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199 euro for 13 plex ? when bought seperatly they cost only 195 euro ?

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Resiin
Juxtaposition Investments
#21 - 2011-10-23 19:12:51 UTC
fuer0n wrote:
Tasko Pal wrote:
Weaselior wrote:


in essence european players subsidize americans


That just made this game a whole lot better for me.


flip side is a more americans part with real cash for plexes and more europeans/russians actually play for free, hope i ruined your day. Pirate


Source?
fuer0n
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#22 - 2011-10-23 21:07:46 UTC
Resiin wrote:
fuer0n wrote:
Tasko Pal wrote:
Weaselior wrote:


in essence european players subsidize americans


That just made this game a whole lot better for me.


flip side is a more americans part with real cash for plexes and more europeans/russians actually play for free, hope i ruined your day. Pirate


Source?


i just came back here to edit post as i just found out about the job losses at ccp and didnt feel it apropriate. anyway cant now as someone quoted it.

source? don't have access to the numbers at ccp ;) pure speculation and i market trade a bit, finger on EVEs pulse you might say.
Callduron
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#23 - 2011-10-24 05:45:26 UTC
It's likely to reflect GDP. Plex sellers are more likely to come from countries where everyone is individually richer. USA has a higher GDP than most of Europe.

It may also be affected by income distribution. I don't know whether countries where the 1% are relatively richer means more plex sold or less. There's a well-known story of a Russian billionaire buying a very large sum of plex a few years ago.

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Helene Avada
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#24 - 2011-10-24 17:04:58 UTC  |  Edited by: Helene Avada
CCP Spitfire wrote:
steave435 wrote:
Zendon Taredi wrote:
199 euro is 274 dollars last time i checked. idk why you think that europeans should cough up another 75 bucks for the same thing.

Someone in a similar thread said it was due to EU countries charging VAT taxes on it, while the US doesn't. I'm not 100% sure if it's true, but makes sense.


Yep, there is VAT involved for European residents. To be more precise (taken from our Account Management page):

wrote:

European Union E-commerce Directive 2002/38/EC, Regulation 792/2002 stipulates that all EU residents must pay a Value Added Tax (VAT) on electronically supplied services including online games. CCP is thus obligated to add a VAT on all payment transactions for customers living within the EU.




I live in Denmark where VAT is amongst the highest in the EU.
Its 25%

What are the rest of the money for?
Zendon Taredi
Tier Four Technologies
#25 - 2011-10-25 14:07:01 UTC
CCP Spitfire wrote:
steave435 wrote:
Zendon Taredi wrote:
199 euro is 274 dollars last time i checked. idk why you think that europeans should cough up another 75 bucks for the same thing.

Someone in a similar thread said it was due to EU countries charging VAT taxes on it, while the US doesn't. I'm not 100% sure if it's true, but makes sense.


Yep, there is VAT involved for European residents. To be more precise (taken from our Account Management page):

wrote:

European Union E-commerce Directive 2002/38/EC, Regulation 792/2002 stipulates that all EU residents must pay a Value Added Tax (VAT) on electronically supplied services including online games. CCP is thus obligated to add a VAT on all payment transactions for customers living within the EU.




that has to be one hell of a tax. 37% or does my math suck?
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