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E-commerce site in NZ asking for a tip at checkout (lemmy.nz)

submitted 1 year ago by evanuggetpi@lemmy.nz to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz

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Not a fan of tipping culture in general but this is nuts.

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[-] luca_h@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Where did you order? Why is it so expensive?

[-] GroteStreet@aussie.zone 34 points 1 year ago

That's in New Zealand dollar. Equivalent to about 700 USD.

Still expensive but not that bad. We in AU & NZ are used to getting price gouged because we have no other choice :(

[-] evanuggetpi@lemmy.nz 6 points 1 year ago

Exactly this.

[-] GroteStreet@aussie.zone 14 points 1 year ago

The worst are digital goods like games. Even after currency conversion and taxes are accounted for, nobody could explain the extra 10-20% a.k.a. the "f you" tax.

[-] evanuggetpi@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 year ago

Yes, that has annoyed me for many, many years. They took the excuse that because NZ is geographically isolated, it cost more to distribute physical products here. Then when Steam came along, the publishers still charged more. Fucking weasels.

[-] reev@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

It's like 718 USD, probably shipping and VAT or something.

[-] master5o1@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Huh, US$718 converted is NZ$1211. Adding GST makes it NZ$1395.

That's more than this site is charging. And on par with MightyApe's prices. Perhaps they're showing exclusive prices, or they're not GST registered yet.