PDA

View Full Version : The main reason I hate buying games in Australia...


crenn
03-09-2009, 01:12 AM
Average price of a game in Australia ($50-60 for expansion packs)
http://www.game.com.au/viewtitle?code=CC3REDPC
http://www.ebgames.com.au/PC/product.cfm?ID=11640
http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/Product/387502/COMMAND-AND-CONQUER-RED-ALERT-3-PREMIER-ED

Compared to:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9066217&st=Red+Alert&lp=2&type=product&cp=1&id=1218015169642
http://www.amazon.com/Command-Conquer-Red-Alert-Premier-Pc/dp/B001F6HJIY/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1236575466&sr=8-2

At the current exchange rate: AUD$46.87 + Shipping

I know that shipping and a retailing bumps up the price a bit, but seriously... I can't work out why Australians pay so much more than everyone else.
knowledgegranted
03-09-2009, 01:17 AM
I have a few friends in Australia, I went to buy one a 4870x2 and found out it would cost an extra $211 because of the border taxes!!

I feel for you guys over there!
crenn
03-09-2009, 02:02 AM
I have a few friends in Australia, I went to buy one a 4870x2 and found out it would cost an extra $211 because of the border taxes!!

I feel for you guys over there!
GST, not border taxes xD
blueonblack
03-09-2009, 02:17 AM
Hmmmmm.... Surely there's a way around that....
knowledgegranted
03-09-2009, 02:18 AM
Hey its 3AM here your lucky I can type full sentences...XD

This dosen't have everygame but its nice.

steampowered.com
crenn
03-09-2009, 02:21 AM
Hmmmmm.... Surely there's a way around that....
Only way to get cheap games is ebay (the joy of getting support from EA for that) or ordering it overseas.
simon275
03-09-2009, 06:52 PM
I just buy any games I can of steam you save so much money then buying it in the store.
FuzzyPlushroom
03-09-2009, 07:44 PM
'course it ain't fair, but Australia is a smaller market than, say, Western Europe or the US/Canada.
simon275
03-09-2009, 07:55 PM
Also we have no R18 rating for games in Australia so the Grand Theft autos we get have been edited and the manhunt games are banned here. :(
crenn
03-09-2009, 08:31 PM
'course it ain't fair, but Australia is a smaller market than, say, Western Europe or the US/Canada.

We're smaller, but not that smaller.
FuzzyPlushroom
03-09-2009, 08:38 PM
Also we have no R18 rating for games in Australia so the Grand Theft autos we get have been edited and the manhunt games are banned here. :(

And that's the real problem. Talk about encouraging piracy, people (and probably fostering a market of eBay sellers offering Manhunt shipped in a "Fluffy Happy Bunny Extravaganza 3" case and disclosed as a copy of FHBE3 when it goes through customs)...

Every time I start thinking Australia's awesome, I look at some of the laws you guys pass and decide I'd be better off admiring Canada.