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Posted February 07, 2017
Delve into the diluvial depths of Diluvion, but do not go unprepared!

UPDATE: Here are the 11 winners of the killer swag and GOG.com codes:

Datamancer Gaming Gear

Scott B, Kansas City

Game codes

Sean L, Ajax

James L, Slinger

Steef van J, Zoetermeer

Liam G, Aspley

Andrew D, Budapest

Shaun R, Cape Town

Piers A, Ringwood

Shirosaki, Legnica

David S, Czechia

Leighton N, Williamstown

Congrats, everyone!
All winners have been contacted already.

--Original announcement--

We're celebrating the release of Diluvion with Gambitious, and you're invited!
Try your luck at winning this spectacular steampunk Keyboard & Mouse set, handcrafted by the techie connoisseurs over at Datamancer. It's probably unlike any kind of gaming gear you've seen before, and it is all kinds of amazing.

You could also be one of 10 lucky winners to get a free copy of Diluvion itself – so there's plenty of goodness to go around.

It's simple, just enter using the widget below – and good luck down there GOGers!
Post edited February 07, 2017 by maladr0Id
Posted February 03, 2017
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EndlessWaves: Looking through the T&Cs:

"Prize will only be awarded and/or delivered to addresses within . All federal, state and/or local taxes, fees, and surcharges are the sole responsibility of the prize winner. "

For a prize of this value you really need to be pre-paying custom duty and tax. You don't say where it's dispatched from, but if it's sent from datamaster in the US then a winner here in the UK would be given a customs bill of £350+

A unique prize is all very nice, but I could buy a top of the range keyboard and mouse of my choice for that sort of money.

(although this being a gog competition the winners will never be announced, so I guess it's a moot point)
yes, such competition is good just for US citizens. strange that middle-european company admits such a crap action if they are not able to ensure prize distribution from EU
Posted February 03, 2017
Could someone from GOG clarify if the winner from EU would have to pay customs/VAT since the item comes from the US?
An EU based winner is looking at paying $400+ if that's the case...
An obvious work around would be GOG posting the item from Poland if the winner is from the EU.
Post edited February 03, 2017 by IFW
Posted February 03, 2017
It's a rarity that hardware does anything than make me think "Hmm, that'll suit my needs" but those things just made my clockwork heart just skip a beat.
Posted February 03, 2017
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IFW: Could someone from GOG clarify if the winner from EU would have to pay customs/VAT since the item comes from the US?
An EU based winner is looking at paying $400+ if that's the case...
An obvious work around would be GOG posting the item from Poland if the winner is from the EU.
I agree, I participated but haven't thought about this :P
But well, that only means that I'm absolutely sure to not win the first prize ^^"
Posted February 03, 2017
That's a very nice giveaway - Datamancer devices look awesome - but as others have said, due to import duties and taxes, GOG needs to clarify how the prize delivery will be handled if the winner is a European resident.
Posted February 03, 2017
You've got this sentence in section 4 of the terms and conditions:

"Prize will only be awarded and/or delivered to addresses within ."

It looks a little unfinished.
Post edited February 03, 2017 by Bookwyrm627
Posted February 03, 2017
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Bookwyrm627: You've got this sentence in section 4 of the terms and conditions:

"Prize will only be awarded and/or delivered to addresses within ."

It looks a little unfinished.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlIz0q8aWpA
Posted February 03, 2017
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EndlessWaves: Looking through the T&Cs:

"Prize will only be awarded and/or delivered to addresses within . All federal, state and/or local taxes, fees, and surcharges are the sole responsibility of the prize winner. "

For a prize of this value you really need to be pre-paying custom duty and tax. You don't say where it's dispatched from, but if it's sent from datamaster in the US then a winner here in the UK would be given a customs bill of £350+

A unique prize is all very nice, but I could buy a top of the range keyboard and mouse of my choice for that sort of money.

(although this being a gog competition the winners will never be announced, so I guess it's a moot point)
Hey everyone, just thought I'd clear up the import duties/tax issues. The prizes will indeed be sent from the States, however, they'll be marked as a gift, ie. they shouldn't incur any import duties. This is the industry standard for handling contest and giveaway send-outs. I've spoken to Gambitious directly and was informed that they've done this in the past and so far none of the recipients had to pay any tax on their prize. However, if something like that should happen, all costs associated with the delivery of the prize to the winner will be reimbursed.

Hope this clarifies this :)
Posted February 03, 2017
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EndlessWaves: Looking through the T&Cs:

"Prize will only be awarded and/or delivered to addresses within . All federal, state and/or local taxes, fees, and surcharges are the sole responsibility of the prize winner. "

For a prize of this value you really need to be pre-paying custom duty and tax. You don't say where it's dispatched from, but if it's sent from datamaster in the US then a winner here in the UK would be given a customs bill of £350+

A unique prize is all very nice, but I could buy a top of the range keyboard and mouse of my choice for that sort of money.

(although this being a gog competition the winners will never be announced, so I guess it's a moot point)
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fables22: Hey everyone, just thought I'd clear up the import duties/tax issues. The prizes will indeed be sent from the States, however, they'll be marked as a gift, ie. they shouldn't incur any import duties. This is the industry standard for handling contest and giveaway send-outs. I've spoken to Gambitious directly and was informed that they've done this in the past and so far none of the recipients had to pay any tax on their prize. However, if something like that should happen, all costs associated with the delivery of the prize to the winner will be reimbursed.

Hope this clarifies this :)
Same if the winner is from the US? Normally this stuff is counted as income for tax purposes and one would need to claim it at the end of the year, effectively causing income tax on an additional $2,000 of "income".
Posted February 03, 2017
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fables22: Hey everyone, just thought I'd clear up the import duties/tax issues. The prizes will indeed be sent from the States, however, they'll be marked as a gift, ie. they shouldn't incur any import duties. This is the industry standard for handling contest and giveaway send-outs. I've spoken to Gambitious directly and was informed that they've done this in the past and so far none of the recipients had to pay any tax on their prize. However, if something like that should happen, all costs associated with the delivery of the prize to the winner will be reimbursed.

Hope this clarifies this :)
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HereForTheBeer: Same if the winner is from the US? Normally this stuff is counted as income for tax purposes and one would need to claim it at the end of the year, effectively causing income tax on an additional $2,000 of "income".
Yep, should work the same if the winner is from the US.
Posted February 03, 2017
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HereForTheBeer: Same if the winner is from the US? Normally this stuff is counted as income for tax purposes and one would need to claim it at the end of the year, effectively causing income tax on an additional $2,000 of "income".
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fables22: Yep, should work the same if the winner is from the US.
Thanks for clarifying.
Posted February 03, 2017
Pretty unique keyboard there, though I'm a bit dubious about the real world working of that mouse.

Hmm not even sure I've entered correctly. Went through a few of the options put in my email saved it save the relevant pages. Won't do the twitter thing as I don't like handing over that much control to a third party.

But yet up the top still shows 0 entries. I've refreshed a few times and even repeated the steps. So no idea if I'm even in the running.

Oh well I'll just assume I am in order to avoid disappointment and undue frustration.

Well goodluck and I hope the winner enjoys their steampunk tech.
Posted February 03, 2017
Wow! That looks really beautiful... I hope be the lucky one!
Posted February 03, 2017
I assume there'll be some sort of announcement about winners? I didn't see any mention of it...

I want to pick up Diluvion at the release sale price, but now I'm holding off to see if I win a free copy first. So it'd be good if we knew the results well before the sale ends...
Posted February 03, 2017
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Maighstir: The Facebook and Instagram ones are just "visit", which suits me fine, as I don't have an account to either, but I can still click through and visit the page.
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Whereaminow25: I so did not know that, Thanks for the help. Now I have +3 more chances ^^
Neither did I before I clicked :-P
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