EA trying to cheat us Europeans blind!

[miika]

Just ordered SF through EA's downloader. The price tag said 29.99$.

For those of you living in the EURO-countries, beware! EA tries to charge you 29.99 euros, which is significantly more than 29.99$! This is clearly indicated only _after_ you have agreed to pay the expansion, in the email they send you.

I contacted EA's "support" and they wanted to know my d.o.b, credit card number etc. through email to help me further. Well, I was stupid enough to send the 8 last digits of my credit card number, not knowing back then that the 8 first numbers are just the country code and can be found out easily..

[Mykonicon]

Re: EA trying to cheat us Europeans blind!

You pay more for gas, you can pay more for this. Send me those 8 digits, I'll tell you if what you say is true, I'm good with that kinda stuff.

[miika]

Re: EA trying to cheat us Europeans blind!

You pay more for gas, you can pay more for this. Send me those 8 digits, I'll tell you if what you say is true, I'm good with that kinda stuff.

Yes, and why don't you grow up?

[Mykonicon]

Re: EA trying to cheat us Europeans blind!

Sorry. I thought you had a sense of humour.

[rtgbs7k]

Re: EA trying to cheat us Europeans blind!

Go and knife them my Scandinavian brother :p

[Mykonicon]

Re: EA trying to cheat us Europeans blind!

oh, yeah, that helps

[Yonni]

Re: EA trying to cheat us Europeans blind!

Any response from EA about this?

[[29ID]B|Pvt.Mickd]

Re: EA trying to cheat us Europeans blind!

its not generally that much more expensive for games over here if u buy them online. SF was £14.99 which is bout 25 dollars.

[Mykonicon]

Re: EA trying to cheat us Europeans blind!

there's no law that says you gotta sell the same thing for the same price in different countries, you amateur economists. Don't get your knickers in a twist. It's not in the EU's constitution, for chrissakes.

[thehed]

Re: EA trying to cheat us Europeans blind!

there's no law that says you gotta sell the same thing for the same price in different countries, you amateur economists. Don't get your knickers in a twist. It's not in the EU's constitution, for chrissakes.

No, but there's a law against wrong price tags.....

[Teaves]

Re: EA trying to cheat us Europeans blind!

there's no law that says you gotta sell the same thing for the same price in different countries, you amateur economists. Don't get your knickers in a twist. It's not in the EU's constitution, for chrissakes.

Oh come off it, what the hell are you talking about? the natural ASSUMPTION (right or wrong) would be that a STANDARD conversion rate would be used for $ to euro's, as it is with every other online transaction for EVERYTHING! why are you being such an idiot and abusing this guy for pointing out a genuine problem?? 4 posts and you have no intention of helping him or inputting to the conversation. Grow up or leave the thread jackass.

To OP i belive you have a geniune reason for refund if you want to go through the process ,simply because you wasnt informed BEFORE you payed, if the price said $30 then you should pay 30 bucks with the standard exchange rate.

As for the comment about gas being more expensive over there, your ignorance must be bliss, the difference in price for gas (petrol for you Europeans ) is TAX, not exchange rates. a barrel of crude oil cost say $50 for us, and the equivilant $50 for them (in their currency) the pump prices are ALL tax differences.

[Hephaistion]

Re: EA trying to cheat us Europeans blind!

Hold on everyone, I can explain this pricing issue with EA. EA has been in collaboration with the Federal Government ever since BF: Viet Nam came out. It seems that the game was too realistic and activated a whole cell of Manchurian Candidates who in turn helped GWB win a 2nd term in office. To repay the federal government, EA agreed to overcharge all Europeans in an effort to recoup funds spent over the last 100 years RESCUING YOU FROM INVADERS AND REBUILDING YOUR COUNTRIES! Get over it, everything costs more in Europe because you guys live in such over-populated, under-industrialized cities, it cost $$ to import. Here endith the lesson.

[[SFDev]Preacher]

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it cost $$ to import. Here endith the lesson.

^^ i Didn't Realise that they had changed the definition of Downloading from the internet from a website not of your country to Importing.

So he's importing his download is he? he has to pay for the Shiping for it to travel electronicaly over the internet?

hmm...

[MackTheKnifeAU]

Re: EA trying to cheat us Europeans blind!

Hold on everyone, I can explain this pricing issue with EA. EA has been in collaboration with the Federal Government ever since BF: Viet Nam came out. It seems that the game was too realistic and activated a whole cell of Manchurian Candidates who in turn helped GWB win a 2nd term in office. To repay the federal government, EA agreed to overcharge all Europeans in an effort to recoup funds spent over the last 100 years RESCUING YOU FROM INVADERS AND REBUILDING YOUR COUNTRIES! Get over it, everything costs more in Europe because you guys live in such over-populated, under-industrialized cities, it cost $$ to import. Here endith the lesson.

Awsome.

[Hephaistion]

Re: EA trying to cheat us Europeans blind!

Awsome.

Thanks I try.