Crystal prices increase.
There can be no justification whatsoever for the inflation busting hike in price for crystal purchases. To go from £14.99 to £19.99 for the "most popular" option is exhorbitant to say the least. Over the last 12 months or so playing this game I have spent a lot of money but you will not be getting a single penny from me from now on. What a complete rip off and what an atrocious way to deal with your customers.
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See here
http://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=GBP&to=USD&view=1Y
Sorry, you wrong too.
I'll make a safe bet that the OP has IOS. And its Apple who is in charge of currency rates.
You don't know which year exchange rate used to be implemented
You are comparing exchange rates of 2016 to 2017.
But perchance previous prices were fixed on 2013 exchange rate.
(thing like that happened in my country, so i can definitely say it's possible)
And see here
http://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=GBP&to=USD&view=5Y
20% price increase sounds about right if you ask me...
https://m.investing.com/currencies/gbp-usd-historical-data
Thank the Brexit!
Quoting the highest possible price to compare with is deliberately exaggerating the change.
Well when do you think the prices were set and which exchange rate was used when the game launched in october/november 2015? Using a later exchange rate is deliberately downplaying the devaluation of gbp
Are we supposed to take financial opinions from someone who can't do basic maths? £14.99 to £19.99 is a 33.blah blah blah percent increase, not the 20% you suggest
Does this warrant a 25%-33% price hike ? I don't think so.
Ups, my bad... I calculated w 17,99 as new price for whatever stupid reason...
Well in this case, yeah, give em hell!
You are also wrong too. Currency rates are determined by the market forces of supply and demand.
I'm very angry at the price hike but on this occasion I'm not blaming EA.
Silver lining- I'm spending far less. £1k per month down to £280. I'm guessing I'm not the only one.
Vault costs 100 GBP in the UK
1 GBP equals 1.25 USD
So a vault costs 25% more in the UK compared to the US, ie the equivalent of $125
How is this justified?
The percentage differences are even greater for cheaper packs.
FOREX much more complex than equities, macroeconomics and governments are what change exchange rates. Many things like currencies that are pegged to the dollar and have nothing to do supply and demand economics.
The $2.79CDN is already the converted price from $1.99US. You're not paying on top of that. However, the conversion rate has been too high for the better part of the year.
We are however, taxed on top of that amount for 5%. So what you're actually paying is $2.93CDN for that pack. Not sure why you're seeing an extra charge on top of that. I don't get charged any more than this.