Billing system in GBP is actually cheaper then EUR

Part 1 (3000 character limit);

Just to bring to your attention;

- For those who's playing in Tonberry server (Not sure if this matters but would rather much state the current state of during this observation anyways)
- For those who is subscribed to this game using credit card (instead of game time)
It's actually cheaper to get billed in GBP then EUR.

I played this game with a friend and we got billed separately.
Friend got billed in Pounds Sterling and I got billed in Euro.
The issue is the conversion rate!

Both of us selected the following option;
- Entry
- An introductory subscription allowing 1 character per World (monthly billing only).
* A maximum of 8 characters can be created.

It costs me 10.99 Euro for 30 days
It costs my friend 7.69 GBP for 30 days
(Both on same plan)

If you go to XE Currency Converter (https://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/),
10.99 Euro = 17.73 Singapore Dollars
7.69 GBP = 13.82 Singapore Dollars
[Conversion rate on 25th August 2020]

I am paying roughly about 3.91 Singapore Dollars per month more then my friend!
If you tally that up to 12 months, it's 46.92 Singapore Dollars per year!
I'm not sure about others, but me personally; there's a lot you can do with that amount of money including getting another 3 months of game-time!

And even if you convert 7.69 GBP to Euro, it only amounts to 8.55 Euro!
[Conversion rate on 25th August 2020]
This is comparing APPLE to APPLE directly!
Both playing on Europe Server
Both playing on Tonberry

Huge discount for buying bigger packs only applies IF you get the Standard plan, not the Entry plan, in which I have no intention of getting that since I'm only playing on one character for the moment..... unless if there's a bigger packs discount if you get the entry plan that I am unaware of.

Part 2 (3000 character limit);

Now I found this site (Albeit it's a bit outdated so I am unsure if the information provided before hand still applies or not but....)
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...79a8005df6c1b4

After knowing this information, your think your step would be to change your 'country' in settings somewhere where you'd get billed in GBP right? I've actually submitted 2 cases to S.E. with regards to this (14119375 and 14149840) and they mentioned that this can't be done!

The 2 exact responses was;
- Dear Customer,
Thank you for contacting the Square Enix Support Centre.
We are sorry to hear that you were having issues with the country on your account. Unfortunately once the account has been created it is not possible to change it.

- Dear Customer,
We are sorry for the delay in our response, and to hear that you are having an issue with the country registered on your Square Enix ID. Unfortunately it is impossible to change the location originally registered onto an account, and the same is true for the selected payment currency. We have passed on your feedback about the issue but regrettably we cannot assist you further than this.We apologise for any inconvenience caused. Please do not hesitate to contact us if there is ever anything else we can do for you.

I am unsure as to why they've 'conveniently' disabled it nor at this point do I want to know.
Bottom line; for the SAME type of service, I ended up paying MORE as compared to those who got billed in different currency.
In any case, I hope the following information will help save some money for those who's thinking of investing this game in the long run.
Thank you for your attention and as always, have a great day ahead of you :).

PS: Unsure if this also applies to mogstation stuff as what I'm discussing is just the monthly billing subscription system.
Feel free to amend anything should you find newer update with regards to this.
English isn't my first language but I hope all of you could understand the thread :)

It's not a server thing. I'm in australia and my account is EU. Not sure which currency I've seen on mog station, I'm thinking at least previously it was EUR, by memory of typing in a conversion search, but I just saw the store page and their was a GBP pricing. Last time I subscribed was with a time card from the SE store in local currency

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Originally Posted by Lethros

It's not a server thing. I'm in australia and my account is EU. Not sure which currency I've seen on mog station, I'm thinking at least previously it was EUR, by memory of typing in a conversion search, but I just saw the store page and their was a GBP pricing. Last time I subscribed was with a time card from the SE store in local currency

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My take it is that it has something to do with the 'country' which you set where you're from when you first create your account.
As shown in the 2nd part of the post~