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Posted December 04, 2014
In light of the Christmas sale ending before we get our presents from the secret santa and knowing what we can and cannot buy for the rest of the sale, we might have to reconsider the timetable.

I happen to be an early gifter, so I already have a fixed wishlist to wait and see what is on sale for my giftee, but I can also keep modifying my wishlist according to the sale until the deadline. I don't think this is fair. It's hugely beneficial to me, but not fair. And then there's people who will want to wait to see what they get for the present, and buy the rest of the wishlist after that.

I suggest optionally letting the reciever know which games they're going to receive, so they can plan their sale shopping, and still get the present in Christmas. It loses some (OK, a lot) of the charm but it's the closest I could come up with. Or we could make Christmas earlier in GOG.
Posted December 04, 2014
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P1na: In light of the Christmas sale ending before we get our presents from the secret santa and knowing what we can and cannot buy for the rest of the sale, we might have to reconsider the timetable.

I happen to be an early gifter, so I already have a fixed wishlist to wait and see what is on sale for my giftee, but I can also keep modifying my wishlist according to the sale until the deadline. I don't think this is fair. It's hugely beneficial to me, but not fair. And then there's people who will want to wait to see what they get for the present, and buy the rest of the wishlist after that.

I suggest optionally letting the reciever know which games they're going to receive, so they can plan their sale shopping, and still get the present in Christmas. It loses some (OK, a lot) of the charm but it's the closest I could come up with. Or we could make Christmas earlier in GOG.
IF you are an EARLY Santa, you may NOT change your list. The only way to be an Early Santa was to agree to get a name early AND also have your name given to another Early Santa. HOWEVER, you can always ADD games to your wishlist....

Also, the whole idea of this is not to tell (Secret) and to get a gift on Xmas (Santa). :-( Otherwise it's just a Saturday afternoon swap meet somewhere in Kansas....
Post edited December 04, 2014 by Momo1991
Posted December 04, 2014
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Momo1991: IF you are an EARLY Santa, you may NOT change your list. The only way to be an Early Santa was to agree to get a name early AND also have your name given to another Early Santa. HOWEVER, you can always ADD games to your wishlist....
Whoops, I thought it worked separately. That's a major mistake on my side. luckily I don't think I changed it all, and I'm probably not going to change it much anyway.

But still, the fact remains that, with this unexpected dates for the sale, we can't do like other years when you could count on a last sale day with all offers and knowing about which games you had gotten. Not really a problem in my case, as my actual wishlist is tiny and I'll probably just be buying impulse stuff for no reason, but I can see it being a problem for others.
Posted December 04, 2014
Yeah it is a bit annoying, don't know why gog choose this strange sale strategy. But I decided to stop being annoyed about it and just enjoy buying something for my giftee.
And heck, even if I would have liked to buy something for myself, I still have enough games to play, so it is more a loss for gog than for me, since I'll just wait for another sale :D
Posted December 04, 2014
Perhaps we should consider assigning everybody early on so that they can make use of the Sale?

Downside is that people would have to make separate Secret Santa Wishlists, so that they can purchase other titles by themselves.
Posted December 04, 2014
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moonshineshadow: Yeah it is a bit annoying, don't know why gog choose this strange sale strategy. But I decided to stop being annoyed about it and just enjoy buying something for my giftee.
And heck, even if I would have liked to buy something for myself, I still have enough games to play, so it is more a loss for gog than for me, since I'll just wait for another sale :D
Does anyone know when the sale actually is this year??
Posted December 04, 2014
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moonshineshadow: Yeah it is a bit annoying, don't know why gog choose this strange sale strategy. But I decided to stop being annoyed about it and just enjoy buying something for my giftee.
And heck, even if I would have liked to buy something for myself, I still have enough games to play, so it is more a loss for gog than for me, since I'll just wait for another sale :D
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Momo1991: Does anyone know when the sale actually is this year??
There's apparently a tweet that says it's starting today.

https://twitter.com/GOGcom/status/540460755569876993
Post edited December 04, 2014 by RandomGal
Posted December 04, 2014
It should start in 15mins I think and will end on 15th December:
https://twitter.com/GOGcom/status/540460755569876993
Posted December 04, 2014
I would like to be in this year. Hope the gog sale will come sooner than later :P

Wishlist:
Interstate '82
Hatoful Boyfriend
Pixel Piracy
Post edited December 04, 2014 by Trid
Posted December 04, 2014
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Momo1991: Does anyone know when the sale actually is this year??
It starts in a few minutes and will end Dec 15. :(
Posted December 04, 2014
And here it is. Now, where is that giftee's wishlist....?

*goes off mumbling*
Posted December 04, 2014
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Momo1991: Does anyone know when the sale actually is this year??
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HypersomniacLive: It starts in a few minutes and will end Dec 15. :(
Yup, most of the Secret Santa's are going to miss the sale. We need some more early participants!
Posted December 04, 2014
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Exoanthrope: Yup, most of the Secret Santa's are going to miss the sale. We need some more early participants!
If this is the last sale of the year, then yea, we need those lists asap :)
Posted December 04, 2014
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Momo1991: Does anyone know when the sale actually is this year??
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HypersomniacLive: It starts in a few minutes and will end Dec 15. :(
Yep, it maybe be a good idea to set an earlier date to last chance to participate, something like the 10th.
Posted December 04, 2014
If people are counting on the sale I would also say wishlists need to be submitted by the 10th at the latest and all people assigned someone to give a gift too by the 11th or 12th.
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