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After I bought the Humble Indie Bundle I also bought the Penumbra pack for $5. Since I live in Europe, I had to pay €5,05.

Don't get me wrong, I don't really care if I have to pay $5 or €5 for the Penumbra pack (it's worth it), but the exchange rate has never been that bad. I really wonder where that money (1 euro or so) went.

[edit]Looking at the invoice again, it's probably VAT.. I should have faked living in America.
[edit2]Success! I promoted myself to being an American citizen and pre-ordered Amnesia without extra tax. When I order something physical from the USA under €22 (by mail) I don't have to pay tax either so I see no proper reason why I would have to pay it now.

I'm a redneck now!

I'm not sure why that happened to you. I live in europe too, and I paid $5 for penumbra collection and $10 for the amnesia preorder, so I had no taxes or euro or anything. My country is not part of the eu, but I doubt that would affect anything.

Tax is added for countries and states that has VAT on online purchases and if they have a tax treaty with the US.

(05-27-2010, 11:09 PM)bremarv Wrote: [ -> ]I'm not sure why that happened to you. I live in europe too, and I paid $5 for penumbra collection and $10 for the amnesia preorder, so I had no taxes or euro or anything. My country is not part of the eu, but I doubt that would affect anything.

How did you do that? I paid $16..

(06-01-2010, 12:51 AM)Dren Wrote: [ -> ]

(05-27-2010, 11:09 PM)bremarv Wrote: [ -> ]I'm not sure why that happened to you. I live in europe too, and I paid $5 for penumbra collection and $10 for the amnesia preorder, so I had no taxes or euro or anything. My country is not part of the eu, but I doubt that would affect anything.

How did you do that? I paid $16..

They had a special sale a couple days after the Humble bundle started.