People love to see a shiny bright number saying that a huge percentage of the price has been taken off.
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Happens all time with steam too. Game was 30 euros before winter sale, they they rose it to 50 euros just before the winter sale began. And the game was on top seller selling at something like 33 and something euros(before the daily deal). Many facepalms were had.
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In Australia it is illegal to advertise something as on sale if the price was raised in the previous week (maybe longer, I am not sure).
To claim a percentage off, it has to have been at the claimed "normal" price for a certain amount of time (again, unsure about how long).
A shop near where I work seems to have found a way around the laws though. They are having a closing down sale... for the past 5 years lol.
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Yes, it's illegal here. A lot of digital stores did it on last black friday.
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Yes, it it, but afaik you have to notify the Consumer Protection Centre because only they can actually sue them here. And since GG is placed in another country...
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I can't find a better wording, sorry if the topic title is misleading.
This is for example to better describe my question:
Currently in Gamersgate there's a sale of Football Manager 2013 (Steamworks), 78% off, but its price has been increased to 89 dollars as opposed to 40 dollars.
While Gamersgate can't be fully responsible for this, but don't you think they can refuse this practice to certain extent? Thoughts?
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