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j0rt
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Posted - 2008.11.21 18:27:00 -
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This thread is ridiculous.
The only person in the entire thread who isn't acting like a brainless ****posting 12 year old is the OP.
CCP is based in Iceland and therefore some of their expenses are in Icelandic Kr=na.
Now the local currency in Iceland has plummeted and CCP are almost untouched by it because their income is in foreign currency.
Us Icelandic Eve players are paying ridiculous amounts of money for playing Eve, just because this Icelandic MMO company is charging Icelandic players in an incredibly expensive foreign currency.
Surely there is reason to implement some way for Iceland residents to pay for gametime in the local currency, so our wallets aren't being slaughtered just by having a few Eve accounts.
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j0rt
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Posted - 2008.11.22 09:37:00 -
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CCP Explorer why do Iceland residents have to pay CCP in euros?
You're based here, a sizable part of your staff are Icelandic and you charge us locals in foreign currency?
This is like going to the store to get some shark and black death for breakfast and your Icelandic funnymoney is no good to the store guy, he only accepts dollars 
I have no problem with paying for an MMO, it's just how things work. But it used to be 1200 kr per account (15$), now it's 2700kr per account (15 euros).
3 accounts are bleeding my poor wallet 
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j0rt
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Posted - 2008.11.22 11:27:00 -
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 Originally by: Zaptwig
Originally by: j0rt
CCP Explorer why do Iceland residents have to pay CCP in euros?
The currency you pay in is irrelevant.
Originally by: j0rt
I have no problem with paying for an MMO, it's just how things work. But it used to be 1200 kr per account (15$), now it's 2700kr per account (15 euros).
It doesn't matter if you pay in US dollars, euros, kroner, moon cheese: it will still be 15$ to play EVE for a month. The fact that 15$ is more expensive for Iceland is irrelevant as far as CCP or any business is concerned.
Dont't blame CCP. Blame capitalism and globalisation.
Originally by: j0rt
3 accounts are bleeding my poor wallet
If the financial situation in Iceland is that bad, I have a solution for all your woes:
STOP PLAYING FFS!!!1!1one
1) I pay 15 euros, not 15 dollars. Get it right.
2) Did you spend even 1 second thinking about this obvious troll post?
3) Let's see how much you'll cry when a local company charges you in foreign currency instead of local currency.
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j0rt
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Posted - 2008.11.22 11:53:00 -
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Originally by: ApaKaka
I feel for you guys, really. But the economy of the whole world is going to a low point, with negative BNP coming already next year for most countries. This means we all have to lower our luxury-purchases.
EVE is a luxury, and while the GTC price has only gone up 20% or so against my currency (SEK->EUR), so I can still afford this luxury, maybe it's just a fact that you guys can't afford that luxury right now?
The currencies will hopefully stabilize during next year and regain some of its lost value making EVE affordable for you guys again.
We're talking about a 225% raise in price here.
And our point is than an Icelandic company is charging Icelandic players in euros instead of kr=nur and we think CCP could well manage to let us pay in kr=nur.
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j0rt
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Posted - 2008.11.22 11:54:00 -
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Originally by: Karille
Originally by: j0rt
Let's see how much you'll cry when a local company charges you in foreign currency instead of local currency.
Let's see how much you misunderstand what a local company is.
I live in Iceland. CCP HQ is in Iceland.
Thus to me, CCP are a local company.
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j0rt
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Posted - 2008.11.22 18:10:00 -
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A reply from CCP would be well received, about the actual subject;
that Icelandic players are very unhappy about having to pay an Icelandic company in ridiculously expensive foreign currency.
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j0rt
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Posted - 2008.11.23 00:49:00 -
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Originally by: Nyphur
Edited by: Nyphur on 22/11/2008 19:59:06
Originally by: Dwain Chambers
Take Microsoft for example: If I buy a product from their website I pay in my local currency, they do not make me pay in Dollars or Euros
If you're buying a microsoft product that costs $100 USD and they let you pay in Icelandic Kronur, you'll still be paying 14,142 Kronur. That's $100 USD worth of Kronur at the current exchange rate and you'd be paying that because Microsoft principally deals in USD as that's what most of their costs are in. Even though CCP's primary headquarters are in Iceland (they also have a place in Atlanta in America and another in Shanghai, China), CCP Explorer posted that the majority of CCP's costs are in USD and EUR rather than ISK. Especially right now that the value of ISK is dropping fast relative to all other major world currencies, it's important for them NOT to deal in ISK.
If CCP did have fixed price subs in ISK, the only benefit that would be conferred to you is that it would take them a while to adjust them based on the exchange rate and in the interrim you'd be getting an effectively discounted price. They'd still be forced to increase the prices in light of the massive change in exchange rates between ISK and USD. You don't magically get to use last month's exchange rate just because you're paying in another currency because then CCP would be losing out on revenue.
Asking CCP to let you pay in ISK instead of USD or Euros is a reasonable request but that's not what you're asking them to do. You're asking them to give a discounted subscription rate for people in Iceland. If that's what you want, ask for that instead of hiding it as a plea to let you "buy game time with kronur". CCP have no special obligation to make the game affordable to their icelandic customers. You might as well be asking an american webhosting company to charge you less or Blizzard to charge WoW subs less for icelandic people, it's the exact same scenario.
If you can't afford to play EVE any more because your currency is being rapidly devalued relative to internationally offered digital products and services (which EVE subscriptions are), stop playing. It's not CCP's fault that your currency is getting weaker and it's not their responsibility to provide an affordable price for every nation. If they want to give icelandic people a discount, they will. But you absolutely don't have some kind of automatic right to it.
EDIT: And as far as I can tell, their salaries are dealt with in USD too.
1) That's why we're asking and not demanding.
2) CCP staff in Iceland are paid in kr=nur.
3) Eve used to be 1200kr a month, then 1500kr, then 2700kr.
4) You seem to completely misunderstand our arguments. Lemme tell you for like the fifth time: We are Icelandic players paying an Icelandic company in euros for a service over the internet..
Imagine you're playing Wow US on a US server but for some reason your subscription is charged in some ridiculously expensive foreign currency. So instead of the 15ish dollars a months for an MMO subscription, as it has been the norm for I don't know how many years with every MMO, you're paying 30 dollars per account.
You play it out like we're homeless people trading our food for eve subs, in reality we're noticing playing eve is putting a bigger and bigger dent in our wallets every month for a silly reason.
We're Icelandic people who want to pay our Icelandic MMO company in kr=nur instead of euros, this is what this thread is about.
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