Guild Wars 2

Wazabi.1439:

I originally come from an asian country where the US currency is 3 times as strong as mine…so maybe they should lower it for my home country to be fair? Also, since everything needs to be “fair”, then the price should be adjusted by the Purchasing Power Parity of different country then?

Like I say, it’s probably due to some regional trade policy thing. I don’t think a company would prefer to trade in different currency as it adds complication and currency risk.

I didn’t say that they should use the lower currency.

i say : use an accurate exchange rate.

if it’s 10$ for 800 gems it should be 7.7 € for the same amount (or 8, i’m not that greedy) or 1000 gems for 10€

Tom Gore.4035:

EU countries need to add VAT on top of all digital purchases. ANet’s service is in Frankfurt so they probably use Germany’s VAT, which is 19%.

USD prices are generally without sales tax.

Do you have any source to support this ?

Why russian players can buy 800 for 10$ while european players must trade them for 10 €.
It’s ~ 23% more.

Why russian players can buy 800 for 10$ while european players must trade them for 10 €.
It’s ~ 23% more.