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Not a fan of tipping culture in general but this is nuts.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Where did you order? Why is it so expensive?

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's in New Zealand dollar. Equivalent to about 700 USD.

Still expensive but not that bad. We in AU & NZ are used to getting price gouged because we have no other choice :(

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The worst are digital goods like games. Even after currency conversion and taxes are accounted for, nobody could explain the extra 10-20% a.k.a. the "f you" tax.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yes, that has annoyed me for many, many years. They took the excuse that because NZ is geographically isolated, it cost more to distribute physical products here. Then when Steam came along, the publishers still charged more. Fucking weasels.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's like 718 USD, probably shipping and VAT or something.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Huh, US$718 converted is NZ$1211. Adding GST makes it NZ$1395.

That's more than this site is charging. And on par with MightyApe's prices. Perhaps they're showing exclusive prices, or they're not GST registered yet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah I converted the listed price to USD :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Oh that makes sense.

Pricing appears to be US$529 (NZ$830 converted), so at least NZ$1027 including gst. Of course not counting reseller scalp/shipping/markup.