EPTStarcraft 2 now $29.99 until 11/28 - Page 7
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Betalump
United States109 Posts
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TheFearedBeing
Canada7 Posts
I bought my game less than 24h before the sale began, so I sent a ticket and got refunded.. I don't know how much lenient they are on this, but it's still worth a try.. | ||
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emc
United States3088 Posts
also how do you get two sc2's installed on your computer? can I use the American install of sc2 and connect to different servers on b.net? or do you need to use two different installs? | ||
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Goldfish
2230 Posts
On November 23 2011 12:35 Azzur wrote: Hmm... $100 is not justifiable no matter what salaries are. When it first came out, I bought it for $70 (Dick Smith in Aust) when many shops were selling for $100. It's been more than a year, and no shop should be selling a year-old game for $100. And it's a small wonder why the retailers in Aust are complaining about Online stores... It is. What is the min wage + average wage for Australia? Lets just say for example in the U.S. the average person makes $15 an hour. Min wage is currently $8. If in Australia the average is $22.5 (if we convert it to USD) and min $12 then it makes sense. An exact comparison (2 exact same jobs): People work at a fast food place in US and make $8. However if said person works at fast food place in Australia and made $12 (then this applies to every other job too) then it'd be fair for games to cost more (publishers want to take advantage of higher wages made by Australians and Australians will still pay the same percentage of their salary as Americans). Another comparison is inflation: Back in 1900s things cost pennies. Rarely more than a dollar. However people also only made pennies to for wages. *Inflation happens Now things cost more but people make more money. Of course I don't know if people really make 50% more in Australian or not >.>. Just a comparison to show why if a country makes more money than another, it is justifiable for it to cost more (in either case, they'll be paying the same percentage of salary for something for example). | ||
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Buffinator
United States9 Posts
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sicajung
United Kingdom297 Posts
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Lokian
United States699 Posts
i buy it now, hotS will come out and i have to buy again. assuming there will definitely be a WoL + HotS bundle because you need WoL to play Hots, I'm thinking blizz will not charge 90 - 120$ for a game. Possibly 90$. i can save 30 if i buy now i guess. this is assuming HoTS is 30$. There's also a chance of sale % off when hots comes out like how ppl got WoL for 40$ or something when it came out... I don't know, either way I'd probably have to spend aorund 60. | ||
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LuckyFool
United States9015 Posts
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Divergence
Canada363 Posts
On November 23 2011 14:44 Goldfish wrote: It is. What is the min wage + average wage for Australia? Lets just say for example in the U.S. the average person makes $15 an hour. Min wage is currently $8. If in Australia the average is $22.5 (if we convert it to USD) and min $12 then it makes sense. An exact comparison (2 exact same jobs): People work at a fast food place in US and make $8. However if said person works at fast food place in Australia and made $12 (then this applies to every other job too) then it'd be fair for games to cost more (publishers want to take advantage of higher wages made by Australians and Australians will still pay the same percentage of their salary as Americans). Another comparison is inflation: Back in 1900s things cost pennies. Rarely more than a dollar. However people also only made pennies to for wages. *Inflation happens Now things cost more but people make more money. Of course I don't know if people really make 50% more in Australian or not >.>. Just a comparison to show why if a country makes more money than another, it is justifiable for it to cost more (in either case, they'll be paying the same percentage of salary for something for example). I see what you're getting at with the minimum wage argument, but it's all quite irrelevant. All that matters in being competitive on an international market is exchange rate and cost of shipping (which for purely digital content is zero). If the exchange rate is bad then Australians are not justified in complaining about "overpriced" items. There is no simple solution to a bad exchange rate. If there are other reasons why the items are expensive (a general lack of competitiveness due to perhaps government regulations, monopolies or price fixing coalitions) then they have justified complaints imo. If the cost of shipping is what makes the prices high then perhaps there is a way around that (purchasing digitally). | ||
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BluePotion
Indonesia35 Posts
 I wish SEA will have that kind of discount... 700k IDR is not a happy price for me | ||
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Xak
United States4 Posts
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Peksi
Finland169 Posts
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legatus legionis
Netherlands559 Posts
On November 23 2011 08:41 godulous wrote: Anyone able to figure out a way to pay with paypal? There's an "other payment options" drop down at checkout but there aren't any options in it :| I'm wondering this as well. I don't have a credit card. I think it's one of the differences between NA and EU. NA makes use of a ton of credit cards and EU has a ton of "online payment systems" (specific ones nationally, general ones or allowing payments as a deposit and so on) :o I've never "needed" one so I can't justify a yearly fee for it. But I'd love a work around, even if anyone is experienced with one of those online credit card thingies. Where you can get a virtual card and then charge it with a system like paypal and use that to purchase an NA account. Think it would be great if some light could be shed on how those options would work. Thanks in advance! | ||
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JiSu
Korea (South)140 Posts
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ChriS-X
Malaysia1374 Posts
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Trang
Australia324 Posts
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zeehar
Korea (South)3804 Posts
On November 23 2011 21:21 JiSu wrote: Is this only available on blizzcard store or you can get it for $30 at stores like BestBuy etc.? this is what i'd like to know, currently blizz don't take korean credit cards to buy na accounts edit: never mind, i just got mine to work. yay! | ||
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DisaFear
Australia4074 Posts
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MadJack
Peru357 Posts
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zyrene
Philippines8 Posts
On November 23 2011 21:37 ChriS-X wrote: if i buy a NA copy can i play on the SEA servers as well? or is it just NA only? I wanna know too. can I buy a NA copy and play on SEA servers? I wanna buy the whole game, hate playing on prepaids. | ||
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