rzrknight Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 5 dollars of difference ... are you really in that need? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quaade Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Every American company has done this to date, don't be surprised. And that makes it right how? It's clearly possible to do without discriminating, as seen of Blizzard. The only thing you will end up with if you try to treat customers who are used to getting service locally adjusted to them is... well pissed off customers, e.i. shooting yourself in the foot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecinev Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Yes, it does, because your EU servers aren't located in the EU, they're located in the US. Electricity costs money to move that long a distance, thus you get charged more. This was actually a pretty derp comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonLoy Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 You havent kept up with the news I see? No probs here in Canada we have 3x less people and 2x as many jobs as the states. We have a lot less debt, oh wait we dont have any. (except Newfoundland they've been paying off a loan to the germans for like 20 years. And our people are a lot nicer. Theres a lot less extremists to. Our news is actually informative. So bit of a ramble their. But any Euro's out their looking to move to the states. Move to Canada it's way better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quaade Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 5 dollars of difference ... are you really in that need? It's the general principle, as well as for 5 dollars I can buy a month's worth of rice or other foodstuff and I'm on a pretty highstrung budget as it is due to being a student. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snow_Slice Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 No probs here in Canada we have 3x less people and 2x as many jobs as the states. We have a lot less debt, oh wait we dont have any. (except Newfoundland they've been paying off a loan to the germans for like 20 years. And our people are a lot nicer. Theres a lot less extremists to. Our news is actually informative. So bit of a ramble their. But any Euro's out their looking to move to the states. Move to Canada it's way better. Except it's really really effing cold ^.^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankforcer Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 I love these threads. This is an outrage ofc and we should fight for change. Not the serious inequality in the real world for people of different cultures or sexuality, but having to pay a tiny amount more for an entire months worth of entertainment. How about dealing with it? Sorry this bit almost made me pee my self LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keebitual Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 I feel your pain. I feel ripped off at $14.95. I can only Imagine what $19+ feels like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonLoy Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Except it's really really effing cold ^.^ That's why he haven't been overrun with workers yet. They're here for a month, it gets cold and they go home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunsoar Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 You guys also make more money than us ( state dependant) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daeada Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 I feel ripped off at $14.95. You feel ripped off paying 2.2 cents per potential hour of entertainment? You must not ever see movies in the theater, cause that's a real ripoff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FourTwent Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 This entire post bought into being is an outrage. Its allways been like this. Deal with it. ^ this ive seen the same thing in other another MMO. they obviously have to pay more in order to offer the service to you. be glad its available to you. unlike services like hulu which can be restricted to US only, period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ageizm Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Then pay in Dollars! Convert some of those Euros over to dollars and pay that way! Problem solved! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xamota Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 I do not know if the EU players knows this or any other player for that matter. I did some calculation and I found out something so very disturbing and annoying that it irks me incredibly. Gametime.... Americans 14.95 dollars Europeans 14.95 euro 14.95 euro is NOT 19.95 dollars, its actually 19.026 dollars. So we are actually paying somewhere between 20-25% more for gametime than the americans. does this by any means sound fair? I want the prices to be adjusted to ONE price... it is 14.95 dollars the use Origins or whatever you use to make the appropriate cost change into my countries currency. 14.95 dollars is 104 swedish krona and last I checked the price subtrakted from my account will be 119 swedish krona, thats 12 percept more I pay than the price actually is. Id say for BW and EA to start showing the prices for what they are, not claim it is 14.95 dollars or whatever they claim but show the prices in the currency they are actually charding so that the person buying actually knows the cost of the subscription BEFORE they buy the game. Im not willing to pay 10% or 15% or 20% more than the americans for the same game, I was equal treatment. Either that or let us all pay our gametime in dollars to make it fair on everyone else. OMG a completely legitimate complaint... FANBOIS ATACK!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catch_TwentyTwo Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 I do not know if the EU players knows this or any other player for that matter. I did some calculation and I found out something so very disturbing and annoying that it irks me incredibly. Gametime.... Americans 14.95 dollars Europeans 14.95 euro 14.95 euro is NOT 19.95 dollars, its actually 19.026 dollars. So we are actually paying somewhere between 20-25% more for gametime than the americans. does this by any means sound fair? I want the prices to be adjusted to ONE price... it is 14.95 dollars the use Origins or whatever you use to make the appropriate cost change into my countries currency. 14.95 dollars is 104 swedish krona and last I checked the price subtrakted from my account will be 119 swedish krona, thats 12 percept more I pay than the price actually is. Id say for BW and EA to start showing the prices for what they are, not claim it is 14.95 dollars or whatever they claim but show the prices in the currency they are actually charding so that the person buying actually knows the cost of the subscription BEFORE they buy the game. Im not willing to pay 10% or 15% or 20% more than the americans for the same game, I was equal treatment. Either that or let us all pay our gametime in dollars to make it fair on everyone else. Shock, horror!!! Disparity in the money markets. Get over it, this is not a Bioware issue, it's a a reginal economic issue. BTW. In the Uk we play £8.99, which is even less. Make sure to thank Brussels for me, will ya! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanderII Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 In EU you pay 12.99 € Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PantheraMorag Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Feh, in Norway the government has decided to tax online purchases, so we actually pay 25% on top of the normal price for things like ebooks and steam games, etc. It's what we get for having some of the highest wages in the world.If there's one thing we can afford, it's to pay more for our games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gantuth Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 you pay more for most things it would appear $11 per U.S. gallon (3.8 liters) Europe$3.14 in Phoenix AZ US ground beefLondon: $9.03Phoenix $2.79 1 lb. Coffee BeansLondon: $18.26Phoenix $5.99 Dozen EggsLondon: $5.28Phoenix: $1.47 whats your point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catabuca Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 I'm English, we pay £8.99 which is equivalent to: 13.77 USD or 10.86 EUR UK wins! This. Which is a shocker. Because we have 20% VAT (value added tax, or, the equivalent to sales tax). Which usually means we pay way above what America usually does for all sorts of things (most notably electronics, media items, and so on). VAT coupled with greedy retailers means the UK gets shafted time and time again. So I for one am mightily happy we seem to get the better end of the deal this time around. Anyway, there are time cards available for TOR, you're not forced to pay via paypal or credit card. Just shop around. There are deals to be had everywhere. You don't even need to buy your time card from somewhere in your own country. A code is a code. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarBaby Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 In EU you pay 12.99 € Exactly... /thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikica Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 I'd like to know why I'm paying the euro price, I'm not in the EU i demand to pay in pounds or US$. Actually i don't really care but I'd like to know why if someone could explain. I'm from south-eastern Europe. Obviously there has to be a reason why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceperson Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 I'd like to know why I'm paying the euro price, I'm not in the EU i demand to pay in pounds or US$. Actually i don't really care but I'd like to know why if someone could explain. I'm from south-eastern Europe. Obviously there has to be a reason why. They haven't figured out to charge 1/5th of a sheep or whatever currency you use... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikica Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 They haven't figured out to charge 1/5th of a sheep or whatever currency you use... Very helpful thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePersianGamer Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 $14.99 usd/£7.44 - One Month Recurring $41.97 usd/£20.84 - Three Months Recurring ($13.99/£6.95 per month) $77.94 USD/£38.70 - Six Months Recurring ($12.99/£6.45 per month) WoW's rates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qilue Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 How often do you see Aussies ************ about downtime? They're probably screwed out of primetime more than you are. Actually, we do. SWTOR maintenance is 7pm to 11pm with the next one being 7pm to 1am. But we got scewed from the beginning with the game not being 'officially' released here. That and we've learnt there's no point complaining. Also latency is quite good compared to other MMOs like WoW which gives lower bandwidth priority to foreign connections. But as least we get to pay in US dollars and AUD is worth slightly more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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