Not fair to have the same pricing across the world

A 100$ worth of purchase is equated to 6700 rps of purchase in Indian rupees. Which is almost a month salary for many people here in India. How is that fair ?????

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Giuliameij

To the OP. What people make in a month should not dictate what price a digital item should have. The value of that item is 100 dollars. So you should pay the equivelant to that in your currency, taking into account exchange rates.
I can`t go to a store what my lawyer friend got a television for 1000 dollars and expect to only pay 250 dollars because I only make a quater of what he makes as a janitor. It does not work that way. It only works that way if you look at taxes and such in most countries.

JessieS

If you have financial problems and your wasting your money on a game that could easily be played for free then you should probably seek some help. Gambling addiction and gaming addiction are equally serious

Kerneas

If it varied across the countries, it would make it possible to get the same items cheaper, because you can VPN yourself into different country. So for example a US citizen could buy the same items for indian price and save a lot of money

Corkscrew

If it varied across the countries, it would make it possible to get the same items cheaper, because you can VPN yourself into different country. So for example a US citizen could buy the same items for indian price and save a lot of money

You usually need a billing address in that country as well. Many processing providers will cross reference your online billing details with the billing address details at the bank. I've had to do this multiple times when using freight forwarding services. Having said that, you can give almost any billing address and it is somewhat inconsequential since if you want to add a billing address from another country to your credit card, your bank doesn't require verification of that address once you're a customer.

I say somewhat inconsequential, but it can have ramifications further down the line for declarations of tax residency particularly for foreign nationals.

In terms of pricing, usually the country that has the weaker currency gets the raw deal, because pricing structures are in place to guard against foreign currency fluctuations. Across billions of transactions, fractions of a cent add up.

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Xva23

Lol, this was made when a 100$ was 6700 Rs, now its 7300 Rs

MegaGalactic

The issue is global economical inequality, or, capitalism. Protesting it on the forums (yes I saw it’s an old thread but still topical) is not the solution, protesting the entire system irl is. But that is a subject for another place. ✌🏼

Destroyer123

Talk to Apple kabam has no ability to do this and it has to do with vat and other taxes and fees Apple faces by providing international business.

Kerneas

If it varied across the countries, it would make it possible to get the same items cheaper, because you can VPN yourself into different country. So for example a US citizen could buy the same items for indian price and save a lot of money
You usually need a billing address in that country as well. Many processing providers will cross reference your online billing details with the billing address details at the bank. I've had to do this multiple times when using freight forwarding services. Having said that, you can give almost any billing address and it is somewhat inconsequential since if you want to add a billing address from another country to your credit card, your bank doesn't require verification of that address once you're a customer.

I say somewhat inconsequential, but it can have ramifications further down the line for declarations of tax residency particularly for foreign nationals.

In terms of pricing, usually the country that has the weaker currency gets the raw deal, because pricing structures are in place to guard against foreign currency fluctuations. Across billions of transactions, fractions of a cent add up.

Yes, then it wouldn't make sense for ordinary player. But for whales who spend tens of thousands of dollars (look at gifting...), it would actually be profittable to make bank account in some foreign country for this purpose, with a local billing address

Bulmkt

Yeah we aussies get ripped off also. We pay $aud160.00 for the same $usd100.00 deals...total rip re the currency differences

Grean

We Canadians are paying 5ish more dollars than Americans for the odin

Corkscrew

If it varied across the countries, it would make it possible to get the same items cheaper, because you can VPN yourself into different country. So for example a US citizen could buy the same items for indian price and save a lot of money
You usually need a billing address in that country as well. Many processing providers will cross reference your online billing details with the billing address details at the bank. I've had to do this multiple times when using freight forwarding services. Having said that, you can give almost any billing address and it is somewhat inconsequential since if you want to add a billing address from another country to your credit card, your bank doesn't require verification of that address once you're a customer.

I say somewhat inconsequential, but it can have ramifications further down the line for declarations of tax residency particularly for foreign nationals.

In terms of pricing, usually the country that has the weaker currency gets the raw deal, because pricing structures are in place to guard against foreign currency fluctuations. Across billions of transactions, fractions of a cent add up.
@Corkscrew the pound is much stronger than the dollar yet we pay more!?!

Yeah... usually. Pre-internet boom you would see pricing structures that lasted for years. I used to reside in Australia and would buy my laptops from the US because at one point USD and AUD were on parity, but they held over the pricing from when it was almost 2:1... meaning you paid $4000 USD for a laptop in Australia for the same one that was $2000 in the US. Pricing is considerably more reactive now with advancements in logistics, systems that calculate margins in real time etc. But they still want to guard against FOREX fluctuations.

Corkscrew

If it varied across the countries, it would make it possible to get the same items cheaper, because you can VPN yourself into different country. So for example a US citizen could buy the same items for indian price and save a lot of money
You usually need a billing address in that country as well. Many processing providers will cross reference your online billing details with the billing address details at the bank. I've had to do this multiple times when using freight forwarding services. Having said that, you can give almost any billing address and it is somewhat inconsequential since if you want to add a billing address from another country to your credit card, your bank doesn't require verification of that address once you're a customer.

I say somewhat inconsequential, but it can have ramifications further down the line for declarations of tax residency particularly for foreign nationals.

In terms of pricing, usually the country that has the weaker currency gets the raw deal, because pricing structures are in place to guard against foreign currency fluctuations. Across billions of transactions, fractions of a cent add up.
@Corkscrew the pound is much stronger than the dollar yet we pay more!?!

Yeah... usually. Pre-internet boom you would see pricing structures set for years. I used to reside in Australia and would buy laptops from the US. At one point USD and AUD were almost on parity. But they held over the pricing from years prior where it was closer to 2:1. Meaning it would cost you $4000 USD to buy a laptop in Australia compared to $2000 in the US. Nowadays, pricing is much more reactive with advancements in logistics, real time calculations of margins etc, but they still want to guard against FOREX fluctuations. FOREX doesn't settle straight away and the exchange rate can move.