Bmt Micro over charging?

[Dyno Kid]

I have an account with Bmt micro and currently selling my game at £9.99 and $19.99 however a few customers have complained that they end up paying £11.75 because of a VAT added.

Do pilmus do this or is this just a bmt thing?

Also do you include this charge so the final price is $19.99 or let them have a shock of finding the extra charge when they order?

So an order with me for Dyno Kid- UK customer pays £11.75 for an advertised £9.99 game from which bmt then charge me a commision on £11.75 so i get from a £9.99 sale a messly £8 so really were paying 20% and the customer paying £11.75


Darren.

[papillon]

I would advise you do some research into VAT. :)

[Dyno Kid]

I know all that just thought it was included with the price.

Ok i have just been on a portal and clicked buy now and the price came up in pound sterling as follows-

Price £ 12.99

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Subtotal £ 12.99
TAX £ 2.27
Total £ 15.26


So if i was to but this game i would be charged £15.26 for a casual game.

This seems a standard charge with all games....and i thought casual games were £9.99 ($19.99) have they gone up or is it me being tight:P

Darren.

[JiriNovotny]

Dyno Kid,

You can contact BMT Micro to change this. They can include the VAT directly into the price (so customers won't pay anything extra, but you will), or don't charge it at all.

[Grey Alien]

See this thread of mine:

http://forums.indiegamer.com/showthread.php?t=8834

$19.95 is currently around £10.50, with VAT > £12. Plenty of places charge £12.99 for a casual game.

[arcadetown]

Yeah BMT calls it "vat inclusive pricing" where vat is in the price. I dunno, perhaps we should do that here but from our stats we're generally seeing the same % of sales as visitors from western EU countries, so looks like EU users are sticking through it. Probably because the dollar is toilet paper compared to the euro so it's dirt cheap anyhow?

I find it so funny that Europeans always complain about sales tax not being hidden away in a price tag. I like it as separate visible charge as it makes it politically harder for gov to raise sales tax rates to astronomical heights, exactly why they hide VAT from EU consumers.

[mokkbs]

I like it as separate visible charge as it makes it politically harder for gov to raise sales tax rates to astronomical heights, exactly why they hide VAT from EU consumers.

I agree. Let them know who is sticking it to them. Although, when it is already 25%...how much more do you need?