:::::: calmly -- in spite of all written above -- ignoring continual inflamatory use of "ripping off" ::::: calm point of information requested: 1) if you live in European Union, do you have a CHOICE to pay in Euros or Dollars, or are the two companies MAKING you pay in Euros/Pounds with no option to pay in Dollars? 2) if no option, how certain are you that CL and E-On themselves have an option? Before you got upset, did you check to see if perhaps they have been driven into that corner by some regulation or law, or some economic reason that would penalize them for charging EU people in dollars, or put them in some 'gray area' with the authorities? 3) if CL and E-on will not respond to such an inquiry, how certain are you that that is simply greed and manipulation as opposed to a delicate legal situation that their corporation is ill-advised to discuss on a forum such as Renderosity? For your information, corporations are put into that position all the time by zealous and conflicting regulatory bodies. Sincerely, ::::: Opera :::::