Google's approximation is probably correct, it is just that credit card companies take a few extra % when doing currency conversion. PayPal also does this. They have to make money somehow ;-)
On Nov 9, 12:14 am, Craigo <[email protected]> wrote: > Ah! Good pickup! Yes, apologies, it was just an authorisation. > > ...but still, their currency conversion is 5% off. > > On Nov 9, 4:54 am, webmonkey <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Are you sure it is an actual charge and not a pending one? > > > See also this topic on the Market help site: > > >http://market.android.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=170791 > > > Is it not just an authorization? > > > On Nov 8, 2:07 am, Craigo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > As a developer, I think the Android Market is great, I'm making a nice > > > bit of money from a little game I made. > > > > I have just recently bought my first app (been a little busy to look > > > at actually playing, instead of coding). The purchase was smooth > > > enough. However, I played it for about 1 minute, didn't like the game > > > and returned it. I got an e-mail confirming that I had returned it no > > > problems. The process was all working great. > > > > However, today, there is a charge from Google on my credit card for > > > $3.03. > > > > There are two things wrong with this. > > > 1. Obviously, I returned the game, so the charge should not have been > > > there at all. > > > 2. Their currency conversion is terrible! The estimated cost was > > > $2.98 for the game (amount was converted to Australian dollars). > > > > I now understand why I get so many emails from buyers saying they > > > never bought the game, and I get the odd credit card chargeback fee > > > from disputed transactions. > > > > Obviously, I'm not going to worry about the charge, it is only $3. > > > However, I really hope Google get on top of this, and I will now be > > > more sympathetic to buyers that complain about invalid charges. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
