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Help me with my maths (GBP)

kevpollkevpoll Member Posts: 0 Arc User
edited June 2012 in C-Store, ZEN, and Promotions
I'm just not getting my head round this. Please can someone tell me where I'm going wrong with the two following calculations.


Method one.

Old system:
This email is to confirm that you have purchased 2000 Cryptic Points for 16.00 GBP

16 GBP / 2000 cpoints = 0.008 GBP per cpoint


New system:
2000 ZEN ?18.00 Item number: paypal2000_eu


?18.00 = ?14.99 GBP (paypal conversion)
2000 ZEN = 1600 cpoints
So, 14.99 GBP / 1600 cpoints = 0.00936875 GBP per cpoint


So I see it now costing me 0.00136875 more per cpoint.


Method two.

Old cost was simply 2000 cpoint for ?16.00 GBP.

So if I wanted to buy 2000 cpoints right now I'd need to buy 2000 and 500 ZEN and convert them.

2000 ZEN = 14.99 GBP
500 ZEN = 3.75 GBP

14.99 + 3.75 = 18.74 GBP



There has got to be a simple mistake in what I've got here and I'm sure I'm due a :redface: for it but I just can't see it. Anyone point it out for me please.
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  • sovereignmansovereignman Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    Probably getting VAT taxes on your purchases now.
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  • kevpollkevpoll Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    VAT = 20%

    16.00 plus VAT is 19.20 GBP


    The maths still don't work
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  • kevpollkevpoll Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    It works out as an increase of 17.125%
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  • nyniknynik Member Posts: 1,628 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    It might also be a case of paypal's currency conversion commission. They set it based on the currency your converting into. So 14.99 Pounds may get you 18.00 Euro with them, but if I had 18.00 Euros to convert into Pounds, they would only give me 13.92 Pounds. About 54 pence less than what my 18 Euros are actually worth. You get about 66 pence less than what your 14.99 is worth.

    18.00 EUR = 14.4584 GBP & 14.99 GBP = 18.6628 EUR without commission I believe. I haven't even looked at these prices in a long time. I buy everything using dilithium/stipend ^^.
  • sovereignmansovereignman Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    Currency exchange fluctuations?
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  • darkjeffdarkjeff Member Posts: 2,590 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    sovereignman wrote: »
    Currency exchange fluctuations?

    It's definitely an exchange issue, and probably PayPal's fee for doing it.

    The price:point ratios haven't changed for USD. I'm guessing Cryptic just absorbed the fees before?
  • markwilkinson86markwilkinson86 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    My San Paulo just cost me ?13.76. I had to buy my Zen in euros, I bought exactly the amount I would need and firstly the exchange rate was rubbish and secondly my bank hit me with two seperate charges to pay in euros! Why do I have to pay in another currency when I always paid in Pounds before?!?
  • sollvaxsollvax Member Posts: 4 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    Don't use paypal its always been a rip off

    use a credit card its cheaper
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  • captwcaptw Member Posts: 492 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    or just use the steam wallet.
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  • eiledoneiledon Member Posts: 595 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    i posted a few times on this already this week - but i'm up for it again. bear in mind these calcs are in euros but you will get the gist.

    http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=4392111&postcount=122

    more worrying for me is that the 45 Euro = $50 was set quite a few years ago and hasnt been reviewed in line with market exchange rates.

    http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=4394691&postcount=127
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