Unfair Play
An angry reader in Rathfarnham was prompted to get in touch with us after noticing a currency discrepancy, which works against Irish shoppers, on the Play.com website. While the website quotes prices in sterling and euro, they will only deliver to Ireland if you order using the euro rate. He cites The Last Splash by The Breeders, which has a price tag of £4.99 and €7.99. According to the exchange rates in the middle of last week, £4.99 equals €6.51, so our reader wants to know why the site is “really fleecing the euro-based customer by 23 per cent on foreign exchange”.
Why do you not have a comments box at the end of individual stories on your website?
Comment by Georgia | March 17, 2008 at 10:04 pmGeorgia - A good question. It is something that the site lacks but hopefully in the near future we’ll be able to rectify that.
Comment by Conor | March 17, 2008 at 10:17 pmPlay have been doing this for a while unfortunately- recently though it has been noticeably higher than other sites. Golfrapps Seventh Tree for example is £8.95(€13.99) on Play and on BlahDVD.com it is £8.95(€12.49) and if you wanted you could order that in Stg on BlahDVD.
Comment by TenaciousT | March 18, 2008 at 2:42 pmyee people must have nothign else to do rather than this stuff, big deal, its about €1, get over it, yet y ou wouldnt mind wasting a €100 on drink at weekend
Comment by john | March 18, 2008 at 4:05 pmI’ve also given up on play.com after noticing the substantial price difference. Another site worth mentioning is http://www.asda-entertainment.co.uk.
For example Vegas2 - £40 on both asda and play(€51 at todays rate). But its €61 when you switch to euro on the play site.
Comment by David Greene | March 19, 2008 at 10:57 amBut sure its hardly worth bothering saving €10. Much better off just paying the extra and spending €100 in the pub at the weekend.