Pounds to dollars (and vice-versa)

[MongooseMatt]

Sure, many of us get paid more than the fella's in the states, but not all of us do.

A great deal depends on where you live in the US as well, and on what you do. Generally speaking (!) higher positions are higher paid in the US (their fat cats are much fatter), but you would not want to live on a US baseline salary in the UK.

This is one reason Mongoose salaries compare extremely favourably with the rest of the industry

 

[Gauntlet-]

For example of Fat-Cattery

I make 15$ per hour, 40 hours a week, this equates to 28,800 a year (If by magic I worked all holidays and was never sick.)

the CEO of the company I work for makes a Sallery of 1 Million, with a 4 Million bonus, He makes 5 million a year. Note this does not include his constant stock gains (contractual) which when factored in he will make 18 million this year.

Therefore he makes 625 times what I make. I am paid almost double the average employee.

MMMM irresponsible capitalism

 

[BackdoorHero]

In the past I have imported new Mongoose books from Noble Knight Games. NKG price the book at the dollar price listed by Mongoose but then deduct a discount! With the strong £ to $ I actually saved money importing new books rather than buying them in the UK!

 

[medievaladventures]

Although Mr. Sprange already pointed it out, it's worth repeating. U.S. market prices and U.K. market prices are different. Merely converting pounds to dollars doesn't accurately reflect how goods should be priced. Lots of goods are priced higher in the U.S. than in other markets, but it's just the way it is. It's one reason that you see people importing drugs from foreign countries that are made in the U.S. What you are seeing with Mongoose's books is a small microcosm of international pricing issues that all companies who compete globally face.

 

[Scut Farkas]

Yeah the bottom line is that there will be precious few roleplayers in the US (me being one of them) that would even consider spending $60.00 on a new (not collector's) RPG book. That's just nuts. You can't consider only the exchange rate. My wife is a Brit and we know all about exchange rates when it comes to Christmas and birthdays, etc. Some things are more reasonable to buy on Amazon in the US and then ship to the UK, for instance. There's no reason to feel jilted though - I visited her (before we were married) for Christmas one year and brought $200.00 thinking I had something. Boy was I wrong when they exchanged it for pounds!

 

[Cowboy]

Does this mean that those of us living neither in the US nor the UK can gain a substantial discount by setting the currency to $ instead of £ when ordering?

 

[Greg Smith]

Yes. The B5 RPG rulebook is $50 or £30. Which means it is cheaper in $. Of course their might be a difference in conversion rates between your local currency and £/$.

 

[Rikki Tikki Traveller]

Hi guys,

For various reasons which I have gone into at length elsewhere, US prices are far, far too low at the current time. We are looking into various ways of bringing the prices back into parity (and are able to do so on some newer books), but the weak Dollar is causing all kinds of problems at the moment.

That is the nice man's way of saying he will be raising the US prices, so order quick! :wink:

I work for an airline and Price Adjustments are common, but rarely good for the consumer.

However, I DO understand that you need to make your money, so in the long run, I don't have a problem with your pricing adjustments.