Sort the UK pricing ASAP for CE

I know there is like a few threads about it and to be honest I am not that fussed about when can we , the UK people, start pre-orderinng. What I am really concerned is the pricing for it. This needs addressing ASAP . $129.99 IT IS NOT £129.99 when we are paying monthly fees at the correct exchange rate!

TODAY the EU site had the cheek to be updated with this :

Subscription Length 30 days
Monthly Price £7.69 / 10.99 € *
Max Characters per Server 1
Max Characters 8
Standard
Subscription Length 30 days 90 days 180 days
Monthly Price £8.99 / 12.99 € * £8.39 / 11.99 € * £7.69 / 10.99 € *
Max Characters per Server 8
Max Characters 40

if the game is €129.99 how of earth you dare to over price the game at £129.99????

I would like an answer and an EXPLANATION to this As I'm a paying user been with you since ARR was released.

Thanks

How is this news? I mean since you live in the UK surely you've noticed that similar markups have been happening since forever.
It's not that I don't sympathize but surely this is nothing sudden or new that's happening.

Or educate yourself.......so many UK people don't know anything about their own taxes....



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value-added_tax

The point is , if we are paying monthly fees at the correct exchange rate WHY should we pay more for the game? Absurd

I have to buy from UK as I'm from the Middle East and its not easy to purchase from other European shops. And I can easily afford the version but just out of principle I'm going for standard or digital :/ If the price was the same across all regions or at least close I'd have paid with no questions ask, but this is just ridiculous.

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Originally Posted by Thanotos

Or educate yourself.......so many UK people don't know anything about their own taxes....



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value-added_tax

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Psst. VAT is 20%.
Assuming we convert the price from USD to GBP, that's £88ish.
20% of 88 is 18 rounded up. We're paying £40+ more than Americans/mainland Europeans. If it was just VAT, it'd be more like £100, which sounds a bit more reasonable as that's only a £20 difference. It is NOT just VAT.

We're getting shafted because for some reason the prices have to all be the same number, that's literally the only reason I can think of.
Kind of glad I have the Steam version so am screwed out of getting the physical version anyway, now ...

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Originally Posted by Thanotos

Or educate yourself.......so many UK people don't know anything about their own taxes....



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value-added_tax

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Vat is 20% of the price and tends to be included in the price as is so even if the game is $130 or £87.90 with VAT of (£20.88) that would be £108.78 so where is this mark up of and extra £21.21 being generated from?

Another clear example :

FFXV PREORDER from Amazon UK

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00B...nal+fantasy+xv

£44.00

FFXV PREORDER from Amazon USA

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00DBF...=AC_SY200_QL40

$59.96

$59.96 it is NOT £59.96

SORT IT.

The game is imported, your tax gets compounded, read the whole article. SE knows this and will take advantage of it, you can think it's broken all day long, but SE isn't going to do anything about it.

sorry but could you point out where does it say IMPORTED edition? (this is taken from today's update main eu site)

PlayStation®4
FINAL FANTASY XIV: Heavensward Standard Edition Pricing may differ by country and retailer.
FINAL FANTASY XIV: Heavensward Standard Edition (Digital Download)
FINAL FANTASY XIV: Heavensward Collector's Edition
FINAL FANTASY XIV: Heavensward Collector's Edition (Digital Download)

I see no IMPORTED edition anywhere. No more excuses please because even play Asia and other sites will point out the fact a game will cost more cause it is the imported version.

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The game is imported, your tax gets compounded, read the whole article. SE knows this and will take advantage of it, you can think it's broken all day long, but SE isn't going to do anything about it.

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The problem with this argument is that every other item on the Square Enix store is converted correctly. Even the other Heavensward packages are done better (Though, not perfect, $60 Digital CE should RRP for £40, like every other $60 game, not £45). The Physical CE is the only place they are price gouging. You can throw all the taxes you want, it wouldn't come to even close to a difference of $60. Plus, merchandise from SE Europe are dispatched from LONDON Midlands, UK. Not Japan.

And we know SE don't care nor will do anything, they've already been avoiding questions about it, 17 dev posts yesterday and not a single one in the second biggest thread on the forums yesterday.

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Originally Posted by Thanotos

The game is imported, your tax gets compounded, read the whole article. SE knows this and will take advantage of it, you can think it's broken all day long, but SE isn't going to do anything about it.

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You are aware that the EU bound CE boxes are also getting shipped via London right? This isn't a tax/duty issue, nor is it down to shipping and handling, it's just plain daylight robbery unfortunately. Whilst you are likely right in that SE frankly won't care what we think about the matter, I suspect that the European store actually breaks EU consumer laws in how it forces regionalised pricing structures on customers within the continent.

US, Japan and EU all have separated versions, meaning there is no import tax. The only thing that would prevent such behaviour is to collectively not buy the physical CE.

Unfortunately, this will not happen. The CE will sell out and SE will not care as they will have their money either way.