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Prejudicial and unfair sale of PLEX/Subscription digital items.
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Thead Enco
HR..
#41 - 2013-12-20 22:57:28 UTC
Fellhahn wrote:
FOR ATTN: EvE Store marketing/management (I guess)

I'm currently going through the bullsh*t hoop jumping of trying to buy Amazon digital products from a country outside of the USA. (having to VPN stateside and use a fake address then hope my credit card doesn't screw me over)

Amazon are currently selling plex and game time for 15% off as a Christmas sale.

WHY is this sale not mirrored in the EvE account management? Where all capsuleers from all countries can access it most easily.

Why, as a paying subscriber who pays the same price to play as anyone from any other country (excusing serenity perhaps), am I prevented from accessing these lower rates at Amazon based on nothing more than my country of residence? A product that isn't physical and has no shipping or manufacturing costs to speak of.

True, this may be a result of a blanket digital products policy on the part of Amazon. But if this is the case then any sale on EvE digital items on Amazon need to be matched in price when buying the same item through account management.

EvE is a global DIGITAL product and should not be subject to prejudicial pricing based on country.

http://www.amazon.com/12-Months-Subscription-Online-Instant/dp/B00GDHDB14/ref=sr_1_11?s=software&ie=UTF8&qid=1387499103&sr=1-11&keywords=eve+online


Is you're country a state sponsor of "Terrorism"?
Ishtanchuk Fazmarai
#42 - 2013-12-20 22:57:52 UTC
If you want a cool discount, just unsub.

Holiday return offer it's 9.95 for a month, until January 5th. Plus there's some offer on 1 and 2 PLEX which I haven't checked yet.

Roses are red / Violets are blue / I am an Alpha / And so it's you
Marlona Sky
State War Academy
Caldari State
#43 - 2013-12-20 23:44:17 UTC
Am I too late for the anti-American thread #482638??
James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#44 - 2013-12-20 23:49:00 UTC
Marlona Sky wrote:
Am I too late for the anti-American thread #482638??

Get your facts straight. It's anti-Amazon thread #509012

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Logical 101
PowerCow Farm
#45 - 2013-12-21 00:22:44 UTC
Bobby Frutt wrote:
proper human being

This coming from the man whose portrait resembles this guy.

Seriously though. Capitalism and such. Cruel world. So on.

I wish I could contribute more, but that about covers it.
Malcolm Shinhwa
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#46 - 2013-12-21 01:45:12 UTC
As an American every time I go to the pharmacy the pharmacist has me bend over the counter while he shows me, from behind, the price Canadians pay for the same drug. I don't complain though because he gives me some candy afterward.

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Kiryen O'Bannon
SUNDERING
Goonswarm Federation
#47 - 2013-12-21 04:05:43 UTC
Confirming Icelandic companies massively favor Americans.

OP, if you want American prices, go to the city of Reynosa, Mexico. There are some gentlemen there who will help you enter the U.S. You just have to cross a river (just like a stargate) and then get past me and my buddies. We have a little corp called la migra, part of the DHS alliance. We like to gate camp the river; we're the ones in green uniforms. If you get past our camp, you get to be in America and buy PLEX at the Amazon trade hub.

We also don't pod people who don't use offensive mods on us. We just web you and scram you and send you back where you came from. It's carebear dream pvp.

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Logan Revelore
Symbiotic Systems
#48 - 2013-12-21 14:37:59 UTC
Anya Klibor wrote:
I'm confused...if a third-party retailer is selling items it purchases from the original retailer for 15% less than what the retailer is selling it for, then why is it somehow wrong? Seriously, would you entitled little Euro ***** stop being brats and act your gorram age?


Ever heard that generalization is bad? I don't start generalizing about americans, do I?
Logan Revelore
Symbiotic Systems
#49 - 2013-12-21 14:43:43 UTC
Mr Pragmatic wrote:
Grrrr, those Chinese get their plex even CHEAPER! Not FAIR! I demand we institute Chinese style of gov't so we TOO can have cheap plex.


The Chinese have traded human rights and freedom for efficiency, and it seems to work in regards to them becoming ever more competitive on an international scale.
Logan Revelore
Symbiotic Systems
#50 - 2013-12-21 14:46:59 UTC
Thead Enco wrote:
Fellhahn wrote:
FOR ATTN: EvE Store marketing/management (I guess)

I'm currently going through the bullsh*t hoop jumping of trying to buy Amazon digital products from a country outside of the USA. (having to VPN stateside and use a fake address then hope my credit card doesn't screw me over)

Amazon are currently selling plex and game time for 15% off as a Christmas sale.

WHY is this sale not mirrored in the EvE account management? Where all capsuleers from all countries can access it most easily.

Why, as a paying subscriber who pays the same price to play as anyone from any other country (excusing serenity perhaps), am I prevented from accessing these lower rates at Amazon based on nothing more than my country of residence? A product that isn't physical and has no shipping or manufacturing costs to speak of.

True, this may be a result of a blanket digital products policy on the part of Amazon. But if this is the case then any sale on EvE digital items on Amazon need to be matched in price when buying the same item through account management.

EvE is a global DIGITAL product and should not be subject to prejudicial pricing based on country.

http://www.amazon.com/12-Months-Subscription-Online-Instant/dp/B00GDHDB14/ref=sr_1_11?s=software&ie=UTF8&qid=1387499103&sr=1-11&keywords=eve+online


Is you're country a state sponsor of "Terrorism"?


According to the US all non-US countries are sponsors of terrorism.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#51 - 2013-12-21 14:50:53 UTC
Oh Good God. Get over it.

Even when retail chain stores have a "sale", the prices can vary even from store to store, locally.

Why are you expecting the Internet to act as a method of "uniform pricing for all everywhere" as part of a fair business model?

Sounds only like self-entitled whining.

Roll

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Kimmi Chan
Tastes Like Purple
#52 - 2013-12-21 15:16:56 UTC
LOL - First World Problems.

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Ishtanchuk Fazmarai
#53 - 2013-12-21 15:33:25 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Oh Good God. Get over it.

Even when retail chain stores have a "sale", the prices can vary even from store to store, locally.

Why are you expecting the Internet to act as a method of "uniform pricing for all everywhere" as part of a fair business model?

Sounds only like self-entitled whining.

Roll


Bytes weight more in Europe and so are harder to transfer in the EU than in the USA, this is why digital contents are more expensive in Europe.

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Eram Fidard
Doomheim
#54 - 2013-12-21 19:30:25 UTC
I had this same question a few months ago so I called up amazon.com support to find out what the deal was.

The simple answer is that Amazon.com is a separate entity from other domains. The .ca, .uk, etc. domains are quite literally different companies within the amazon brand.

So CCP has effectively done this, by dealing only with certain domains, instead of trying to deal fairly across all of them.

On the other hand, who the hell wants to deal with multiple companies to do a single promotion? Amazon's structure is hardly ideal for this sort of thing.

I never did get an answer on giving fraudulent information to participate in the deal, but I did bring it up. The response from the call centre rep was basically "umm, well...".

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Anya Klibor
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#55 - 2013-12-21 20:25:37 UTC
Logan Revelore wrote:
Thead Enco wrote:
Fellhahn wrote:
FOR ATTN: EvE Store marketing/management (I guess)

I'm currently going through the bullsh*t hoop jumping of trying to buy Amazon digital products from a country outside of the USA. (having to VPN stateside and use a fake address then hope my credit card doesn't screw me over)

Amazon are currently selling plex and game time for 15% off as a Christmas sale.

WHY is this sale not mirrored in the EvE account management? Where all capsuleers from all countries can access it most easily.

Why, as a paying subscriber who pays the same price to play as anyone from any other country (excusing serenity perhaps), am I prevented from accessing these lower rates at Amazon based on nothing more than my country of residence? A product that isn't physical and has no shipping or manufacturing costs to speak of.

True, this may be a result of a blanket digital products policy on the part of Amazon. But if this is the case then any sale on EvE digital items on Amazon need to be matched in price when buying the same item through account management.

EvE is a global DIGITAL product and should not be subject to prejudicial pricing based on country.

http://www.amazon.com/12-Months-Subscription-Online-Instant/dp/B00GDHDB14/ref=sr_1_11?s=software&ie=UTF8&qid=1387499103&sr=1-11&keywords=eve+online


Is you're country a state sponsor of "Terrorism"?


According to the US all non-US countries are sponsors of terrorism.


Hey...didn't you post about not making generalizations?

Leadership is something you learn. Maybe one day, you'll learn that.
Fellhahn
Fell Research
#56 - 2013-12-21 20:35:17 UTC  |  Edited by: Fellhahn
Wow, I seriously can't believe this is still on the front page of general. Where's that picture of Ron Burgundy...

I don't know why, after all these years, I still haven't learned my lesson about posting in game forums.
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