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RE: Holilday Sale and Panzer Corps Demo - Christmas comes early for strategy gamers!
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 12:51 am
by Grim.Reaper
ORIGINAL: Gary Childress
ORIGINAL: H Gilmer
ORIGINAL: Gary Childress
Crap! Had I waited two more days I could have gotten War in the East for $27. [X(] [:o]
People told you to wait!! [:D]
Dang. Should have listened. [:o]
Maybe think of it this way...maybe the coupon code would not have been valid for games that were on sale:) Not sure if that is true, but will make you sleep better:)
RE: Holilday Sale and Panzer Corps Demo - Christmas comes early for strategy gamers!
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 12:57 am
by GaryChildress
ORIGINAL: Grim.Reaper
ORIGINAL: Gary Childress
ORIGINAL: H Gilmer
People told you to wait!! [:D]
Dang. Should have listened. [:o]
Maybe think of it this way...maybe the coupon code would not have been valid for games that were on sale:) Not sure if that is true, but will make you sleep better:)
Thanks. I'll go with that. [:D]
RE: Holilday Sale and Panzer Corps Demo - Christmas comes early for strategy gamers!
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 12:59 am
by Erik Rutins
Er... it's actually $53.99. You save $26 from the normal price, but the new price is not $26! [8D]
Regards,
- Erik
RE: Holilday Sale and Panzer Corps Demo - Christmas comes early for strategy gamers!
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 12:59 am
by Gilmer
ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins
Er... it's actually $53.99. You save $26 from the normal price, but the new price is not $26! [8D]
Regards,
- Erik
He had a 50% off coupon, though.
RE: Holilday Sale and Panzer Corps Demo - Christmas comes early for strategy gamers!
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 1:40 am
by jimi3
Great sale Erik!!! Finally pulled the trigger on the Battlefield Academy series. All three for $41.97 is a great deal and it looks like way more fun than a couple of cases of beer for the same price. Thanks Matrix!!!!! With my savings I can buy more beer, and some pretzels. Happy Holidays to all.
RE: Holilday Sale and Panzer Corps Demo - Christmas comes early for strategy gamers!
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 2:34 am
by dougo33
Great news on the sale [:)]
Now I will get Panzer Corps or WITE (or maybe both). Just need to convince the wife I need Christmas early [;)]
Thanks Matrix
RE: Holilday Sale and Panzer Corps Demo - Christmas comes early for strategy gamers!
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 8:43 am
by Hameliac
Despite my recent regsitration i actually have purchased about 7 matrix games over the past 4 years. Not as many as a lot of regular contributors to the forum but still a substantial investment.
I am extremely annoyed at Matrix's contiued abuse of Australian customers however and will not purchase anything else until price in AUS$ matches the actual exhange rate.
For the past 6 months the Australian dollar had been at greater than parity with the American dollar, yet when i go to the store i am expected to pay more in AUS dollars than the email and forum alert sent out by Matrix...
Extremely pi%&## off at this abuse.
Regards
David
RE: Holilday Sale and Panzer Corps Demo - Christmas comes early for strategy gamers!
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 9:27 am
by Itdepends
Bought anything from Amazon lately? It's the same there.
Daniel
P.S.- also an Aussie
RE: Holilday Sale and Panzer Corps Demo - Christmas comes early for strategy gamers!
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 10:33 am
by IainMcNeil
David this is completely outside our control. We only specify prices in $ and then the currency conversion happens. The currency conversion is out of our control and in the payment processing systems between Plimus & your credit card provider. I understand your frustration but it is an international money tranfer issue and not something we have any control over. You could try taking it up with your local bak/cerdit card omcpany but I can pretty much guarantee they wont listen.
RE: Holilday Sale and Panzer Corps Demo - Christmas comes early for strategy gamers!
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 11:52 am
by Erik Rutins
Hi David,
Our store converts the currency prices directly. We don't have separate higher prices for Australian customers. If it's off by a percentage here or there, that's because of the conversion process, which is not entirely under our control as Iain noted. There's no intent here to charge Australian customers more. I hope you understand.
Regards,
- Erik
RE: Holilday Sale and Panzer Corps Demo - Christmas comes early for strategy gamers!
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 3:40 am
by Cmdrcain
Humm mmmm wonder If i can get another credit card
Sigh so many I'd like to get... just not enough MMMMooooiiieee!
[:'(]
RE: Holilday Sale and Panzer Corps Demo - Christmas comes early for strategy gamers!
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 4:27 am
by n01487477
ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins
Hi David,
Our store converts the currency prices directly. We don't have separate higher prices for Australian customers. If it's off by a percentage here or there, that's because of the conversion process, which is not entirely under our control as Iain noted. There's no intent here to charge Australian customers more. I hope you understand.
Regards,
- Erik
AI - Wars
20.99 USD = 21.6084 AUD according to XE.com
20.99 USD = 22.99 AUD according to the Matrix/Plimus web site (and no I'm not blaming you guys)
OK - so it's only a $1.30 or 6.2% (if my maths is correct).
I know this is not Matrix games intention and maybe not even Plimus as the middle guy, but [add your most hated institution here; mine -> most likely an Ozzie bank] is skimming and getting rich from doing nought. [Pol/Soc/Econ rant could be inserted here]
... so much for the Lucky country (that's why I moved)
By the way, thanks Matrix for having the yearly sale, you don't need to do it and as a paying customer I appreciate it. With the inclusion of many new titles; it is the best one yet.
Cheers
RE: Holilday Sale and Panzer Corps Demo - Christmas comes early for strategy gamers!
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 8:22 am
by Hameliac
Thanks for the quick responses Ian and Eric. I have watched the forums for many years and am aware of your attention to these boards. Its frustrating to see the exchange rates finally in Australia's favour and still pay more. Point taken about how things are done so no more whinging.
David
RE: Holilday Sale and Panzer Corps Demo - Christmas comes early for strategy gamers!
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 10:06 am
by B0lkonski
I'm having a problem. Trying to buy Commander Europe at War but its coming up at the usual price - £14.99. In fact none of the games that are on offer are on offer at the store. And adding it to my cart doesn't work either. Is the sale restricted to the US?
RE: Holilday Sale and Panzer Corps Demo - Christmas comes early for strategy gamers!
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 11:27 am
by Anguille
Just a suggestion...a direct link to the games would be great (like GOG does when they have a sale).
RE: Holilday Sale and Panzer Corps Demo - Christmas comes early for strategy gamers!
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 1:01 pm
by Erik Rutins
ORIGINAL: B0lkonski
I'm having a problem. Trying to buy Commander Europe at War but its coming up at the usual price - £14.99. In fact none of the games that are on offer are on offer at the store. And adding it to my cart doesn't work either. Is the sale restricted to the US?
The discounted prices are in effect globally. Commander Europe at War Gold should be $20.99 for the Download version or $30.99 for the Physical version. Did you possibly read the "You Save" amount of $9 (which is 30% off Commander Europe at War Gold) as the new price?
Regards,
- Erik
RE: Holilday Sale and Panzer Corps Demo - Christmas comes early for strategy gamers!
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 2:12 pm
by PipFromSlitherine
ORIGINAL: n01487477
ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins
Hi David,
Our store converts the currency prices directly. We don't have separate higher prices for Australian customers. If it's off by a percentage here or there, that's because of the conversion process, which is not entirely under our control as Iain noted. There's no intent here to charge Australian customers more. I hope you understand.
Regards,
- Erik
AI - Wars
20.99 USD = 21.6084 AUD according to XE.com
20.99 USD = 22.99 AUD according to the Matrix/Plimus web site (and no I'm not blaming you guys)
OK - so it's only a $1.30 or 6.2% (if my maths is correct).
I know this is not Matrix games intention and maybe not even Plimus as the middle guy, but [add your most hated institution here; mine -> most likely an Ozzie bank] is skimming and getting rich from doing nought. [Pol/Soc/Econ rant could be inserted here]
... so much for the Lucky country (that's why I moved)
By the way, thanks Matrix for having the yearly sale, you don't need to do it and as a paying customer I appreciate it. With the inclusion of many new titles; it is the best one yet.
Cheers
It's worth noting that XE lists mid-market rates, so they are not the rate that anyone will ever actually get. The link from the little mid-market tag on the main page explains it in more detail.
Cheers
Pip
RE: Holilday Sale and Panzer Corps Demo - Christmas comes early for strategy gamers!
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 1:22 pm
by pcgamer1971
No games show up with the sale price, not on main page or cart.
RE: Holilday Sale and Panzer Corps Demo - Christmas comes early for strategy gamers!
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 1:53 pm
by Erik Rutins
Hi pcgamer1971,
Can you give one specific example please? They all show up at sale price for me.
Regards,
- Erik
RE: Holilday Sale and Panzer Corps Demo - Christmas comes early for strategy gamers!
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 4:06 pm
by pcgamer1971
ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins
Hi pcgamer1971,
Can you give one specific example please? They all show up at sale price for me.
Regards,
- Erik
Looking at Close Combat series.