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Boobzooka · 07-13-2008, 03:28 AM

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Originally Posted by borked

I'm totally with you. I think it's a racket - if you want to be greedy and make more $, why not just charge everyone $40 for membership. You won't cos you know that people will see the price and say, fuck that, it's too expensive per month and go somewhere else. Well, the exact same mentality occurs for non-US customers too ya know...

to be exact on that disclaimer, the default euro page doesn't show it (as that price is locked into the euro amount), but click to pay in USD and it appears as that is a fluctuating rate.

What I want to know is, for those sites that actually advertise the price in USD on their tours, is this illegal, since it's impossible for the person to actually get that USD price if they are outside the US? Seems like false advertising to me...

There's not a single argument I've heard that warrants this practice, except pure greed. Suppliers of tangible goods always hike up the cost a bit to cover export expenses, but online viewing of digital goods? Doesn't cost you any more or any less to provide the goods to non-US customers...

It would be misleading to advertise one price on your tour and another on your join page. It could be fraud, since the customer might not notice the difference. But why advertise the price before the join page at all? Price is more likely to be a demotivator than a motivator. Unless you're competing against sites with identical content, you're not competing on price, and have no reason to lead with that.

Paysite subscription prices will always be set at "as much as people are willing to pay". Some webmasters may not test thoroughly and just set prices arbitrarily, but IMO this is cheating yourself and your affiliates. All CCBill has done is give us a way to get closer to the "best price".