Slitherine Iain wrote:Previously the prices were not correctly calculating VAT as it didn't know where you were based when purchasing.
the payment provider does not charge any VAT when you buy a boxed game
ERISS wrote:That's not good: now prices are shown without VAT.
Slitherine Iain wrote:Previously the prices were not correctly calculating VAT as it didn't know where you were based when purchasing. Unfortunately the only way the payment provider can correctly calculate the VAT is to collect your shipping address first. However the payment provider does not charge any VAT when you buy a boxed game so they are a good deal!
wolfe wrote:What is worse the prices have been hiked.
e.g. Birth of Rome - old site £16.05 (as advertised inclusive of VAT) new site £21.59 (once you add VAT on to the new, wrongly advertised and increased price of £17.99)
Recently bought the Gold upgrade for ROP (in my haste through the Matrix rather than the (old) AGEOD site) and it is a very good game. Have been considering adding AJE and BOR to my collection - not now. Was looking forward to picking up ACW2 on release - not now.
leftguard wrote:I've had a look at the new site and bookmarked it for future use. I don't know if I'm an especially slow reader, but I preferred the old style too - all those scrolling panes seem to be set to move on to the next game just before you can finish reading what it says on any of them hehe.
wolfe wrote:Previously the price of Birth of Rome was £16.05, assuming you just forgot to add VAT and we now add it in that would mean a price of £19.26 so why are we now having to pay a base price of £17.99 and then adding the VAT for a total of £21.59 ?
Erik Springelkamp wrote:Your reasoning makes a lot of sense. (of course all the support calls come in the weekend).
Just like to say that your own AGEOD site was much more civilized and stylish, but as I only have to use the new site a few times a year, I will get over it.
Pocus wrote:Now on the prices variations, I got some explanations from Slitherine and it is darn complicated. Before, we calculated VAT by hand for a given currency used. Now, the system is automated : when you get to the secure page, the payment system (which is not handled by the shop, but by Plimus payment platform) is checking what is the VAT you ought to pay. And that's it, you pay VAT in accordance to the laws of your country (based on your IP address I believe).
To be complete, if some prices also changed, this is because Ageod calculated prices by hand at the moment a game was proposed and so variations in exchanges rate were not impacted often. Now, the system being automated, the prices are updated daily based on exchange rate, leading to a rise right now, but if exchange rate changes, price will drop dynamically.
Pocus wrote:You might see conspiracy where there is none
Pocus wrote:You might see conspiracy where there is none
To be complete, if some prices also changed, this is because Ageod calculated prices by hand at the moment a game was proposed and so variations in exchanges rate were not impacted often. Now, the system being automated, the prices are updated daily based on exchange rate, leading to a rise right now, but if exchange rate changes, price will drop dynamically.
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