Read my previous post ;) (just three posts above yours)

I just did and sent you a pm :)

I'd like to buy Deus Ex 1at -75%.
If anyone has the full Fair and Square Selection bundle and wants to help me out. Then like... don't be shy, just say hi.


kthxbai.

Just wanted to say thanks again for the help with Divinity 2. It's great to know that there's still people out there willing to help out others :)

Cheers mate!

Edit: Nevermind

Thanks to Ghorpm, I have Driftmoon now.

edit to add:

I've noticed a marked slow down in downloading games the past couple of days. We are killing GOG's file server hamster.

Not judging or anything, I'm just curious - do you think it's fair towards both GOG and devs to help people pay less for those games, when GOG intention was to give people choice - pay more (50% off instead 75% off) or pay less, but buy more.

Many people here are proud to not benefit from GOG mistakes (for example at the beginning of the sale some games like Wizardry were 50% off by GOG mistake, and people were unhappy when it turned out they are not on sale, but they also said they are happy they didn't buy those games because that would be against GOG), and yet there's noone who thinks it's not ok to help people do exactly the same thing, when it comes to the promo sales.

Of course it's not my job, and I think GOG would change their gift policy if they were thinking you guys overuse the system, but I'm still amazed that noone think it's not ok.

Meh, gotta roll with the punches.

Opportunism.

The way I see it is this: Most people who only want one game in a pack, aren't (based on my experience, and the way I've done it myself) going to buy the bundle, and they aren't going to buy the game either, when they know that it's potentially available for cheaper than what they can currently get it for (without buying games they don't want). If something like this happens to me, I'll put it in my wishlist and wait for the next big sale on it. If someone buys it for me (which I've never done, btw) then GoG is *still* getting the same amount of money they would have had I waited...they're just getting it sooner.

On the flip side, it definitely works both ways, too. I finally bought the M&M 6 pack a few days ago after getting tired of waiting for it to go on sale. The next day...it did. XD In other words, it all works out in the end, I think, for both the players and GoG.

Happy to say my library is expanded a lot :)
TY TY TY GOG best cash spend in a long time , many hours of fun in the near future :)

And do you think it's no ok? It's also a question, I'll gladly hear your answer.

I asked myself the same question before I started doing so. And here is my conclusion: Read those posts. Many people claim that they wouldn't buy the game without a higher discount and have no interest in buying the whole bundle. So in my opinion the situation is different from what you described. It's not: GOG should earn 10$ but because of the trading they got only 5$. I think in majority of cases it's rather: GOG wouldn't get anything and because of a trade they got 5$.

I'm not earning anything on those trade because I'm not charging anything extra. I ask to make a paypal transfer and then I'm buying games using money I've just received.

I don't think it's unfair and I've seen it before - during the Christmas sale for example.

Besides... that's how every sale works. Customer will always try to find a way to pay the lowest price. For example many shops have advertisement: "you will get 50% off if your wares will cost more than (put anything here)". Do you think it's an abuse to get your friends and buy something together so that your combined purchases are above the threshold? I don't think so. Because most probably you wouldn't bother to buy anything otherwise. So the shop still gets its share.

The same goes with frequent-flyer, miles & more programs and such. You get your points and they are valid for three years. If you don't want to fly anywhere and your deadline is coming you just buy a ticket for somebody else and he/she is giving you (for example) half of the normal price. Is that an abuse? Once again - I don't think so.

But if some people think it's unfair I can stop anytime. And of course it would be more than enough if anybody from GOG staff told me to stop. I don't need any change in the system preventing such an activity - a simple message "please don't do that in future" is perfectly enough.

So in my opinion that is how sale is suppose to work. "Gotta spend money to make money." True, prices are much lower but people go frenzy and buy more that they actually need.

I'm trying to support GOG as much as I can. Indirectly (by telling my friends how amazing the site is) and directly (via giveaways/contests). And I think that's how you show your respect to them and devs.

Nothing for me. Good thing, too. Spent about $56 yesterday, making it for a grand total of $72 so far, and I'm hoping that'll be pretty much it. My backlog won't be happy about it, but screw it. At least I was able to resist temptation on some games. I only decided to buy the ones I was really interested in. I've learned from past misbuys that if in doubt I should forgo a purchase altogether, no matter how cheap a game may be. More often than not, impulse purchases make me feel like I've wasted money, and I don't have all that much to begin with.

I guess I'm the odd man out then. Since I wanted a game here and there from bundles without buying the rest of them I simply decided to buy them at 50% off rather than trying to hunt for a 75% deal, i.e. Pid, The Ball, Children of the Nile, and SotS: The Pit. That may have to do with me not caring to put in the effort, and in some way I like to think I also supported the games devs more (while still being a cheapskate ;)).

I need GAMES!!! I neeedsssss them! =P

I love it when people make such silly comments when it comes to luxury/entertainment items.

My comment was very general, not only about games. You see this kind of behavior with food sales as well.

I'm not sure, but I have mixed feelings about that. TBH, I think it's GOG job to remove gifting option during the sales, if they think it's a way to abuse the system.

One thing I can't agree with though, is that you point out people claiming they aren't going to buy those games. I think you put too much weight to what people say. From my experience, people will say they won't buy it, but many of them, when the sale will be close to its final minutes, will go "ah, what the hell, it's just $1,50 more".

Yeah, but that is something we may never be sure about. Actually... if I were certain that they won't buy anything without the highest discount then I should have claimed that I'm supporting GOG right here and right now because they are getting some money they wouldn't otherwise. But it would have been absolutely absurd to claim so because I have no solid data about it. In fact nobody does. So it's very difficult to tell whether I'm doing some harm or benefit. It may turn out it's just the same. I think nobody will ever know whether it's good or bad for GOG. But I can be sure that I can help some other people with getting games they want. Some of them (definitely not all of them!) cannot afford it otherwise and therefore it's really important for them. I used to make a lot of giveaways but alas I cannot do them anymore because I've become unemployed recently. Therefore I'm trying to help by offering bundle trades. This is all I can do at the moment. Meanwhile I tried to support GOG as much as I could even with my limited funds. I bought some games for myself just to show my respect. By the end of the month I will see whether I can spend some more. And... well, I think I won't be unemployed forever. As soon as I get a new job I'll start new giveaways to support GOG and make some people happy.

I'm sorry if it sounds a bit melodramatic or that I'm boasting but I wanted to explain why I'm doing this.