PainOfSalvation: Can you guys give us 1-2 days start before the game will be pulled from here and not 1 hour or less? I am sure some of us would like to buy something *looking at Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth missed opportunity*. -.-
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth involved legal rights issues. In situations like that GoG is forced to act as soon as they are notified. They can't intentionally allow people time to buy it or they become liable. In the last couple cases, you are asking GoG to leave games on sale for extra time which they have determined are flawed and thus below their standards due to missing updates. As such, they have been offering refunds even after a game has been downloaded or well beyond the normal refund period.
What happens if someone buys the game at the last minute, downloads it, then asks for a refund? You are basically giving them a free game and eating the service fees for the initial transaction. From a business perspective, in both cases, GoG either can't or shouldn't be allowing time to buy them.
The only time it works for an impending removal is when it is known in advance that licensing is about to expire or change hands. In those instances, it would be very nice to have a "leaving the catalog" sale on those games.