Re: Dollars vs Pounds

2006-11-03 Thread Kay C Lan
Yes, I do realise that the IP address is taken into account. It's not so much that I'm being charged in £'s, I wouldn't care if it was sheckles, shindarkles or south pacific pesos, just so long as the exchange rate to clams on my Visa statement is 'roughly' the same. Xavier, who posted to me

Re: Dollars vs Pounds

2006-11-03 Thread Dar Scott
On Nov 3, 2006, at 10:17 AM, Kay C Lan wrote: It's not so much that I'm being charged in £'s, I wouldn't care if it was sheckles, shindarkles or south pacific pesos, just so long as the exchange rate to clams on my Visa statement is 'roughly' the same. There might be good reasons for

Re: Dollars vs Pounds

2006-11-03 Thread Dar Scott
On Nov 3, 2006, at 1:45 PM, Dar Scott wrote: This vast difference would certainly encourage customers to be virtually in the US, which is probably not what RunRev wants. Grishim's law applies, I think. I don't think Grishim's law can be wished away, or avoided by strong moralizing

Re: Dollars vs Pounds

2006-11-03 Thread Robert Brenstein
Yes, I do realise that the IP address is taken into account. It's not so much that I'm being charged in £'s, I wouldn't care if it was sheckles, shindarkles or south pacific pesos, just so long as the exchange rate to clams on my Visa statement is 'roughly' the same. Xavier, who posted to me

Re: Dollars vs Pounds

2006-11-03 Thread Kay C Lan
On 11/4/06, Robert Brenstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RR has in the past explained the dichotomy of pricing. Personally, I still wonder whether it is really necessary, particularly since the disparity between pricing in dollars and pounds is quite noticeable even before we Europeans are slapped

Dollars vs Pounds

2006-11-01 Thread Kay C Lan
I probably should address this to Heather, but I guess she will be off enjoying Malta. Why do I get Newsletters that specify deals in U$, but when I go to the Rev Store it is in £, which would be OK except for the fact that £ amount is about 25% more expensive than the U$ in the Newsletter. I

Re: Dollars vs Pounds

2006-11-01 Thread J. Landman Gay
Kay C Lan wrote: I probably should address this to Heather, but I guess she will be off enjoying Malta. No, she'll be around. Why do I get Newsletters that specify deals in U$, but when I go to the Rev Store it is in £, The store you see depends on your IP address. IPs seem to have