£130 =/= $130

[Reynhart]

"So be quick to call SE "Greedy" if you want but when XIV came out last year the Euro was strong at least stronger than it is now, but since it's grown weaker yes the price is adapting to the weaker Euro.

Or...you totally missed the point where the "unfair" price is not for "euro" but for "pounds" and, as of march 2015, the pound-dollar exchange rate stands at $1.48464.

[Lexxuk]

"As of March 2015, the euro–dollar exchange rate stands at ~ US$1.059"

Honestly maybe you need to re-evaluate your knowledge of the Euro it's been going through some issues lately.

And you may need to re-evaluate your knowledge of this thread, the UK doesn't use the Euro, we use the Pound, you know, the £ symbol, £1 = $1.48.

[beowulf81]

Airget, I trade Forex. And while you're right that the Euro is basically at parity with USD, you should be looking at cable, since its GBP and USD that are the currencies in the post you quoted.

1GBP=1.48USD, more or less.

so 130USD = 87.1GBP

and 130GBP = 192.4USD

ie SE are greedy, money grubbing thieves.

EDIT: beaten to the punch, I see

[KirakunAUS]

The more iffy/grey area is that we are not allowed to purchase a copy within the EU when we are part of the EU and EU law clearly states:

The EU rules give you more rights when you purchase services abroad, for example:

shopping at a supermarket
buying products online
getting your hair cut
contracting a construction company to build or renovate your house
booking your holidays at a travel agency
hiring a lawyer.
For these types of services, and others, you have the right to buy from a service provider located in another EU country without

price discrimination
having the seller refuse to sell to you simply because you live in a different EU country.

taken from http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens...s/index_en.htm

I strenously suggest writing to BBC Watchdog.

sorry for the late response.

Not trying to be a d*ck here.

You keep quoting this but you do realize it only constitutes to EU nation only?

For these types of services, and others, you have the right to buy from a service provider located in another EU country without price discrimination

How is this ruling applicable to services provided from US?

I would like to repeat what I previously posted.
Metal Gear Solid V: Collector's Edition are priced at £100 and $100 in USA

http://www.siliconera.com/2015/03/04...on-announced//

Meanwhile, the Collector’s Edition will be available only for PC, PS4, and Xbox One. It will cost $99.99/£99.99 and will include the following

At most you can argue is why SE selling £129.99 to UK and €129.99 to other EU (Not sure whether this is true or not.... I can't compare the prices as I keep being redirected to shitty Australian SE shop )
Why aren't you allowed to purchase with €129.99

Then page 12 of the following http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/...ticle20_en.pdf is applicable

[Remus]

"As of March 2015, the euro–dollar exchange rate stands at ~ US$1.059"

Honestly maybe you need to re-evaluate your knowledge of the Euro it's been going through some issues lately.

https://oneplus.net/blog/2015/03/euro-pricing-changes/

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=euro+worth

If it shows the graph next to the conversion you will notice that yes while Back in January 2014 it was worth around 1.4 to the 1 american dollar it's taken a nose dive since then and has dipped quite a bit since this year.

So be quick to call SE "Greedy" if you want but when XIV came out last year the Euro was strong at least stronger than it is now, but since it's grown weaker yes the price is adapting to the weaker Euro.

You may want to research what the United Kingdom uses then come back here and see how clueless you look right now for making that post.

[Zanmato]

If only $quar€ £nix cared.

[Lexxuk]

You keep quoting this but you do realize it only constitutes to EU nation only?

The UK is an EU nation, we're a member of the European Union.

How is this ruling applicable to services provided from US?

We deal with SE Europe, other wise it would be an SE Japan only issue.

Why aren't you allowed to purchase with €129.99

We don't know, that is the question we're asking, if SE are breaking the law by preventing us from buying from the Eurozone.

[Shaone]

We don't know, that is the question we're asking, if SE are breaking the law by preventing us from buying from the Eurozone.

I think they may also be using a endpoint relay service and shipping orders destined for the UK directly from the same warehouse as the EU orders. Certainly the tracking information on the package for my last order made me think that. Unfortunately this was back in January so I didn't keep the packaging or invoice from the box.

It would be very interesting to confirm if anyone else from the UK has noticed anything similar when receiving packages from the SE store. If true, then we are being forced to buy the exact same thing for an absolutely massive markup, with a similar/identical cost for SE.

EDIT:

Also I notice from browsing the various language Terms of Use on the SE store, that wherever in Europe you are, you send returns back to the London support centre address. Not a stretch to imagine that the warehousing used for the original order is the same location wherever you order from too, and it's doubtful it's the London address, as this is just an office within a shared block and not a warehouse facility. I expect they can handle low the volume from returns, but little more.

The more I look in to this, the more disgusting it becomes. Clearly we are getting the exact same service, with the same costs, except with the minor difference of 50 Euros of pure profit margin if you happen to consume this identical service from the UK.

[Adelard]

You folks have got to watch this. It made my day. That guy's laugh is contagious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP0B2fyAtb8

[Kuroyasha]

Wanna know why they did it? Too many lalafells in the UK.

The UK is an EU nation, we're a member of the European Union.




We deal with SE Europe, other wise it would be an SE Japan only issue.



We don't know, that is the question we're asking, if SE are breaking the law by preventing us from buying from the Eurozone.

To quote from another comment on another site: "To begin I AM british. Secondly the reason there is a huge difference between euro price and Sterling price is because although we (being the UK) are a member of the EU we did not join the Euro. We kept our own currency with its own value. The reason for this is essentially because the UK borrows a lot of money which if we had joined the Euro (the currency) we would not have been able to do because the Euro has a lot of different rules about how much of it can be borrowed by countries that adopt the currency. Indeed the EU likely wouldn't have allowed us to join the Euro currency in all likelihood even if we had wanted to for that very reason.


As to the reason the SE store does not allow UK players to use the Euro to make purchases is because it isn't our (i.e the UK's) currency so for them to do so would mean they would be breaking the law. So no its isn't a breach of EU law it is in fact the absolute opposite.


Now don't get me wrong no one likes paying more, but there ARE reasons why that that is the case."