Why do Europeans pay more for the same product?

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  • Nitymp
    Nitymp Posts: 320 Mover and Shaker
    I made a similar thread to this before, but not as Europe vs. America, it was that my ios alt account has cheaper prices than my main android account, which is extremely annoying as well!

    viewtopic.php?f=31&t=52834
  • Stormbringer0
    Stormbringer0 Posts: 190 Tile Toppler
    Let's bump this.
  • rob443
    rob443 Posts: 97
    Hi Stormbringer
  • Stormbringer0
    Stormbringer0 Posts: 190 Tile Toppler
    rob443 wrote:
    Hi Stormbringer
    Hi rob443

    HI Devs.
  • Stormbringer0
    Stormbringer0 Posts: 190 Tile Toppler
    Please answer this, devs.
  • rob443
    rob443 Posts: 97
    Please do it, devs.
  • Stormbringer0
    Stormbringer0 Posts: 190 Tile Toppler
    rob443 wrote:
    Please do it, devs.
    Please answer this, devs.
  • rob443
    rob443 Posts: 97
    Hi devs, please answer
  • Stormbringer0
    Stormbringer0 Posts: 190 Tile Toppler
    rob443 wrote:
    Hi devs, please answer
    Please answer this, devs. It is important!
  • rob443
    rob443 Posts: 97
    Maybe we have to rely more on their instincts:

    Hey devs i will pay 10 Euros for an answer !!
  • Ohboy
    Ohboy Posts: 1,766 Chairperson of the Boards
    www.forbes.com/sites/peterubel/2013/12/ ... al-markets

    I don't know why no one has bothered answering this very simple question. Price differentiation is everywhere these days.
  • rob443
    rob443 Posts: 97
    So that answers why a pack of MTGPQ crystals costs 5 euros more in germany than in france?
  • Ohboy
    Ohboy Posts: 1,766 Chairperson of the Boards
    rob443 wrote:
    So that answers why a pack of MTGPQ crystals costs 5 euros more in germany than in france?

    Er.

    Yes.

    Price doesn't have to correlate with costs. It correlates with how much the consumer is willing to pay.

    I have no idea how they determined why x is willing to pay more than y. It could be some weird counterintuitive algorithm at work, or simply a mistake.

    But this is indeed the reason why any good can be more expensive in one place/platform than another.

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