Premium Membership question

[vertria]

I have been thinking about signing up for it of late... Previously I was getting it in USDs. Now I'm getting it in British Pounds. That's not the question...

 

The question is why is it cheaper for those paying with pounds than paying with dollars?

 

The value of a USD versus a GBP is 1.42 to 1. Rounding up, multiply 1.42 by 50, you get 71. Even rounding up to the nearest quarter gets you 75. There are many online resources that will confirm what I'm saying, so that's not an issue.

 

Is there something I'm missing here? =x

[JimboUK]

Those paying in pounds will be hit with a 20% tax, cheaper it is not. :-(

[Dark0ne]

Any currency conversion is handled by Pay Pal, and definitely not set by us, unfortunately. Such is the way with financial institutions, they skim off where they can. What exchange rate are you actually being given?

[vertria]

Those paying in pounds will be hit with a 20% tax, cheaper it is not. :-(

Oh... Well, I didn't know that. That kind of bites. I feel sorry for you folks. That's some serious bull right there. D=

 

 

Any currency conversion is handled by Pay Pal, and definitely not set by us, unfortunately. Such is the way with financial institutions, they skim off where they can. What exchange rate are you actually being given?

I was just looking into it out of curiosity for the moment. I don't have the money to spend on something like that. When I can manage to get some, we'll see how that goes.