Comments on: It’s always the cover up which gets you. http://www.kablambda.org/blog/2009/10/20/its-always-the-cover-up-which-gets-you/ Notes on things I'm thinking and doing Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:52:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Joe http://www.kablambda.org/blog/2009/10/20/its-always-the-cover-up-which-gets-you/comment-page-1/#comment-16862 Joe Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:12:16 +0000 http://www.kablambda.org/blog/?p=111#comment-16862 <p>For physical goods like say an xbox/ps3, i can understand they cannot do immediate currency conversions - but for digital goods, it should be sold at the <em>current</em> exchange rate!</p> For physical goods like say an xbox/ps3, i can understand they cannot do immediate currency conversions – but for digital goods, it should be sold at the current exchange rate!

]]> By: Shihab http://www.kablambda.org/blog/2009/10/20/its-always-the-cover-up-which-gets-you/comment-page-1/#comment-16773 Shihab Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:52:00 +0000 http://www.kablambda.org/blog/?p=111#comment-16773 <p>iPhone devs can't actually set a specific price for their app, rather they have to select a tier in which to sell their app. The currency value of tiers is set by Apple.</p> iPhone devs can’t actually set a specific price for their app, rather they have to select a tier in which to sell their app. The currency value of tiers is set by Apple.

]]> By: Tom Davies http://www.kablambda.org/blog/2009/10/20/its-always-the-cover-up-which-gets-you/comment-page-1/#comment-16757 Tom Davies Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:21:29 +0000 http://www.kablambda.org/blog/?p=111#comment-16757 <p>The 'buy' link on PopCap's site only shows AUD prices, so it must be doing some geolocation -- I should try via a proxy.</p> The ‘buy’ link on PopCap’s site only shows AUD prices, so it must be doing some geolocation — I should try via a proxy.

]]> By: Matt Quail http://www.kablambda.org/blog/2009/10/20/its-always-the-cover-up-which-gets-you/comment-page-1/#comment-16756 Matt Quail Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:17:48 +0000 http://www.kablambda.org/blog/?p=111#comment-16756 <p>Are you prevented from purchasing in USD (with an Australian credit card)?</p> Are you prevented from purchasing in USD (with an Australian credit card)?

]]> By: Rob http://www.kablambda.org/blog/2009/10/20/its-always-the-cover-up-which-gets-you/comment-page-1/#comment-16746 Rob Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:36:29 +0000 http://www.kablambda.org/blog/?p=111#comment-16746 <p>It could be worse, I was talking to someone last night in Australia (I'm in Canada currently) over buying a copy of Fallout 3 via Direct2Drive games, a web based games website run by IGN. They recently dropped the price to USD39.95. A bargain, I thought, for a relatively new game that was pretty popular. It was still USD50 on Steam too.</p> <p>Only, that's the price for the North America. I missed the line of text underneath</p> <p>"Also Available: Fallout 3 Australia & New Zealand Regions (£34.65 / AU$89.95)."</p> <p>There is nothing about those numbers that matches up, USD39.95 is about GBP24.40 and AUD43.39 (Also EUR26.80, but they charge EUR44.95 for those in Europe). At least a macbook pro is a physical item and Apple really don't like changing their prices, electronic media though isn't hard to keep a regular currency conversion on.</p> It could be worse, I was talking to someone last night in Australia (I’m in Canada currently) over buying a copy of Fallout 3 via Direct2Drive games, a web based games website run by IGN. They recently dropped the price to USD39.95. A bargain, I thought, for a relatively new game that was pretty popular. It was still USD50 on Steam too.

Only, that’s the price for the North America. I missed the line of text underneath

“Also Available: Fallout 3 Australia & New Zealand Regions (£34.65 / AU$89.95).”

There is nothing about those numbers that matches up, USD39.95 is about GBP24.40 and AUD43.39 (Also EUR26.80, but they charge EUR44.95 for those in Europe). At least a macbook pro is a physical item and Apple really don’t like changing their prices, electronic media though isn’t hard to keep a regular currency conversion on.

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