Comments on: How discounts are calculated on EU server

By: Schepel

Schepel — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 03:49:24 +0000

I see what you mean. :-) There must be a different exchange rate to get a different percentage off. Apologies for my previous reply. I can see what the problem is, though. The gold price in game is easy to discount, but the shop has to use a gold exchange rate. Since that rate seems to change depending on the amount paid in real money, there is no easy way that i can think of to not get an odd discrepancy.

By: Homer_J

Homer_J — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 22:38:02 +0000

*is

By: Homer_J

Homer_J — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 22:37:34 +0000

No, because today’s discount in a Locust.

By: Homer_J

Homer_J — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 16:34:30 +0000

I read the explanation several times and I stand by my original response.

Wibble.

By: roman64

roman64 — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 12:04:43 +0000

so price for e25 is 4690 not 4840… so 4690/251,2 = 18,67, which is 70% so yes e25 is 30% cheaper

By: Cosmo

Cosmo — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 03:11:35 +0000

It’s not arbitrary. 2500 gold packages are most likely the most sold gold packages. The fact is very few people buy ingame tanks from the shop, but most by ingame with gold. The ‘daddies’ after a five-loss streak with the KV1. So yeah, it’s logical they use the 2500 gold packages as a baseline.

By: Schepel

Schepel — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 02:39:52 +0000

You may want to read the explanation again. :-) Anyway, I think it is bad practice to advetise x% off only to show it elsewhere as y% off – but that is a matter of sales technique rather than a matter of ripping people off.

By: Homer_J

Homer_J — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 02:28:12 +0000

Doesn’t explain how start with 30% off a tank and 50% off a garage slot, put them together and get 24% off the package.

You can’t use one exchange rate for the normal price then just decide to change it to a different one for the discount.

By: Schepel

Schepel — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 00:31:55 +0000

Sounds fairly sensible to me, actually. You have to keep the gold price in mind obviously, so you need to use an exchange rate. If you use the best one, you basically devaluate the bonus gold you get for buying the larger quantities in one go. So you get the basic gold exchange rate. They are not quite as idiotic as we thought., it would seem. :-)

By: bumblyjack .

bumblyjack . — Sat, 21 Dec 2013 23:47:17 +0000

It’s probably due to the Russian server’s way of pricing gold. The gold is all 250 gold per $1 US (or 2500 gold per $10 US). It doesn’t matter how much you buy, it’s still the same rate. No discounts for buying larger quantities (or you could look at it as no penalties for buying smaller amounts).