News: LIMITED SHIP SALE (Ends Feb 1st)

LIMITED SHIP SALE




Greeting Citizens,
We’re kicking off the promised ‘pre VAT’ sale a few days early to give backers more time to pick up limited ships. You can find a selection of limited release ships and packages available below. As an added bonus, we’ve brought back a few of our anniversary sale ships with the two year insurance. These will be in the store through February 1st, at which point we are legally required to begin charging VAT on purchases in Europe. These ships are in various stages of completion, and have been organized by their status. Flyable ships can be used in Arena Commander today, Hangar Ready ships will appear in your Hangar but can’t be flown yet and Concept ships are still in the works!

Remember: we are offering these pledge ships to help fund Star Citizen’s development and to give European backers a chance to pick them up at a lower price. All of these ships will be available for in-game credits in the final universe, and they are not required to start or enjoy the game. The goal is to make additional ships available that give players a different experience rather than a particular advantage when the persistent universe launches.

 

Sorry for the Final hour update, I am the only one who updates this forum for the most part and I am not sure how many of you still read any of it

 

Also worth noting why the sale.

VAT CHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT





Greetings Citizens,
Please note: this update applies only to backers living in the European Union. If you are elsewhere in the world, there are no store changes to announce.

Starting February 1st, 2015, Cloud Imperium Games will be launching a European publishing arm based in the United Kingdom, Roberts Space Industries International, Ltd. While Squadron 42 is being developed in Europe, the publishing side of the operation has always been located in the United States. The good news stemming from this change is that we will now be closer to our many European customers (and able to establish community and customer service operations in dedicated areas) and will be able to ride out some of the exchange rate fluctuations troubling multinational sales operations.

The downside of this organizational change is that starting on February 1st, we will be required to charge VAT on all purchases (including digital goods) made through the Roberts Space Industries International website, similar to how we must charge sales tax on items sold in Texas and California. And as you may have read in the press, as of 2015 every seller has to charge the rate applicable in the country of the purchaser. This means that in the coming days, the effective rate for European backers will go up depending on the VAT rate of their home country. We know that European backers are familiar with VAT, and likely have already encountered these charges on goods purchased elsewhere online. We wish there were an alternative to charging the tax, but also believe that it is in our best interest to expand Star Citizen’s footprint to a part of the world that has proven to be truly passionate about space games!

We are informing you today, with two weeks before the switch on Feb 1, in case you have been waiting to purchase a ship or package at the current rates. By popular request, we will make a selection of limited edition and wave two ships available again during the week of January 26, in case there’s a past favorite you missed out on and would like to pick up before the international publishing switches over to RSI. Please check this space on the 26th for a list of available ships.

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I will say for any of our EU brethren, I am sure ( I know I will) we can help you out with this. If any of our EU players want anything from Star Citizen sans your obnoxious taxes get with me and we can work out the details.