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5.50$ zen item, can only buy 5$...

gigaman123gigaman123 Member Posts: 76 Arc User
edited May 2015 in C-Store, ZEN, and Promotions
The costumes are 5.50$ (550 zen) however the only payment options are 5.00$ (500 zen) 10.00$ (1000 zen), 20.00$ (2000) zen) 30.00$ (3000 zen) and so on.

Why can't I just buy 5.50$ worth of Zen? Why I am I just stuck with the 5$ payment, and I am lacking the 50 cents I need to purchase a costume?

Is there an area where you can buy a specific amount of zen? If not that kind of sucks.
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  • askrayaskray Member Posts: 3,329 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    gigaman123 wrote: »
    The costumes are 5.50$ (550 zen) however the only payment options are 5.00$ (500 zen) 10.00$ (1000 zen), 20.00$ (2000) zen) 30.00$ (3000 zen) and so on.

    Why can't I just buy 5.50$ worth of Zen? Why I am I just stuck with the 5$ payment, and I am lacking the 50 cents I need to purchase a costume?

    Is there an area where you can buy a specific amount of zen? If not that kind of sucks.

    That's normal for most MMO's with micro-transactions.

    It's just easier in the end when doing transaction costs and a few other business considerations.
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  • gigaman123gigaman123 Member Posts: 76 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    So I end up having to pay 10$? That's pretty stupid in my opinion, and Inconvenient.
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  • kiardraskiardras Member Posts: 19 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Its on purpose so they make more money. Its called business. Sell you nearly everything you need, but not the last little drop, so you have to buy twice as much.

    Means that to get a costume, you either buy $10 of Zen for it, or you buy $5, and dil-grind the last 50 needed.
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  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    gigaman123 wrote: »
    So I end up having to pay 10$? That's pretty stupid in my opinion, and Inconvenient.

    But you don't pay $10. You spend $10, but you'll still have 450 Zen left.

    Or you could buy the 500 Zen and convert Dil to Zen for the other 50.

    Or you could convert Dil to Zen for the entire 550.

    Or you could convert that 450 Zen you had left to Dil if you needed that more.

    Or...etc, etc, etc.
  • dareaudareau Member Posts: 2,390 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Especially in light of the "bound to company" nature of many E-currencies, that "leftover balance" is what I've always considered a "driver of future sales"...

    IE, you spend your $10, get your $5.50 costume. That $4.50 is waiting there for you, "teasing" you into buying another item, etc.

    Think for a second. With that $4.50 left over, you can buy a second, third, heck, 10th costume for $5 a shot with the leftovers.

    Or begin a long and industrious career of "investing" in the Lockbox keys.

    Or nab some extra inventory, BOffs, ships, heck, I think you can even nab a couple spare character slots to use that costume you bought for $5.50...

    If the only thing you want off the C-store is a costume, then yeah, it's very inconveniently priced. If you look at it as a chance to make an investment to start "really" setting your character up...?

    And don't forget the Dil to Zen method of covering the difference, something that didn't exist when the costumes were set at $5.50 if I remember correctly, only been here since F2P and costumes have always been that price...
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  • burstorionburstorion Member Posts: 1,750 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Buy your five bucks of zen..

    ..then get 50z off the exchange for dil


    There you go, 550z with no excess
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  • jaguarskxjaguarskx Member Posts: 5,945 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    gigaman123 wrote: »
    The costumes are 5.50$ (550 zen) however the only payment options are 5.00$ (500 zen) 10.00$ (1000 zen), 20.00$ (2000) zen) 30.00$ (3000 zen) and so on.

    Why can't I just buy 5.50$ worth of Zen? Why I am I just stuck with the 5$ payment, and I am lacking the 50 cents I need to purchase a costume?

    Is there an area where you can buy a specific amount of zen? If not that kind of sucks.

    Yeah, I wish I can simply go to my bank's ATM to withdraw $1.23.
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  • organicmanfredorganicmanfred Member Posts: 3,236 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    That is also the reason why some real world companies/stores don't allow card payments under $5 or so. With every transaction, they have to pay a certain amount to the payment system company.

    Yes, it is business. As soon as you pay the bills in your own company, you won't find it stuuuupiiidd anymore.
  • nccmarknccmark Member Posts: 1,083 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    In other news, if you only want one slice of bread, the market makes you buy the whole loaf.
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  • officerbatman81officerbatman81 Member Posts: 2,761 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Since when can you buy $5 of zen? The lowest denomination has always been $10, yep just checked now while writing this, can't buy $5. That has been my complaint, I want a something for 500 zen and have to give them $10 and get "change back".
  • sarge4idsarge4id Member Posts: 79 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Being a business owner myself, the real reason you price something this way is to force the customer to have to buy more then they need. You get more money from them and so what if they have some left over? You just made twice as much as you should have off them. Same reason There are more hotdogs in a pack then there are in a bag of buns. The hotdog and bread companies have a deal with each other to exploit the consumer. If you disagree, you're wrong.
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  • royalsovereignroyalsovereign Member Posts: 1,344 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    kiardras wrote: »
    Its on purpose so they make more money. Its called business. Sell you nearly everything you need, but not the last little drop, so you have to buy twice as much.

    Superfluous buns!
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  • therealmttherealmt Member Posts: 428 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    gigaman123 wrote: »
    The costumes are 5.50$ (550 zen) however the only payment options are 5.00$ (500 zen) 10.00$ (1000 zen), 20.00$ (2000) zen) 30.00$ (3000 zen) and so on.

    Why can't I just buy 5.50$ worth of Zen? Why I am I just stuck with the 5$ payment, and I am lacking the 50 cents I need to purchase a costume?

    Is there an area where you can buy a specific amount of zen? If not that kind of sucks.

    um.. its a trick? A typical chinese method to make you buy more zen then needed.

    I thought that much was obvious.. lol
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  • sarge4idsarge4id Member Posts: 79 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    therealmt wrote: »
    um.. its a trick? A typical chinese method to make you buy more zen then needed.

    I thought that much was obvious.. lol

    It's not a "Chinese Method." They started doing it in medieval times, probably before recorded history. Making someone work or pay more then they need to to get what they want. For example: You goto the hardware store because you need 4 bolts to replace old or rusted ones. They sell bolts in bags of 4 but the nuts you need to go with them are sold in bags of 3. It's one of the things that drives me crazy about this method. Same with the hotdog and buns I mentioned earlier. It only seems to be an asian method because a lot of the mmo's are owned by asian corporations and when we feel cheated or used, they're always the reason why. It's a narrow view but justified.
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  • arrmateysarrmateys Member Posts: 466 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    you just buy the rest using dil exchange. or fall for the scam sarge explained and buy more than you need.
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  • thecosmic1thecosmic1 Member Posts: 9,365 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    It looks like the old Wallet is still there and still has the $5.00 version - assuming someone has no issue using less payment choices. https://billing.perfectworld.com/charge/prepaid
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