Guild Wars 2

Umm I’m guessing this is a bug but at the moment it currently says the deluxe version is £75 next to the add to cart button even though it is supposed to be $75. Any dev comment on this?

it says USD…. not £

Vavume.8065:

it says USD…. not £

Look at the bottom next to add to cart

I was charged 69 UK pounds for it. I used PayPal and that was the cost with the exchange rate etc.

anx.7549:

I was charged 69 UK pounds for it. I used PayPal and that was the cost with the exchange rate etc.

Should be £47 or at the most £50 when you take the conversion into account.

DRI*ArenaNet, LLC. order
$99.99 USD 1 $99.99 USD
Subtotal $99.99 USD
Total $99.99 USD
Payment $99.99 USD
Charge will appear on your credit card statement as ‘PAYPAL *DRI ARENANET LL’
Payment sent to atlanticpaypalukSARLcs@digitalriver.com
From amount £65.99 GBP
To amount $99.99 USD
Exchange rate: 1 GBP = 1.51544USD

Zetsumei.4975:

Vavume.8065:

it says USD…. not £

Look at the bottom next to add to cart

Hmm yeah must be a bug, its also mentions that the gems are £42, strange mix of USD and £ throughout the whole thing, I guess you are American but playing in EU? maybe that’s causing the bug or something.

I’m a Brit playing in Australia lol!

Vavume.8065:

Zetsumei.4975:

Vavume.8065:

it says USD…. not £

Look at the bottom next to add to cart

Hmm yeah must be a bug, its also mentions that the gems are £42, strange mix of USD and £ throughout the whole thing, I guess you are American but playing in EU? maybe that’s causing the bug or something.

Nope brit playing in eu

Bump >.< Cos I’m not risking paying £75 for this nor am I ok with some dodgy conversion rate

If you log into the site and go to the shop the prices will be displayed in pounds.
Deluxe version is £59.99

ToT.7018:

If you log into the site and go to the shop the prices will be displayed in pounds.
Deluxe version is £59.99

Hmm but 75 dollars converts to £47.12

Zetsumei.4975:

ToT.7018:

If you log into the site and go to the shop the prices will be displayed in pounds.
Deluxe version is £59.99

Hmm but 75 dollars converts to £47.12

you’re right and wrong here. there’s a reason that it costs us more in the UK, but it doesn’t cover the whole amount.

the deluxe edition is $75. assuming a 5.45% sales tax (rough average for the US) we get a price of $71.12 before tax. if we then apply the UK’s 20% Value Added Tax rate, we get a price of $85.34, which when converted into GBP gives us £53.63, lower than the the £60 being charged, but not outrageously so.
that said, if we convert the $85.34 into euros, we get €74.80.

so the prices are mostly due to tax differences.

however, the real question is why are brits overpaying by $10, while other europeans only overpay by $0.20?

Gray.9041:

however, the real question is why are brits overpaying by $10, while other europeans only overpay by $0.20?

It’s because of the VAT that we’re overpaying:

£35 * 0.2 = £7
£60 * 0.2 = £12
£80 * 0.2 = £16

£35 – £7 = £28
£60 – £12 = £48
£80 – £16 = £64

£28 in USD = $44.56
£48 in USD = $76.38
£64 in USD = $101.82

As you can see, before the 20% VAT the prices are a lot closer to the US prices.

I am also seeing dollars, not £, wasn’t last night. was £35, £60 and £80

I’m feeling like a Skritt reading this… my head hurts! But thanks Dai and Grey for the figures.