Just to add because I've delved a little further into the 'conversion rates' of the shop's prices vs. what we've been told ink is worth, let's say that you buy their $50 "best value" package, which gives you 40,000 ink + 20,000 bonus ink as a "bulk reward". That "best value" stamp implies that you are, indeed, getting some kind of bulk bargain deal. That's what "value" implies to a consumer. Tack that on with the +20,000 that implies you're getting a "bonus" 20,000 ink on top of that base value of 40,000 - to draw people in to buy those packages that come with extra spending ink to get you to spend more $$$.
But... if the base conversion rate truly is 1200 ink = $1, that would mean that $50 = 60,000 ink.
So... Tapas is advertising an additional 20,000 ink as a "bulk reward" when really the 40,000 + 20,000 ink is what you'd be getting for $50 anyway if we stuck with the 1200 = $1 conversion rate?
So what happens then if we take that $50 = 40,000 metric (assuming 40,000 is the 'base value' as its advertised, dismissing that 20,000 'bonus' ink tacked on at the end) and convert it to a $1 conversion rate?
We come out with that same number that the $2 value is marked at. $1 = 800 ink.
So if 800 truly is the actual conversion of $$$ to ink...
1. Why are we being told $1 = 1200 ink/.01 cent = 12 ink when it's in fact $1=800 ink on the ink shop side? Most importantly, is it still applying the 1200=$1 conversion rate when you tip despite that shop purchase value of 800 ink = $1? Obviously it has to be - the proof is in my .83 cent to 1000 ink conversion (sans fees) I highlighted earlier.
2. If the conversion rate is truly 1200=$1 as we've been told, why are we being led to believe that 40,000 + 20,000 is the 'best value' when it's what that 1200=$1 would equate to anyways? This implies that 40,000 - and the subsequent $1 = 800 ink conversion - is the base deal with the 20,000 being some sort of 'bonus reward' for buying that package. It is a bonus 50% reward if ink is truly worth 800 ink = $1. But we've been told it's 1200 = $1. So which is it? And how is this potentially affecting the payouts for creators on the other side? This basically means that readers, from the shop side, will see that ink = 800 per $1, and tip accordingly thinking they're tipping out more than they are (i.e. pennies instead of dollars).
It seems to me that they're artificially modifying the price/value of ink = $$$ on the shop side so they can muddle up the translation and pass it off as 'discounts' or 'bargains' only to payout less on the creator side. I'm pretty sure this qualifies in the same realm as false advertising. This is why we do the math.