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5/25/2015 10:33:13 PM
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Why do we pay more for expansions in the UK?
Expansion costs $20 in the US, and £20 in the UK.
So i have paid roughly 70 USD for both expansions which would have cost 40 USD if i was american...
why do we pay more here for the exact same content?? Kinda feel a little ripped off
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1 ReplyTry living in Australia where when the game first came out it was $108. Nearly double what Americans pay for their games. And this is with every new game that comes out for us.
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That sucks they ripped you off more than they did us here in the USA, in all honesty these expansions were such a joke they should have been free.
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2 RepliesEdited by The Overlord: 5/26/2015 4:21:31 AMThe UK sucks you people don't even know what iced tea is , I've been there
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3 RepliesYou need ti look at world economy, the value of the USD compared to pounds or yin or any other currency. Do some more research.
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I always hate when this happens to other countries. I swear they don't understand exchange rates.
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2 RepliesWe pay VAT at source. Ie its included in the price. Pretty sure it's added later in the US.
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1 ReplySame reason I paid more for EVERYTHING when I lived there. VAT at source.
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4 RepliesPretty sure uk pays less for the actual game then America does
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Cost of living
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8 RepliesEdited by Hippo_Legacy: 5/26/2015 2:19:09 AMThose shipping costs...
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Activision's accounts department Remember the shipping costs for the Nepal t shirts How do you ship DLC?
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My stomach... I can't stop laughing.
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1 ReplyIf you convert the cost to USD, It was around $60-65 for the basic copy when it came out, and around $75 on the xbox live store... how much did it cost in the US?
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Edited by MightyJonE: 5/26/2015 1:33:55 AMRip-off Britain, commonly known as R.O.B. In America, for example, you can buy a steak the size of a house for a penny - and STILL have change! Lol I met a bloke from Texas once, and he asked me how could people afford to live in England - everything's so expensive. He said, do you all earn alot of money? I said no, we earn about the same as you!
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Marketing. Exchange rate has nothing to do with it.
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Local market economies is the answer. Bungie assumes the liability in case the euro conversion rate changes.
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VAT plus everyone like to rip us off.
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1 ReplyIn New Zealand we pay $110 for most games and in Australia they pay $80-90 our dollar is almost the same as theirs. The destiny expansion pass is $40. Every country outside the states gets a raw deal for games unless you are a pc gamer.
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[quote]Expansion costs $20 in the US, and £20 in the UK. So i have paid roughly 70 USD for both expansions which would have cost 40 USD if i was american... why do we pay more here for the exact same content?? Kinda feel a little ripped off[/quote] Dude,we are ripped of for most things in the UK compared to euro zone and North America. I suppose they all do it because they know they can get away from it.. Business rules over workers and consumers in this country unfortunately:(((
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Minimum wage is higher in the UK, but thats not a good enough excuse to charge nearly twice the amount money for some DLC. The min wage is not twice as much here
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Maybe minimum wage is higher in uk
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Never understood that, exchange rates are nonexistent apparently...
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3 RepliesAustralia has it worse. Just how economy is set up. Everywhere different
