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minus-squarestuner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 hours agoThe Polish price includes 23% VAT, no?
minus-squareCosmoNova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 hours agoThat would mean a $70 game in the US costs $86.10 in Poland. Not $100. The math doesn‘t check out for a lot of games I think.
minus-squarestuner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 hours agoYes, and it should probably be cheaper in Poland. But it’s really 17% more expensive in this case, not 44% (or 30% as the article calculates).
The Polish price includes 23% VAT, no?
That would mean a $70 game in the US costs $86.10 in Poland. Not $100. The math doesn‘t check out for a lot of games I think.
Yes, and it should probably be cheaper in Poland. But it’s really 17% more expensive in this case, not 44% (or 30% as the article calculates).