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| Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, April 30 2012 @ 01:19 PM EDT |
Game pricing is the worst. Way back when (20 years ago?) the Australian
currency was lower. Over time, it gained strength compared to the U.S. dollar
but the prices never came back into line. Now, gamers pay something like 40-60%
more than their U.S. or european counterparts, to buy a game at retail (making
it usually cheaper to import them from the U.K. or elsewhere).
Canada has a similar problem with books, maybe ten years ago the Canadian dollar
was only worth like $0.80 USD, so suggested book prices (which are printed on
the covers) for Canadian market were usually at least 20% higher. Over time,
the Canadian dollar rose until it was worth around $1.00 USD but the book
publishers continued to print the same suggested prices on the books, and
retailers continued to charge the same prices which were now effectively 20%
higher. Making it common for people to order books from the U.S. (or from
amazon.com) or (for those living close enough) just drive across the border into
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, April 30 2012 @ 02:41 PM EDT |
*greed*
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