is this the meaning? (edit: checked steam)
elemental god
The netherlandsMember
so when i open the cubit store and i want to buy cubits i get these prices
1000c: $1,99 I €2,21
7500c: $4,99 I €5,51
20.000c: $9,99 I €7,83
50.000c: $19,99 I €15,67
200.000c: $49,99 I €55,20
500.000c: $99,99 I €110,22
but why are only the 20.000 and the 50.000 cubits lower and the rest higher than the dollar? because when you calculate the nowadays prices for usdollar($) and the euro(€) they are none of them right because:
$1,99 is €1,65
$4,99 is €4,14
$9,99 is €8,29
$19,99 is €16,60
$49,99 is €41,50
$99,99 is €83,02
so what are the changes to valuta based on in the store?
sure i would get that 1000 and 5000 are a bit more expencive because maybe google play store gets also a piece and else there will be nothing left for cc.... but why is the 200.000 and the 500.000 ones more expencive?
or is this more a google play store fault
might it help to find it out....
store used: google play store
country: the netherlands
(btw put it in bug reports because that looked the most appropiate)
EDIT: so i checked the steam store and there are the prices at the correct change.... on a few cents too much but thats a lot better than 30 euro's difference
1000c: $1,99 I €2,21
7500c: $4,99 I €5,51
20.000c: $9,99 I €7,83
50.000c: $19,99 I €15,67
200.000c: $49,99 I €55,20
500.000c: $99,99 I €110,22
but why are only the 20.000 and the 50.000 cubits lower and the rest higher than the dollar? because when you calculate the nowadays prices for usdollar($) and the euro(€) they are none of them right because:
$1,99 is €1,65
$4,99 is €4,14
$9,99 is €8,29
$19,99 is €16,60
$49,99 is €41,50
$99,99 is €83,02
so what are the changes to valuta based on in the store?
sure i would get that 1000 and 5000 are a bit more expencive because maybe google play store gets also a piece and else there will be nothing left for cc.... but why is the 200.000 and the 500.000 ones more expencive?
or is this more a google play store fault
might it help to find it out....
store used: google play store
country: the netherlands
(btw put it in bug reports because that looked the most appropiate)
EDIT: so i checked the steam store and there are the prices at the correct change.... on a few cents too much but thats a lot better than 30 euro's difference
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It says on the cubits store the increase in value.
1k is standard 7.5k is 3x value 20k is 4x value 50k is 5x value 200k is 8x value 500k is 10x value.
This is very common in free to play business models.
On my thread i put these down:
1000c: $1,99 I €2,21
7500c: $4,99 I €5,51
20.000c: $9,99 I €7,83
50.000c: $19,99 I €15,67
200.000c: $49,99 I €55,20
500.000c: $99,99 I €110,22
Those are the prices i get on google play store if i buy stuff with the dollar in the cubit store put down and the euro put down when google play store window opens if i click on it...
And if i go to steam then i get the exact prices of the nowadays currency balance in money exchange... with a few cents in difference...
But like if you buy 500k via steam then it only costs about 80 euros and not 110.. so i wonder why its on google play 30 euros more expencive...
Google Play £76.96
Steam - £73.88
Windows/Paypal - £76.40
So yeah cheaper on steam.
Not sure whats going on. Maybe google and paypal are charging you a transaction fee or an exchange fee. Whereas maybe steam doesn't have to.
This is paypal exchange rate - PayPal rate: £1.00 GBP = $1.308846882 USD
Whereas the actual exchange rate is £1.00GBP = $1.35352 USD
So yeah looks like you just get a worse exchange rate on paypal and google.
A 30EURO discrepancy seems extreme though.
I guess i try to tag @CosmicCow and @SirKewberth again.... any help you 2 can do?
A quick google search seem to reveal it is a google play store thing.
This guy paid 24% extra for their purchase of a final fantasy game.
https://forums.androidcentral.com/market-help/248788-google-play-shop-visa-currency-conversion-24-commission.html
and another link here of similarly bad exchange rates when buying stuff on google.
http://plain-reviews.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/google-play-store-changing-purchase.html
I'd suggest just buying your cubits thru paypal/windows stand alone or steam version of the game.
Another option is to change you address to a us one so you get charged in dollars rather than euros but thats kinda fidley and questionable.
Do you guys maybe know a way to send one?
There seems to be also a special rule to give the tax back in europe but i dont know how to do that...