Someone post a "apply cold water to burnt area" meme
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i dont know what u make u think they getting a bag of rice on their pay day. maybe 20 years ago. and cozy 2000€ in germany. that show how little you know about the world :3
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Anyway, prices are not 95% lower as they should be.
In my region we have hryvnia now, sign: ₴, code: UAH. The average wage per person in Ukraine is around 4000 UAH ($150) a month, and we have only 50% against 90%. And many AAA and AA games cost same as in US dollars (Fallout 4 = 780 UAH / 27 = $29).
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only in paper. :3 if u live long enough there u will understand :D
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The comparison should be made with USD, because we usually get a 1:1 conversion for most of the titles, example:
Nioh: $49.99 => 49,99€
49,99 EUR=58.44 USD
That's the real problem, because I hope you don't wish to be paid like a Vietnamese. Still, RU/CIS prices are lower than Vietnam ones.
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Most states don't charge anything for digital goods. Connecticut charges a reduced rate of 1%. The states that charge sales tax on digital goods usually charge the same rate as material goods, which tens to run between 6 and 9% (local taxes on top of state taxes can push this over 10%).
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European prices include VAT, which is 19% in Germany. $49.99 with 19% tax is $59.49. In Denmark/Croatia/Norway/Sweden, where the VAT is 25%, the vendor would only receive 40€ for Nioh, or $46.75 - less than what they would receive selling to an American.
VAT is always reflected in the price, while in the US, state sales tax is never included in the price. It's only shown at checkout in a line between your subtotal and total.
The following US states charge sales tax:.Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. The rates vary, but tend to be about half or a quarter of European countries' VAT. In any case, however, it isn't kept by the vendor: they have to remit the money to the state. Even if it added 100%, it's not the vendor scamming people, it's the vendor complying with the law that funds the government services you receive, such as health and education benefits.
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Checking around, it dates to the revised state "Amazon Act" that went into effect in 2015 after the previous one was struck down as unconstitutional (it was written to target online retailers specifically, so it was ruled unfair to them with regard to competitors selling by phone/catalog). I don't see anything that requires Valve to collect this tax. As you say, digital good should be exempt (I checked Nolo.com and a couple other online sources, but I didn't see the basis for Valve charging sales tax in Illinois).
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You're welcome. It can become relatively complicated, as you can have county and city taxes on top of state sales tax. Also, if a business does not have a physical presence in a state, it typically does not charge sales tax for that state. Technically, the buyer is supposed to report large-ticket items like computers, televisions, etc., but many people forget that
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Isn't that the alleged rapist exibitionist ?
Doesn't necessarily contradict what he was trying to say but I still found it worth pointing out.
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Pointing out for what? Being (allegedly) a bad person in some aspects of life doesn't make useful advices on other topics a taboo. Historically respected people did shit things, and shit people did nice things as well, and they shouldn't be defined in a black or white manner because of one aspect of their life
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Because for me the actions of a person decide how serious I'm going to take their opinions.
Talk is cheap. I find it holds more merit to judge people based on their actions.
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I have to admit that it is an ad hominem attack. But the news also only broke recently so I thought people might wanna know that he likes to expose himself and masturbate in front of female employees.
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As a Vietnamese I really don't think you should be jealous, like people above have said our average wage is really not that good, and the country's economy in general is far from stable. Video games is still viewed as a kind of luxury here, no matter how much cheaper they are now (on Steam anyway) compared to some other regions. I'm very glad for the reduced price, but I will still have to save up to feel comfortable spending money in games.
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You do know there are poor people in rich countries as well. Don't you ?
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Being a smartass are we ? Didnt know about poor people in rich countries, thats a lie.
So what are you trying to tell me ? Thats better to be poor in vietnam than in germany or what ? You know how the social policy looks in germany and vietnam ?
Stupid migrants invading germany instead of vietnam.
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So what are you trying to tell me ?
I'm saying that I find your implication that all central-europeans and americans shit gold annoying.
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How much do the Vietnamese earn?
How much does a doctor make in vietnam?
Well it looks like steam had a hard time selling them games priced half of their monthly salary...
Jealous? I assume you are being sarcastic :)
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In germany(your 1 month salary is more than enuf to pay for the game you stated above, just a forth of ur salary which is $467). If you live in Vietnam and work , your 1 month salary is hardly enough to buy all the game u stated above(it cost roughly $171 in Vietnam). Whats with the jealousness :D
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Talk about jealousy
we (SEA ppl) are usually jealous of those ROW keys/gift
because unless we buy it from retail store (which is God damn pricey than steam store), we aren't very brave enough to create a GA here
not to mention if we are about to gift something to someone from out of our area via steam, sometime we'll have to pay the price difference
so lemme do a simple conclusion from my own perspective
CMIIW
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Ok, now imagine you live in Greece, like me. Imagine having to pay for games in german prices, but getting a greek wage. :B
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Let's check.) Will you buy Fallout 4 for $300 or 300 Euro? I guess not. But we must pay like that price.
For you - 30 Euro is average check in restaurant or 6-8 cups of coffee, for me it is >60 hours of hard work (with no food, no bills).
It's not because we don't want to pay, it's beacuse we can't spend so much.
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BM in EU : $4.47, in Vietnam : $2.64 = 1.7 times less. Steam prices 2-3 times different.
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I'm jealous Vietnamese people get to use a meme currency. ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ
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Region pricing in Vietnam make me like what the .....
first price is USD before update to VND
second is the currently price after change to VND
third is how much you save (1$ = 23k VND) this price is normal price (no sale)
any one jealous with this price ? for me im jealous since i live in Germany not Vietnam :D
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