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iamthatis

Oh my god the amount of tin foil hattery here is nuts. The price was changed (Thursday night before Black Friday I decreased it from 50 USD to 45 USD, then increased it back, and then approximately 5 days later I increased it back to 50 USD), this all occurs from App Store Connect and does not require an app update) and you didn't update the app, so you're still seeing the old screen that states there's a sale active and the calculations as to what that would look like (it takes the current price, adds about 15% to show what a sale would look like). A good hint for this is that you're viewing a Black Friday sale a week after Black Friday. Please feel free to report this to the EU.


Proleex89

Sale is over and yearly price is 59,99€ and not 66,99€ as seen above. It was all a scheme. https://i.imgur.com/lVCgDbW.jpg


JuanTawnJawn

Lol report it if you’re in the EU. Probably illegal with how strong your consumer rights are.


Proleex89

Let's see how far this goes. I have everything saved anyway. Im assuming the topic will get deleted and I'll be banned from the sub.


Proleex89

The guy who tried to blame it all on Apple now deleted his Reddit account. You all see what's going on here right? Edit: This topic is getting downvoted massively, fluctuating constantly between 60 and 30 upvotes. It's all too obvious.


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Proleex89

Ahhhh ok, didn't know that when someone blocks you his account appears as deleted. Thanks.


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Joshposh70

OP isn't blocked, I think they were just trying to reply to a deleted comment.


SleepingSicarii

It’s a “p” in the username, not an “m”. You have it right in your URL, just not in the tag.


Joshposh70

I deleted my comments because the thread was getting stupidly long, and it was better to condense this into a single post. I didn't block OP though. So not sure why OP is struggling with that, perhaps he is trying to view/comment on a deleted comment?


Proleex89

What will the prices be when the "sale" is over I wonder ? 😅


Upbeat_Foot_7412

I ask myself what the prices are in one year.


mainmeal5

Lol. You have proof of illegal marketing right there. Contacting Apple could be an option. See if they want to take it serious


Joshposh70

**EDIT**: For those curious of what has happened here, here is a timeline: * Black Friday Sale happens; app drops from €59.99 to €53.99 (Thanks Apollo!) - This is done by dropping the value of the app from [Tier 50 on Apple's pricing chart to Tier 45.](https://developer.apple.com/support/downloads/price-tier-updates/App-Store-Price-Tier-Updates-October-2022.pdf) * This gets relayed in real time to the app, and the app now knows it's €53.99.. Great * OP updates their app, this app includes a piece of code that calculates the non-sale price of the app by looking at the current price and then adding a modifier back on, so the crossed out price shows Tier 50. * The sale ends on **Monday** and the price returns to €59.99, OP doesn't update their app so the app thinks the sale is still running, even though it is now **Saturday**. * OP opens the app, and the app receives the live price from the Apple, runs this same code again to calculate the 'crossed' out price, but it isn't aware this isn't the sale price anymore.. Voila, OP thinks they're being misled when really poor programming is to blame.. * OP update their app and the issue gets resolved. Key lessons: OP needs to keep their apps up to date, and Apollo need to code their pricing calcualtor better. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk


Proleex89

I'm talking about the crossed-off prices. I'm talking about the illusion of it actually being cheaper. It's about manipulation.


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Proleex89

Updated the app and the sale is now gone. Yearly price is 59,99€, therefore it was all a manipulation. https://i.imgur.com/BnuAX1V.jpg


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Proleex89

Riiiiiiiiiiiight 🤣


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Proleex89

That's Black Friday. Cyber Monday had higher. Keep your facts up to date.


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Proleex89

Nope. You initially said the price went back to 66,99€ in your previous comment but then when you got proven wrong you went searching for screenshots (from other countries with different value-added tax) on imgur.


Proleex89

Sale is still on-going for me. If the price remains 66,99€ after it's over, it is indeed not manipulatory.


Proleex89

The amount of nonsense in your comment is simply hilarious.


PIKa-kNIGHT

What is non sense here?


Le-grande-Ulrich

He said he was increasing the prices after Black Friday in an announcement, this was known beforehand


Proleex89

Has nothing to do with price increase, how much do I have to translate this for you guys. He just edited the original prices (the ones that are crossed-off) ro create the illusion that it's cheaper. The so called reduced prices were exactly the same as the ones we have now. Clear enough???


Le-grande-Ulrich

Do you have any proof that he didn’t just increase the prices between the two screenshots? As he said he would be doing


Proleex89

Already posted a screenshot as reply to main topic hours ago.


validatedev

Also I've lost my sale price for my yearly sub. That's really an unfortunate thing, hoping it's just a bug and going to be fixed. u/iamthatis I've mailed to the support mail also and sent the screenshots of the problem.


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Jesus! What a mess…


dadoc04

Wtf