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#1 User is offline   JoAnneM 

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Posted 2020-February-23, 19:19

I have been away from BBO for awhile and was shocked when I went to buy some dollars. When did they start charging a surcharge? Why not just raise the price to play. They are playing games with me and I am not having it. This is the silliest scam I have seen in a long time. Tell me how much the game is and I will decide if I want to pay it.
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Posted 2020-February-23, 20:51

Huh?

ACBL games went from $1 to $1.25 a few years ago, but there haven't been any other pricing changes.
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Posted 2020-February-23, 20:52

They added a surcharge to reflect the cost of the taxes that they are now being charged

Personally, I like the transparency
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Posted 2020-February-23, 22:07

View PostTylerE, on 2020-February-23, 20:51, said:

Huh?

ACBL games went from $1 to $1.25 a few years ago, but there haven't been any other pricing changes.



Please read my post, I am talking about BBO Dollars. It will cost me $38.99 to buy $30 BBO dollars. The last time I bought them it cost me $30.
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Posted 2020-February-23, 23:11

View PostJoAnneM, on 2020-February-23, 22:07, said:

Please read my post, I am talking about BBO Dollars. It will cost me $38.99 to buy $30 BBO dollars. The last time I bought them it cost me $30.

Do you mean this?
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Posted 2020-February-24, 00:34

View PostJoAnneM, on 2020-February-23, 19:19, said:

I have been away from BBO for awhile and was shocked when I went to buy some dollars. When did they start charging a surcharge? Why not just raise the price to play. They are playing games with me and I am not having it. This is the silliest scam I have seen in a long time. Tell me how much the game is and I will decide if I want to pay it.


First of all, welcome back :)

You probably purchased on the mobile app. The appstores charge a 30% fee for in-app purchases, which is why prices on the apps are a lot higher than on web.

If you purchase BB$ on web (visit www.bridgebase.com and tap Play Bridge Now to login), the price will be unchanged. It costs 30 bucks to buy 30 BB$. If you are in NY, MA, WA, sales tax may apply, but what you are describing doesn't sound like a tax issue (especially since tax is clearly disclosed, so you would know exactly what the extra charge is).

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Posted 2020-February-24, 13:24

i bought 20 bbo bucks yesterday. my credit card shows just a 20 expenditure. if it cost you 8 in fees you need to start asking questions of your credit card company and bbo.
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Posted 2020-February-24, 14:00

yes i also noticed on my ipad to buy bbo buck it cost you more maybe 10% surcharge poop
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Posted 2020-February-24, 14:22

View Postpigpenz, on 2020-February-24, 14:00, said:

yes i also noticed on my ipad to buy bbo buck it cost you more maybe 10% surcharge poop

ok so its just on the mobile apps then.
can you buy into prime with BBO bucks or do you have to use google pay instead of paypal?

30% surcharge for mobile app purchases is a pretty steep tax
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Posted 2020-February-24, 15:08

View Postpigpenz, on 2020-February-24, 14:22, said:

ok so its just on the mobile apps then.
can you buy into prime with BBO bucks or do you have to use google pay instead of paypal?

30% surcharge for mobile app purchases is a pretty steep tax


If you subscribe on the web client you'll pay with BB$. If you subscribe on the apps, the in-app subscription mechanism will be used (google pay, credit card, phone bill, whatever payment method is defined in your appstore account).

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Posted 2020-February-25, 09:36

View Postpigpenz, on 2020-February-24, 14:22, said:

30% surcharge for mobile app purchases is a pretty steep tax

It's why we delayed adding in-app purchases to the mobile app for so long.

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Posted 2020-March-02, 22:11

Thanks all for the replies and the help. I had been trying to buy the dollars on my iPad but when I went to my MacAir the prices were normal.
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Posted 2021-April-13, 13:12

The last time I bought BB$ the cost was one for one, but on an apple product the cost is 50% higher. Is this change for all systems, or what is going on?
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Posted 2021-April-13, 13:30

View Postbbutcher85, on 2021-April-13, 13:12, said:

The last time I bought BB$ the cost was one for one, but on an apple product the cost is 50% higher. Is this change for all systems, or what is going on?


What do the earlier posts in this thread say?
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