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The honest answer is probably “because they can”.
Every MMO I’ve ever seen has had the “why do Europeans pay more for the box/sub/cash shop currency” threads. In every single one someone brings up VAT, and in every single one someone does the math and demonstrates that VAT can’t account for all of the price discrepancy.
But every single MMO continues to do this. If it made people mad enough not to buy the game or cash shop currency, they’d stop doing it. It doesn’t, though. People are by and large used to it, and, other than the periodic forum post, unwilling to do anything about it.
It’s kinda like cash shop RNG that way.
Other markets have no problem with the technical requirements to dynamically calculate conversion rates or taxes for specifical localities, so that argument rings hollow as well.
Well actually this is the first MMO where I’ve seen this vast differences, I’ve played several USA based games and never saw before that the usd was equal to the euro even if the VAT would be an issue, but since I would buy it in game it would never even reach my hands(basically it’s an electronical service not an good and Vat can only be issued over goods) so it would still all stay on USA soil. I kinda wish Anet would react themselves, it’s not that hard, just press reply and type the answer, and if the answer is “because we can.” then be honest and say so ;o But then don’t be surprised if people find a way around it, because we can do that as well.
(although it would be surprising if you’d get an honest answer.)
Well I guess you and I are different, I like answers to my unanswered questions, regardless to what I do and don’t do ;o
Also since technically the code I get for the gems never actually leave the country, shouldn’t I pay that countries VAT? it’s an electronic supplied service, and not a good then it would be excempt from VAT.
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Still 6 euro difference is a lot. Even if the Euro fluctuates, it doesn’t fluctuate that much. And yes I could buy my gem code on any US website, but I think Arenanet is one of the only game companies that doesn’t use the difference between euro and dollar. Also the european VAT for these things varies between 16%-28%. Or let’s look at a different currency like the pounds in the uk, 20 usd = 12,2 pound if we include vat to the pounds it’d be 14,64 eventhough 1600 gems is 17 pounds that’s almost 2 and half pound unaccounted for.
Besides let’s be real, if you had the same thing and you want to spend money but you feel like there is something not right there, wouldn’t you ask questions?
besides that all the euro country prices are the same eventhough the VAT prices are different, explain that.
Even if I would deduct the VAT then still 2 euro are disappearing into thin air
Been playing since september got together about 7/8 claim tickets, some from scraps and sometimes I was lucky to get a full claim ticket from a chest, but I think I’ve opened about 50 chest if not more. So it’s all based on luck really
Okay this might be a bit random, but I’m from europe. And well I have friends who are from the USA. Where does this lead, well….
For me 1600 gems are 20 euro(in game) and guess what for someone from the USA they are 20 dollar(in game). Last time I checked the conversion from euro to dollar was:
1 Euro = 1.3647 U.S. dollars
So what are you guys doing? Because either the gems are for europeans to expensive compared to the dollar or the gems are too cheap for the US dollar users.
Yeah I´m glitched as well, also can’t see any of my contacts online even though I’m in call with one of my contacts who is online. This hasn’t been the first time either, I hope they fix it soon again, because it get’s me all frustrated not being able to talk to anyone q.q
So mean, I was feeling all lonely and stuff q.q and now I see it´s just a bug, fix it soon please ;o;