UK game prices in my experience are cheaper than their US counterparts. Exchange bumps it up to be about even.
My imported copy of Xenoblade actually cost me less total than my US copy.
UK game prices in my experience are cheaper than their US counterparts. Exchange bumps it up to be about even.
My imported copy of Xenoblade actually cost me less total than my US copy.
Maybe you just pick up the cheap stuff? When I looked at stuff that was only slightly less than the price here, it ended up being twice the price, especially with adding shipping...
If you have a Capital One credit card, there are no currency exchange fees, so those of you with one can take advantage of that.Originally Posted by Chaosblade
I preordered Xenoblade, both the PAL and NTCS copy. Where are you ordering from? Bigger stores like GAME probably aren't going to have markdowns as big as smaller ones. I used shopto I think, and shipping was free.
Pretty sure I just used my debit card, don't remember there being a fee. I think it worked out to be like $48 total, I'd have to go back and check.
I've not noticed either of those on amazon uk yet, but i havent really been looking. not cancelling my us preorder of muramasa tho. want my extra stash.
I don't use debit cards, so I don't know how they work as far as currency exchange fees go, but I do know that most credit card companies charge a 1.5-4% fee for currency exchange. The notable exception being Capital One.
Debit cards work like handing cash to someone because they don't require you to essentially buy something on someone else's good faith. There shouldn't be any exchange charges associated with Debit Cards because its already your money.
If they bring the Vita version DD-only to America, I'll get it DD-only. I'll only import if there's no way of getting it in my continent.
It wasn't the foreign charge, but the exchange rate itself that added on a lot more and including shipping, it just got way too much.
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