. I now have 0 gems left.

I see an item for 600 gems, but I don’t have any left and I don’t feel like spending it.

u missed my point. Im not talking about why are gem packages not related to certain purchases. I want to know why when I want X amount of gems I am forced to raise the amount Im willing to spend silver by silver. We should be able to just punch in the amount of gems to buy when using gold NOT RL MONEY. If I need 250 gems for example I type in 250 gems rather than 15 gold 37 silver 76 copper and start changing that until I get to 250 gems.

Dabrixmgp.4758:

Vol.7601:

It’s psychological pricing/sales and it’s meant for gem buyers with real $.

e.g.:
Item X is priced at 1500 gems, but I buy 2000 gems.

I now have 500 gems left, but next week I see an item I want for 600 gems. Since I already have 500 gems, doesn’t hurt for me to make another purchase.

vs

Item X is priced at 1500 gems and I’ll buy it for 1500 gems. I now have 0 gems left.

I see an item for 600 gems, but I don’t have any left and I don’t feel like spending it.

u missed my point. Im not talking about why are gem packages not related to certain purchases. I want to know why when I want X amount of gems I am forced to raise the amount Im willing to spend silver by silver. We should be able to just punch in the amount of gems to buy when using gold NOT RL MONEY. If I need 250 gems for example I type in 250 gems rather than 15 gold 37 silver 76 copper and start changing that until I get to 250 gems.

Because the gold/gem rate changes constantly.

If I were to type in 250 gems, what rate are they going to use? The rate as soon as I click ‘Buy’ or the rate when I typed 250?

People will get angry if they end up paying more gold for 250 gems than anticipated.

On Gold to Gem transfer, the OP is Right.
We want a specified number of gems to get, not to reduce our offer with -1c just to not let it sink as mutch as it wants to….
Rate won’t or shouldn’t just change by seconds. Every X minute is reasonable…

So I’m +1 on this.

/agree

What I also find annoying is when I increase by 1s and the number of gems I buy goes up by 4, then I increase another 1s and it goes down by 3, then I decrease by 1s and it goes back up to the +4 amount.

+1
and to add, i would like to be able to type a higher amount then what i have so i can see what i somewhat need.
for instance, let’s say i only have 10g and i need 200 gems, i say i want 200 gems and it shows how much i need.
i can’t purchase it anyway but it gives me a bit of an overview, easier then constantly keeping track of the costs by calculator.