€ Steam Users - Why pay more :o)

Tefal · 11 Mar 2010 at 14:42

lol trolling?

And no the way games are published etc differs in each region, which is why Europe so regularly gets screwed.

Guest2 · 11 Mar 2010 at 14:43

Gimpymoo said:
Here is the original thread I made for the 4 pack.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=15533626&postcount=1

As you can see, I paid £11.25 for each copy.

Ok, doesnt matter then. It was £7 not long back. I'll hold out playing BC2 for a while until it decreases. Might get a graphics card upgrade soon too

Gimpymoo · 11 Mar 2010 at 14:45

Guest2 said:
Ok, doesnt matter then. It was £7 not long back. I'll hold out playing BC2 for a while until it decreases. Might get a graphics card upgrade soon too

I'll accept £8.50 if that makes it any more tempting?

Sleepery · 11 Mar 2010 at 14:48

Tefal said:
And no the way games are published etc differs in each region, which is why Europe so regularly gets screwed.

So in Ireland I get a different version of the game than someone in England? Nope, it's exactly same.

I do get charged double on regular occasions though, so I'm very thankful for Gimpy for providing a way around it.

Given how much he's going out of his way to help, I also have the manners not to try to derail his thread.

Guest2 · 11 Mar 2010 at 15:32

Gimpymoo said:
I'll accept £8.50 if that makes it any more tempting?

It does make it more tempting. How about a nice round £8 gift as i will no doubt have to pay stupid gift fees

Gimpymoo · 11 Mar 2010 at 16:01

Go on then.

£8 is a deal.

You shouldnt have to pay gift fees though although they do charge something like 10p for an "International" gift.

Let us know your Steam ID/Steam email.

Guest2 · 11 Mar 2010 at 16:15

tar. mail sent to trust and gmail. do you want payment to gmail addy?

edit - payment sent, cheers james. will update trust when home

.one. · 11 Mar 2010 at 16:53

Gimpymoo said:
Go on then.

£8 is a deal.

You shouldnt have to pay gift fees though although they do charge something like 10p for an "International" gift.

Let us know your Steam ID/Steam email.

How can you change the prices ? not questioning you but have i miss understood the thread ?

Tefal · 11 Mar 2010 at 16:58

Sleepery said:
So in Ireland I get a different version of the game than someone in England? Nope, it's exactly same.

No but they had to go through different legal systems to get permission to sell it.

And as they will sell less copies they have to put the price up to make up for the differences, just like the uk pays more than the usa.

Talrinys · 11 Mar 2010 at 21:18

My friend just claimed Bad Company 2 from Gimpy and it all went smoothly. Leaving positive trust now, very positive experience! Thanks again

Guest2 · 11 Mar 2010 at 21:51

^ same with shattered horizon. cheers

Owenb · 11 Mar 2010 at 23:12

Tefal said:
No but they had to go through different legal systems to get permission to sell it.

And as they will sell less copies they have to put the price up to make up for the differences, just like the uk pays more than the usa.

It's just steam, it's a joke.

BFBC2 €50 on steam, €36 on Impulse, €40 in my local shop.
Bioshock 2/Sup Comm 2: €50 on steam, €35 in local shop.
Mass Effect 2: €50 on steam, €40 in local shop.

Antar Bolaeisk · 25 Jun 2010 at 11:19

Once again Gimpymoo has come to the rescue, saving me almost €20 on the overpriced

p) THQ pack, €50 here, only £26.50 there.

Cheers man!

wolvers · 25 Jun 2010 at 13:08

Tefal said:
No but they had to go through different legal systems to get permission to sell it.

And as they will sell less copies they have to put the price up to make up for the differences, just like the uk pays more than the usa.

So how come the hard copies aren't more expensive in the EU then? For example, the retail price for MOH in Germany is 43 euros which is £35, exactly the same as in the UK (ignoring the cheap deals available). I'd love to hear what Steam's reasons are for the price differences.

Could EU dudes not just use a proxy in the UK to get UK prices from steam?

CaptainRAVE · 25 Jun 2010 at 13:16

Owenb said:
It's just steam, it's a joke.

BFBC2 €50 on steam, €36 on Impulse, €40 in my local shop.
Bioshock 2/Sup Comm 2: €50 on steam, €35 in local shop.
Mass Effect 2: €50 on steam, €40 in local shop.

That is why you wait for the deals

Gimpymoo · 25 Jun 2010 at 14:42

Antar Bolaeisk said:
Cheers man!

NP

Tombo · 25 Jun 2010 at 15:25

wolvers69 said:
Could EU dudes not just use a proxy in the UK to get UK prices from steam?

You'd probably get your account disabled for that.

wolvers · 25 Jun 2010 at 16:37

How would they know? Surely some people use them all of the time, like at work or something.

What about if you set up a new account that you only used when on the proxy server?

albert · 25 Jun 2010 at 17:08

..your probably genuine but sending a PayPal payment to someone i don't know doesn't sit well with me ......

Liampope · 25 Jun 2010 at 17:18

albert said:
..your probably genuine but sending a PayPal payment to someone i don't know doesn't sit well with me ......

Nobody's asking you to do it are they, so dont. I think if Moo was using scammed paypal payments to fund his drug habit, he'd have been rumbled by now.

Unless the mods are in on it and this thread is heavily sensored... hmmm...