[ahydra]

Wanted to purchase some BB$. The current USD:NZD exchange rate is 1.61, however in the Android app BB$10 costs 32 NZD, almost a 100% markup. I'm guessing Google helps themselves to a piece of the pie but how can such a markup really be justified, particularly when I can buy them through the regular BBO web version at what turned out to be a rate of 1.64?

Talking of the web version, any particular reason the credit card number and CVV fields are iframes embedding some third-party website's form code? My adblocker (Ublock Origin) disabled them as a result - took me a bit to figure out why I could fill in everything except arguably the most important piece of information when it comes to payment

Thanks,

ahydra

[mycroft]

 ahydra, on 2023-December-18, 20:39, said:

I'm guessing Google helps themselves to a piece of the pie...

According to the Fortnite lawsuit Google just lost, "a piece" is "30%".

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but how can such a markup really be justified, particularly when I can buy them through the regular BBO web version at what turned out to be a rate of 1.64?

It can't. Which is why BBO tells everyone to only buy BBO$ through the web page.

I don't know why you'd get 100% markup instead of the (already obnoxious) 30%, but I bet it's not BBO assuming its mobile clients are more gullible than their web clients.

I assume that the iframe is because BBO's credit card processor is the third-party, but yeah, the purchasing web page is uncomfortable in a number of ways (the least of which is "has this been looked at since 2001?") and if uBlock Origin doesn't like it, they should look at it. But I assume you'll get a more correct answer from the BBO people themselves.

[pilowsky]

Adblockers block data entry on all kinds of account forms on multiple sites - not just BBO.

[barmar]

 mycroft, on 2023-December-18, 21:30, said:

I assume that the iframe is because BBO's credit card processor is the third-party, but yeah, the purchasing web page is uncomfortable in a number of ways (the least of which is "has this been looked at since 2001?")

A complete revamp of the purchase page is currently in beta test.

[ahydra]

Thanks for the clarifications all.