Bait and Switch Pricing

[Dasffion]

I was buying Shapez 2 and I saw an advert for Crime Scene Cleaner for 21% off, total of $15.83. When I go to the page to buy it, it's only 12% off, $17.59. Also, why is there no way to report this?

[Crazy Tiger]

It shows 21% off for me, but that's because of the Thieves and Crime Scene bundle the game is in. I own Thief Simulator, so it shows that price as that's the lowest price.

Edit: Both the checkout page and store page in one image: https://imgur.com/a/sftsvW7

[Tito Shivan]

Origineel geplaatst door Crazy Tiger:

It shows 21% off for me, but that's because of the Thieves and Crime Scene bundle the game is in. I own Thief Simulator, so it shows that price as that's the lowest price.

Edit: Both the checkout page and store page in one image: https://imgur.com/a/sftsvW7

Complete your collection bundles getting into ad spots manage to confuse out the hell out of people.

[Crazy Tiger]

Origineel geplaatst door Tito Shivan:

Origineel geplaatst door Crazy Tiger:

It shows 21% off for me, but that's because of the Thieves and Crime Scene bundle the game is in. I own Thief Simulator, so it shows that price as that's the lowest price.

Edit: Both the checkout page and store page in one image: https://imgur.com/a/sftsvW7

Complete your collection bundles getting into ad spots manage to confuse out the hell out of people.

Yeah. At least on the wishlist you can identify those prices thanks to the greyed out percentage next to it.

[Chika Ogiue]

Origineel geplaatst door Crazy Tiger:

It shows 21% off for me, but that's because of the Thieves and Crime Scene bundle the game is in. I own Thief Simulator, so it shows that price as that's the lowest price.

Edit: Both the checkout page and store page in one image: https://imgur.com/a/sftsvW7

Same here. Which is why I'm fairly certain OP owns a game in one of those bundles. On all accounts my family have without one of the bundled games, it shows the higher price.

[C²C^Guyver |NZB|]

Origineel geplaatst door Dasffion:

I was buying Shapez 2 and I saw an advert for Crime Scene Cleaner for 21% off, total of $15.83. When I go to the page to buy it, it's only 12% off, $17.59. Also, why is there no way to report this?

Crime Scene Cleaner is 12% off, not 21%

[Chika Ogiue]

Origineel geplaatst door C²C^Guyver |NZB|:

Crime Scene Cleaner is 12% off, not 21%

It's 21% off when you already own one of the games in one of the bundles on the same store page. Specifically, "Thieves and Crime Scene" bundle, but possible the others, too. If you're eligible for the 21% off bundle price, that's the price shown in the area the OP is talking about.

[C²C^Guyver |NZB|]

Origineel geplaatst door Chika Ogiue:

Origineel geplaatst door C²C^Guyver |NZB|:

Crime Scene Cleaner is 12% off, not 21%

It's 21% off when you already own one of the games in one of the bundles on the same store page. Specifically, "Thieves and Crime Scene" bundle, but possible the others, too. If you're eligible for the 21% off bundle price, that's the price shown in the area the OP is talking about.

I don't own either yet, so it's 15% for me.

[Realigo Actual]

Doesn't help matters that some bundles factor games owned and some do not, but otherwise look identical.

[Chika Ogiue]

Origineel geplaatst door Realigo Actual:

Doesn't help matters that some bundles factor games owned and some do not, but otherwise look identical.

Bundles that factor in games owned will have a question mark next to their name on all relevant product pages.

[ꉔꏂ꒐꒒ꇙ]

Origineel geplaatst door Chika Ogiue:

It's 21% off when you already own one of the games in one of the bundles on the same store page. Specifically, "Thieves and Crime Scene" bundle

No, it really isn't 21% off. I took some screenshots of how it is.

Where it shows the 21%
https://ibb.co/jrYf9h9

What the real percentage is
https://ibb.co/85mSqtx

And how it looks viewing it in the cart.
https://ibb.co/M9YSrfp

[KalGimpa]

ok

when i look at it on the page it shows the original price as 19.99 and 21% discount

when i put in the cart it went to 17.99 with a 12% discount

the price in the end was the same 15 and change

[Chika Ogiue]

Origineel geplaatst door ꉔꏂ꒐꒒ꇙ:

No, it really isn't 21% off. I took some screenshots of how it is.

You're right, it's rounding up from 20.8%. But the discount is correct.

In the case of The Thieves and Crime Scene bundle when you own Thief Simulator:

Base price of bundle in my region is 2500 JPY (which is the base price of Crime Scene Cleaner).
The price Valve ask for the bundle is 1980 JPY.
That's a discount of 20.8%, the method Valve use to display discounts doesn't show decimals so rounds up to 21%.

When added to the cart, it adjusts the bundle price to 2250 JPY
But the price to be paid is still 1980 JPY. That's a discount of 12% on that title only.

The game alone is priced at 2500 JPY (as I said above) with a 12% discount bringing it down to 2200 JPY. The difference between the discounted price of 2200 JPY and the bundle price of 1980 JPY is 10%. The saving the bundle clearly states you are getting.

Buy this bundle to save 10% off the 1 items you don't yet have!

So yes, if you own Thief Simulator regardless of the percentage shown at checkout, you are paying 20.8% less than the base price of Crime Scene Cleaner, which rounded up is 21%.

But all of this is moot, the OP is claiming they are not eligible for this discount yet were shown it.

[Crazy Tiger]

Origineel geplaatst door ꉔꏂ꒐꒒ꇙ:

Origineel geplaatst door Chika Ogiue:

It's 21% off when you already own one of the games in one of the bundles on the same store page. Specifically, "Thieves and Crime Scene" bundle

No, it really isn't 21% off. I took some screenshots of how it is.

Where it shows the 21%
https://ibb.co/jrYf9h9

What the real percentage is
https://ibb.co/85mSqtx

And how it looks viewing it in the cart.
https://ibb.co/M9YSrfp

So it's correct. The discount percentage of the game on it's own is 12%, and when in the bundle with Thief Simulator it's 21% due to the added bundle discount.

These discount percentages, however, do not matter as much as the actual discounted price. Which is the lowest when in the bundle and with Thief Simulator owned. Hence why it correctly advertises that as the lowest price (which I think is mandatory in the EU now) with the correct discount percentage for that lowest price.

What actually should change is that it shows the 21% as well in the cart, that's where the mistake is. It's a visual error, but one that adds to the aformentioned confusion.