Sqrl said:
Well implementing a tax that is a nightmare to enforce in online transactions is just inviting online stores to do this. Correct me if I'm wrong but the tax liability is with the business so if they sell to some guy in france who tells them he is in Norway they are obligated to pay the taxes and short of going after the guy for less cash than a 5 minute consult with their legal council they are stuck with it...in short it invites a major hassle and sounds like a surefire way to hemorrage cash. There best protection from it is to not give people the opportunity to screw them over. Luckily in many cases you can now buy at retail and attach your game to your steam account, I highly recommend it if the price difference is an issue. |
They could do this before, but now it's become a problem?
Before this mess, you lived in Romania you had 19% added to the price, lived in UK, 17.5%, etc.
To check a users location Steam uses IP address, physical address, plus bank account.
You're reasoning can be reduced to "Let's not give a minority a chance to screw us, let's screw everybody".
My number one reason for using Steam was that the prices were cheaper than in retail stores, that reason is no more.
Luckily it would appear that the EU is looking into the online shopping business, so something good might happen in the near future.
