So in one pack the lion bench is sold as item with the bundle and in the other one lion bench is sold as a single piece. The single piece is far more expensive than when it is with the bundle… How much is this stupid lion bench? Make up your damn mind already!
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So, things in a bundle encourage you to save money on items by spending more money on other items.
This is a standard retail practice.
Is it annoying? Yes.
Will it change? No.
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It’s 760. That’s the “undiscounted” price that shows up crossed out because of the so-called “bundle discount”.
…except that’s a blatant lie. If the price was lower because of a bundle discount, then it stands to reason that the single piece would have no discount, right? But in your screenshot we see that the single piece has a “bundle” discount of 304 Crom Crypto.
See, this is one of those things that pіss me off to no end. Right from the start, a bunch of us questioned these so-called discounts. We asked what the nature of the discount was, if the items in question had never been offered at their full price before and were never offered at their full price afterwards, either. In fact, in certain jurisdictions (e.g. Germany), there are legal requirements regarding the information that has to be provided about discounts and price comparisons, which these so-called discounts did not meet.
I don’t remember whether Funcom ever deigned to answer the question, but there was no shortage of other users who rushed to defend Funcom and explain how these were “bundle discounts”, i.e. the prices were lower because the items were sold together.
We now see that this explanation was not true. Not that it matters, because good luck trying to take any legal action. In fact, I’m betting that at least one of those defenders of shady practices will come to post exactly that: it doesn’t matter whether this is ethically questionable, the only thing that matters is whether it’s legal or not, so if it bothers you go do something about it and let us know how it worked out for you 
Anyway, like @Pugilist pointed out, it’s not going to change. I’m just glad that the lies have been exposed. Not that it will make any difference.
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