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(US only) 25% off PLEX packages at Amazon...

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baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#41 - 2013-09-26 09:03:12 UTC
Pippgirl wrote:
US customers only. Care to explain CCP?


US is bankrupt and needs a bailout.
Herr Esiq
Viziam
#42 - 2013-09-26 09:08:06 UTC
Andski wrote:
All of Amazon's direct download, product key and game connect purchases require a US billing address. The majority of the stuff sold through those means is regionally priced.

You are correct, and maybe Amazon isnt the right partner for CCP to team up with and they should look to a different company that caters internationally. Even if its TMC, i'd buy it from the cheapest channel. Cool

Even with yearly subscriptions, we Europeans pay the most because our currency is worth the most.
R U Curious
Doomheim
#43 - 2013-09-26 09:12:18 UTC
Lianara Dayton wrote:
I just wanted to buy 6 PLEX for my accounts through Amazon but the offer is for US customers only... what a god damn rip-off... why should I have to subscribe for 12 months just to get the same thing as US players get for simply buying PLEX during a sale?

This sucks - and you just lost out on my 75$.

CCP, talk to Amazon and tell them that you also have many international players and that you'll only make such deals with them in the future if they don't simply exclude a large portion of your players for no good reason.

It's a ******* virtual purchase... why should stupid Amazon care about what silly address I enter - I'm paying by credit card, it doesn't get any more international then that.

*signed*
Iwan Pawlow
North Korea Illicit Trade
#44 - 2013-09-26 09:20:14 UTC
can't purchase. outside of USA. well done CCP *golf clap*
Bi-Mi Lansatha
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#45 - 2013-09-26 09:21:05 UTC  |  Edited by: Bi-Mi Lansatha
Lianara Dayton wrote:
... why should stupid Amazon care about what silly address I enter -...
Because most likely you home country cares.

VAT in the EU isn't cheap.


VAT on imports of goods from non-EU countries

VAT on imports of goods that you buy from non-EU countries is normally charged at the same rate as if the goods had been supplied in the UK.
knobber Jobbler
State War Academy
Caldari State
#46 - 2013-09-26 09:21:46 UTC
Andski wrote:
All of Amazon's direct download, product key and game connect purchases require a US billing address. The majority of the stuff sold through those means is regionally priced.



I just ran foul of that, had a US ip and US registered address but UK credit card.
Bi-Mi Lansatha
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#47 - 2013-09-26 09:24:45 UTC  |  Edited by: Bi-Mi Lansatha
Herr Esiq wrote:
... they should look to a different company that caters internationally...
..and those in the EU would still pay more.

US VAT = 0%
Germany VAT 19%
Andski
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#48 - 2013-09-26 09:26:46 UTC
Herr Esiq wrote:
Andski wrote:
All of Amazon's direct download, product key and game connect purchases require a US billing address. The majority of the stuff sold through those means is regionally priced.

You are correct, and maybe Amazon isnt the right partner for CCP to team up with and they should look to a different company that caters internationally. Even if its TMC, i'd buy it from the cheapest channel. Cool

Even with yearly subscriptions, we Europeans pay the most because our currency is worth the most.


Buy timecodes from US vendors.

Twitter: @EVEAndski

"It's easy to speak for the silent majority. They rarely object to what you put into their mouths."    - Abrazzar
John Bosch
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#49 - 2013-09-26 09:27:33 UTC
R U Curious wrote:
Lianara Dayton wrote:
I just wanted to buy 6 PLEX for my accounts through Amazon but the offer is for US customers only... what a god damn rip-off... why should I have to subscribe for 12 months just to get the same thing as US players get for simply buying PLEX during a sale?

This sucks - and you just lost out on my 75$.

CCP, talk to Amazon and tell them that you also have many international players and that you'll only make such deals with them in the future if they don't simply exclude a large portion of your players for no good reason.

It's a ******* virtual purchase... why should stupid Amazon care about what silly address I enter - I'm paying by credit card, it doesn't get any more international then that.

*signed*


Maybe find a US buddy in your corp? Paypal him for the PLEX? Unless that would get the GM's panties in a wad?
Andski
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#50 - 2013-09-26 09:29:26 UTC
knobber Jobbler wrote:
Andski wrote:
All of Amazon's direct download, product key and game connect purchases require a US billing address. The majority of the stuff sold through those means is regionally priced.



I just ran foul of that, had a US ip and US registered address but UK credit card.


Go to a store and buy an Amazon gift card. They have them at CVS, Walgreens, Best Buy, 7-Eleven, and several others.

Twitter: @EVEAndski

"It's easy to speak for the silent majority. They rarely object to what you put into their mouths."    - Abrazzar
Domanique Altares
Rifterlings
#51 - 2013-09-26 09:37:49 UTC
Andski wrote:
knobber Jobbler wrote:
Andski wrote:
All of Amazon's direct download, product key and game connect purchases require a US billing address. The majority of the stuff sold through those means is regionally priced.



I just ran foul of that, had a US ip and US registered address but UK credit card.


Go to a store and buy an Amazon gift card. They have them at CVS, Walgreens, Best Buy, 7-Eleven, and several others.


Unfortunately, you cannot use Amazon gift cards to buy PLEX packages or GTCs from CCP on Amazon, either. I had a couple sitting around that I was given over Christmas, loaded them to my account, and tried. No dice.
admiral root
Red Galaxy
#52 - 2013-09-26 09:43:22 UTC
Andski wrote:
All of Amazon's direct download, product key and game connect purchases require a US billing address. The majority of the stuff sold through those means is regionally priced.


They even do it with free kindle apps that are available on both the .com and .co.uk sites. Kinda bizarre, especially when Valve have no trouble with regional pricing on a single site.

No, your rights end in optimal+2*falloff
Obearoth HuanTao
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#53 - 2013-09-26 09:52:28 UTC
Lianara Dayton wrote:
I just wanted to buy 6 PLEX for my accounts through Amazon but the offer is for US customers only... what a god damn rip-off... why should I have to subscribe for 12 months just to get the same thing as US players get for simply buying PLEX during a sale?

This sucks - and you just lost out on my 75$.

CCP, talk to Amazon and tell them that you also have many international players and that you'll only make such deals with them in the future if they don't simply exclude a large portion of your players for no good reason.

It's a ******* virtual purchase... why should stupid Amazon care about what silly address I enter - I'm paying by credit card, it doesn't get any more international then that.


*Signed*
Kashmyta
HC - gizmos Gizco
#54 - 2013-09-26 11:51:11 UTC
I wonder why CCP would go with Amazon as a vendor if they know that it excludes everyone outside of the US.
Seems like a really weird move, I would have liked to purchase some plex at that price.

Oh well, gj CCP
Alara IonStorm
#55 - 2013-09-26 11:56:43 UTC  |  Edited by: Alara IonStorm
Malcanis wrote:
Alara IonStorm wrote:
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
I've watched ingame PLEX value soar over the past 3 years from 245,000,000 ISK to now over 600,000,000 ISK.

I feel like its gone from Pay-to-Win to Pay-to-Win Even Faster.

I've watch item prices soar to almost double what they were before in those years as well. 3 years ago an Apocalypse could be bought, fit and insured for slightly more than the hull value at less then the cost of an Apocalypse hull now.

Three years ago, Apocs were built with botted dronespace minerals.

Now they cost a price that more nearly reflects the actual player effort required to build one. You might as well complain that your cost of living has increased because you can't use counterfeit money any more.

I am looking for my complaint here but I can't just can't find it?

??? O_O
Rhivre
TarNec
Invisible Exchequer
#56 - 2013-09-26 12:40:20 UTC
Kashmyta wrote:
I wonder why CCP would go with Amazon as a vendor if they know that it excludes everyone outside of the US.
Seems like a really weird move, I would have liked to purchase some plex at that price.

Oh well, gj CCP


Try Amazon.de

Fluffy Bunny Pic!

Bi-Mi Lansatha
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#57 - 2013-09-26 12:54:41 UTC
EUR 76,99
Varius Xeral
Doomheim
#58 - 2013-09-26 12:56:57 UTC
ROFL

Eve is ~dying...for American customers only.

Reported for your perennial pathetic "eve is dying without spacebarbies" horseshit rumormongering.

Official Representative of The Nullsec Zealot Cabal
Rhivre
TarNec
Invisible Exchequer
#59 - 2013-09-26 12:57:10 UTC
Which is ca. 25% off the CCP price of 104,99 Euro

Fluffy Bunny Pic!

Rodrik Vikary
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#60 - 2013-09-26 13:08:58 UTC
Thanks a lot CCP for using Amazon and not allowing non-US residents to buy that plex...Thanks a lot!