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I recently started playing this again and have just seen on my bank statement that this has cost £12.49 sterling for the month. I'm not sure what the average monthly sub is these days, but it's usually around £8.50 or so, isn't it?
Whatever, £12.49 is waaay to expensive for a monthly game sub - I'll be cancelling this one soon as I get home.
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I miss the MMORPG genre. Will a developer ever make one again?
Explorer: 87%, Killer: 67%, Achiever: 27%, Socializer: 20%
Could it be a simple $1...er...£1 charge that some companies place to verify a new card that may disappear after a period of time? Just an authorization charge? Then again, with that - you're likely facing a customer service treadmill either with Funcom or the bank...meh.
Good luck with that.
I miss the MMORPG genre. Will a developer ever make one again?
Explorer: 87%, Killer: 67%, Achiever: 27%, Socializer: 20%
That though does not fly with Euros.
As most Europe has a VAT of some sort.
Then again 11.5 pounds is 14.3 euros, so it isn't so much different
"If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day, if you teach him how to fish, you feed him for a lifetime"
14.99 USD - 14.99 Euros - 11.49 GBP
$14.99 USD = 11.70 Euros or 9.36 GBP
So that's about a 28% increase on Euros and a 23% increase on GBP.
14.99 Euros = $19.18 USD & 11.49 GBP = $18.41 USD
So yeah, I was off on that - the UK costs less... everybody over there's being screwed by VAT.
I miss the MMORPG genre. Will a developer ever make one again?
Explorer: 87%, Killer: 67%, Achiever: 27%, Socializer: 20%
So you only found out through a bank statement that you purchased a subscription based MMO? I find that really hard to believe. I believe it is more likely the OP is a Troll. For every subscription based MMO, you have to agree to a payment plan.
That being said I like playing subscription based MMOs as it tends to keep the trash out of my playground.
TSW, subscription?!
Lifetimer aye o/
i dont get what the problem is with the sub price.for years peeps have been paying £8.99 a month..now everyone knows over the last 2 yrs prices have increased in everything so its only logical to assume that sub prices should increase as well.
what also gets me is that in the uk if you go in a nightclub in my area its £5 a pint..so for the priceof 2 pints you have your sub fee which last a month.i know which i would rather do.
Mission in life: Vanquish all MMORPG.com trolls - especially TESO, WOW and GW2 trolls.
Jan 2011, the standard VAT increased to 20% in the UK, no? That's from the direct.gov.uk site.
So with the amount being +23% - and - volatility of the currency market, it's entirely likely that it was probably done at 20% to reflect VAT.
So uh, yeah - it does look like you're getting screwed with VAT. VAT's pretty much the price difference between what somebody in the US is paying versus somebody in the UK. Simple as that.
I miss the MMORPG genre. Will a developer ever make one again?
Explorer: 87%, Killer: 67%, Achiever: 27%, Socializer: 20%
Oh ffs, I already knew it was sub-based. I re-subbed without checking the price and then noticed on my bank statement that it was £12.49. Clear..?
Odd how TSW is the only game on the planet that this applies too though isnt it..
WoW, SW;TOR, Eve online.. somehow manage to charge people the same price regardless of location.. but thats okay because TSW is special right.
VAT doesn't work like that - it's paid to the country in which the company is registered, for Funcom that seems to be Luxembourg at 15%
It's because people think that games are better if they are free.
Also it's common knowledge that only "nerds" pay for monthlies.