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10% PLEX SALE....... Or is it????

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Elenahina
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#21 - 2015-06-30 13:29:24 UTC
Lumpz0r wrote:
(ignore the fact all CCP appear to have done with their pricing for the UK is take the $$ off and put a £ in front


Firstly, 2x Plex in USD is 34.99, not 29.99, as you stated. Even with 10% off, we're not paying 29.99.

Secondly, you are getting 10% of your normal pricing - so yes, it's 10% off, which addresses the question in your subject.

Lastly, as to the discrepancy is pricing schemes. Let's boil it down to the simplest answer.

The prices are that way because that is the way CCP chooses to price their service. That's it. The reasons, at the end of the day, really don't matter. You either like the service enough to pay the price, you stop paying for the service, or you lobby CCP to change their pricing structure.

For the record, this thread is not considered lobbying for change. This is considered ranting. Lobbying for change would involve compelling reasons why CCP should change their pricing scheme and, in the process, make their business harder to manage.

The following reasons are not compelling:

1. I want them to. (No one cares what you, individually, want).
2. Everyone else does it (no they don't).
3. It's not fair. (LIfe isn't fair. Get used to it.)

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Petre en Thielles
Doomheim
#22 - 2015-06-30 14:07:55 UTC
Emiko P'eng wrote:
hehe!

Off we again Big smile

In the EU, thanks to British intransigence, all purchases of digital and non digital items have to include VAT of the country of the purchaser.

Companies who sell to people in the EU must pay The VAT they collect at that countries rate to the country the purchaser lives in.

This means for multinational companies they have a department set up just for that. Most automatically show the correct Vat based on for the buyer's location.

Medium sized companies can use an agency to sort it all out and deal with all the other EU countries tax departments, all they need to do is pass the amount of sale, the 2 bits of evidence that confirms buyers location and the money.

Small companies cannot use the agency, so most will soon stop international sales, as they will have to deal with each tax department individually, which will be a nightmare and as the UK is the instigator of this madness, our customs and excise is already starting the crack down on companies who do not comply. They have yet to block a non-european company Website for selling in the UK for non payment of VAT but they have the power to do so.

To summarise even if you pay in dollars CCP will have to pay 21% VAT to the UK.
If you buy Plex from the USA that company will need to pay 21% VAT to the UK.

Posted from my phone.


As an american, VAT is 21% in the UK? I knew VAT existed, but christ, how are you people OK with so many taxes?
Spurty
#23 - 2015-06-30 14:32:22 UTC
Petre en Thielles wrote:
As an american, VAT is 21% in the UK? I knew VAT existed, but christ, how are you people OK with so many taxes?


They don't have to pay for things such as 'health care' as they get it "FREE" (chortle).

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And wood ships,

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baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#24 - 2015-06-30 14:39:47 UTC
Commander Spurty wrote:
Petre en Thielles wrote:
As an american, VAT is 21% in the UK? I knew VAT existed, but christ, how are you people OK with so many taxes?


They don't have to pay for things such as 'health care' as they get it "FREE" (chortle).


Also our bridges aren't crumbling.
Spurty
#25 - 2015-06-30 17:08:43 UTC
baltec1 wrote:
Commander Spurty wrote:
Petre en Thielles wrote:
As an american, VAT is 21% in the UK? I knew VAT existed, but christ, how are you people OK with so many taxes?


They don't have to pay for things such as 'health care' as they get it "FREE" (chortle).


Also our bridges aren't crumbling.


Being English, but living in Massachusetts where there's huge bridge repair urgency, I was sort of curious:

"google england uk bridge repair" wrote:


About 26,400,000 results (1.10 seconds)



Nope, seems 'Bridges' as an Engineering piece of work, all need repairs. Especially after the crazy weather lately :-/

There are good ships,

And wood ships,

And ships that sail the sea

But the best ships are Spaceships

Built by CCP
Malcanis
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
#26 - 2015-06-30 17:11:13 UTC
Garnoo wrote:
people will never get why prices for Europe are higher than for US... you need to pay tax they dont...


VAT in the UK is 20%. Where does the rest of the ~50% price hike come from?

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0bama Barack Hussein
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#27 - 2015-06-30 17:21:04 UTC
Guess CCP needs to just connect your Pound into one of the major currencies.

BTW (LOL Big smile ), looks like your country is also gonna leave EU, best of luck for you trying to survive when open markets of Europe closes for you, and when you don´t get anymore badly needed (cheap) foreign labor force...
Jenn aSide
Worthless Carebears
The Initiative.
#28 - 2015-06-30 17:24:02 UTC  |  Edited by: Jenn aSide
INB4 politics lock. Also how about the Greece situation, crazy right? I predict Greece will set the EU to red tomorrow, and Pandemic Legion will show up to 3rd party whore on some kills.

Twisted
Chainsaw Plankton
FaDoyToy
#29 - 2015-06-30 17:28:16 UTC
Petre en Thielles wrote:
As an american, VAT is 21% in the UK? I knew VAT existed, but christ, how are you people OK with so many taxes?


as an American who lived over there, it really isn't that bad. especially since everything is added in the price sticker and doesn't get added in at the register like with sales tax. Then again I mostly bought beer, but I don't remember being shocked at the price of anything.

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0bama Barack Hussein
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#30 - 2015-06-30 17:36:33 UTC  |  Edited by: 0bama Barack Hussein
Jenn aSide wrote:
INB4 politics lock. Also how about the Greece situation, crazy right? I predict Greece will set the EU to red tomorrow, and Pandemic Legion will show up to 3rd party whore on some kills.

Twisted


Greece problem should be already isolated, it might have been my writings on Finnish newspapers before elections that bought 4 years extra time for rest of Europe (banks and govs+investors) to minimalize risks there...
Hendrick Kion
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#31 - 2015-06-30 18:36:16 UTC
Math is hard. Now I have a headache. Thanks ObamaRoll
ISD Dorrim Barstorlode
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
ISD Alliance
#32 - 2015-06-30 19:36:35 UTC
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