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Posted October 01, 2014
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sunshinecorp: Nice! Regional pricing just made games MORE expensive for me! Thanks! :)
This instance has nothing to do with regional pricing (Regionally-priced games have, ironically, retained the same regional prices). This is nothing more than a less favourable currency exchange. Just this year, it used to be that $10 were about €7.3. Now, $10 are about €7.93 (At least, according to xe.com)
Posted October 01, 2014
Not this shit again (ps plus, eshop, now gog)!
Posted October 01, 2014
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Erich_Zann: (For reference, if I want to pay in US$, Paypal currently wants me to pay 8.19 Euros.)
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Sakiko: But consider that PayPal has their own currency exchange rates, which are always more expensive than the "official" exchange rates (on which GoG bases their prices) - PayPal wants to earn money with transactions you do with them after all, that's what they live on.
That was kind of my point - that for Eurozone people paying with paypal, using local currency on GOG is cheaper than sticking to USD.
Post edited October 01, 2014 by Erich_Zann
Posted October 01, 2014
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I want to applaud GOG on a clear, direct and transparent announcement. We always complain that they are not transparent enough. I believe this time they are. +1.
Posted October 01, 2014
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mrkgnao: I want to applaud GOG on a clear, direct and transparent announcement. We always complain that they are not transparent enough. I believe this time they are. +1.
I would have to agree with this post :)
Posted October 01, 2014
Yes...just noticed today, that effective rate for RUB was changed from 37 per $ to 40....nothing to be happy about. Guess soon it will be 50 if thing will go same direction (because of our government, not GOG)
Posted October 01, 2014
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Once euro and dollar cost the same, publishers will finally decide that 1 euro does not equal 1 dollar :)
Posted October 01, 2014
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sunshinecorp: Nice! Regional pricing just made games MORE expensive for me! Thanks! :)
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Grargar: This instance has nothing to do with regional pricing (Regionally-priced games have, ironically, retained the same regional prices). This is nothing more than a less favourable currency exchange. Just this year, it used to be that $10 were about €7.3. Now, $10 are about €7.93 (At least, according to xe.com)
I know. I'm just being disagreeable. I explain more about regional pricing two posts below that one, though.
Posted October 01, 2014
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sunshinecorp: I know. I'm just being disagreeable. I explain more about regional pricing two posts below that one, though.
I saw it, but Original Sin's price is still €39.99, not €40.59 or somesuch. :P
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Novotnus: Once euro and dollar cost the same, publishers will finally decide that 1 euro does not equal 1 dollar :)
Wouldn't surprise me at all.
Post edited October 01, 2014 by Grargar
Posted October 01, 2014
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Fever_Discordia: Makes me wonder what going on in the world generally - is the Dollar getting stronger or is everything else getting weaker and why?
Thats because USA federal reserve is stopping to print "new" dollars - so called "Quantitative easing" will be soon finished, thats cause $ to become (more) scarce and thus going to be more expensive.
Posted October 01, 2014
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Sakiko: But consider that PayPal has their own currency exchange rates, which are always more expensive than the "official" exchange rates (on which GoG bases their prices) - PayPal wants to earn money with transactions you do with them after all, that's what they live on.
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Erich_Zann: That was kind of my point - that for Eurozone people paying with paypal, using local currency on GOG is cheaper than sticking to USD.
Oh alright :)
Absolutely, yes - you don't do yourself any favor by switching to US$ as the displayed currency and then pay in US$ via PayPal, because additionally to the extra cost of the regional price (which you automatically have with a European IP address, no matter what currency you have the prices displayed in) you have to fork out even more money because of PayPal's more expensive exchange rate (since PayPal has to then convert € to US$ for GOG for you).

The only way to bypass regional pricing would be to get an IP address of a country where regional prices don't apply via a proxy or VPN, but that would most certainly be a violation of terms of services and a legal limbo.
Post edited October 01, 2014 by Sakiko
Posted October 01, 2014
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sunshinecorp: I know. I'm just being disagreeable. I explain more about regional pricing two posts below that one, though.
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Grargar: I saw it, but Original Sin's price is still €39.99, not €40.59 or somesuch. :P
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Novotnus: Once euro and dollar cost the same, publishers will finally decide that 1 euro does not equal 1 dollar :)
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Grargar: Wouldn't surprise me at all.
I meant 50 dollars. It's 50 dollars if you switch currency. And it shouldn't be. It 39.99 dollars. With regional pricing, it becomes 50 for us.
Posted October 01, 2014
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sunshinecorp: I meant 50 dollars. It's 50 dollars if you switch currency. And it shouldn't be. It 39.99 dollars. With regional pricing, it becomes 50 for us.
It was actually more expensive before in $ for Europeans ($55).
Post edited October 01, 2014 by Grargar
Posted October 01, 2014
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Sakiko: The only way to bypass regional pricing would be to get an IP address of a country where regional prices don't apply via a proxy or VPN, but that would most certainly be a violation of terms of services and a legal limbo.
Not to mention way too much of a hassle to get a video game a couple bucks cheaper.
Posted October 01, 2014
It seems fine to me, for all this year it has been like 1$=0.73€, but in the last 2 months it grew till 0.79€ (according to Google).
Post edited October 01, 2014 by phaolo
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