Gem sales in UK?

[Tortoiseshell Sweep.3265]

Any news on when the UK will get 20% gem sales? I wanna grab me a Nika assassin outfit and some shared inventory slots, but will wait for the discount....

[TheQuickFox.3826]

Listed on the GuildWars2 homepage:

https://gamecardsdirect.com/guild-wars-gems-pc/

 

Does this one work for you?

[Linken.6345]

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/get-20-off-guild-wars-2-gem-cards-in-europe/

 

Today to may 4th

[Tortoiseshell Sweep.3265]

Not sure - will depend on the exchange rates and fees from my bank I presume. Will likely be less than 20% so I'd rather wait for the UK sale, just not sure when that will be?  (Think my Canadian friends have a similar situation)

[Joote.4081]

I seen this before but the site looked shady.   I guess if it's listed on the official site it should be okay.  Time to buy a shed load of gems.

UPDATE:  Just tried to buy and the exchange rate from euros to GBP doesn't give you the discount.  You pay the full price.  So I was right, the site is shady.

No joy for us Brits then?

 

Edited May 1, 2021 by Joote.4081

[Dithnir.4593]

I'm in UK. I tried using the gamecardsdirect and at checkout, instead of 40 EUR for 4k gems it's showing £40. The shop sells for £42.50.

Does anyone know if I could process this transaction via VPN and have valid codes at the end of it, or should I wait?

[Joote.4081]

Why the kitten don't they just give the discount through the games gem store?  It would be so much easier not to mention more secure.

[Tortoiseshell Sweep.3265]

Yeah - it's £40 via that site (which is <6% discount on the normal £42.50) and then some weird payment methods that add transaction fees. Think I'll wait for the UK gem sale to appear in GBP, so we actually get a discount! 🙂

[ProtoGunner.4953]

Why can't I use a credit card as a payment method?

Edit: never mind, had to change country.

Edited May 1, 2021 by ProtoGunner.4953

[Rose.2593]

£20 is like 22 euros. So not sure it works out?

 

Not sure why the UK needs its on sale, just add it to the Europe one. 

 

https://gamecardsdirect.com/guild-wars-gems-pc/ - also this link says the cards are sold out which makes no sense. 

Edited May 1, 2021 by John.8507

[Danikat.8537]

I bought gems from www.gameliebe.com (the first site listed in that sale). I didn't see an option to translate the site but between my limited German and Google Translate I was able to get there, and it let me pay through Paypal.

 

The total price was £18.16. Buying 2,000 gems directly in-game would cost £21.25 so it works out to about a 15% discount rather than 20%, factoring in the exchange rate and Paypal's fee for doing the exhange. There's also the option to pay by Visa, which might give a better exchange rate but I didn't check.

 

It also took just under 2 hours for the gem code to come through, but apparently they insist on verifying transactions if you use guest checkout so that's probably why.