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Posted August 30, 2016
Pay with one click, avoid additional bank fees, and track your gaming budget!



Today, we're rolling out the GOG Wallet, a highly-requested quality-of-life feature aimed at gamers who frequently face international bank fees, use pre-paid debit cards, or prefer the extra convenience and control over their budget.

The GOG Wallet is designed to be user-friendly and flexible: top-up your Wallet with any amount between 5 USD and 500 USD (or the local equivalent) using any payment method; if you're using a pre-paid card, or you're just a bit short on Wallet funds, you can easily combine GOG Wallet funds with other payment methods during checkout. It's easy, fast, and totally safe.

Additionally, any store credit earned with the Fair Price Package (if a product costs more in your country than in the US, we always make up the difference) will now be automatically added to your GOG Wallet funds. Nobody likes to take time out of their gaming to do math, so we're doing it for you!



To kickstart your GOG Wallet and learn about the details, make your way to <span class="bold">www.gog.com/wallet</span>.
Posted August 30, 2016
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Navagon: Is it possible to transfer funds back out of the wallet?
Nope. Once it's in, you can only let it out by spending it. :P
Posted August 30, 2016
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Navagon: Is it possible to transfer funds back out of the wallet?
Nope " (iv) The GOG Wallet and its funds do not constitute electronic money of any kind and are non-transferable, non-exchangeable and non-refundable under any circumstances. "

Oooohh faster on the trigger...meh.
Post edited August 30, 2016 by DampSquib
Posted August 30, 2016
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0Grapher: https://www.gog.com/wallet "Purchased funds will never expire."
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Teppic: That's good. I wonder if funds you get from GOG when buying games won't expire from now on.
Yes, they will.
Posted August 30, 2016
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DampSquib: Nope " (iv) The GOG Wallet and its funds do not constitute electronic money of any kind and are non-transferable, non-exchangeable and non-refundable under any circumstances. "
Ha, so I was correct in my supposition all along. You're buying GOG Bucks, aka arcade tokens.
Post edited August 30, 2016 by IAmSinistar
Posted August 30, 2016
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Taro94: Nope. Once it's in, you can only let it out by spending it. :P
I suppose if nothing else it could stop the wallet being used for money laundering, so fair enough. GOG's had enough of those (false) accusations in the past.
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DampSquib: Nope " (iv) The GOG Wallet and its funds do not constitute electronic money of any kind and are non-transferable, non-exchangeable and non-refundable under any circumstances. "

Oooohh faster on the trigger...meh.
Thanks for the more detailed info though.
Post edited August 30, 2016 by Navagon
Posted August 30, 2016
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Vythonaut: Delete the cookies set by GOG and see if it fixes (it should).
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Tyrrhia: Nope. They're still there. I even opened my account in incognito mode, to no avail.
* Clear cache
* Add random game in your cart, close the browser, open again and try to clear your cart
* Call an exorcist
* If all else fails, buy the damned Wallet Funds :P
Posted August 30, 2016
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0Grapher: https://www.gog.com/wallet "Purchased funds will never expire."
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Teppic: That's good. I wonder if funds you get from GOG when buying games won't expire from now on.
They won't expire as long as they have been mixed in with funds you bought directly as funds. If the only funds that have been added to your wallet were from things like the Fair Price Policy, then those funds will still have the 1 year expiration (the year refreshes when FPP-esque funds are added, and the expiration is removed if direct wallet funds are purchased).
Posted August 30, 2016
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JMich: They could have added it as Free Wallet (old Store Credit), which means it would have an expiration date of 1 year. That would cover most of the differences, since they are giving us "real money" when we do a specific task (buy a game that costs more than the US price). A good accountant/lawyer could argue that "Having an account on GOG registered before August 29, 2016" counts as a specific task.
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Zeyes: Which would still require terms of conditions to be drawn up specifically for this one promotion, because the existing terms covering store credit clearly only apply to the case of games being bought. And I suspect on the accounting side it would still have to count as a bottom line-reducing liability even if there's a time limit in place.
I disagree that the existing terms "clearly only apply to the case of games being bought". To me they sound much more general than that. Here they are:

"6.5 In some situations we may be able to offer you a credit to your GOG account which you can redeem against GOG purchases (we’ll call this “Free Wallet”). For example, as we explain in section 6.9 we may offer GOG Wallet funds in connection with our Fair Pricing policy in some situations."

The plain english version just says:
"In some case we can add ‘Free Wallet’ amount to your GOG Wallet (see opposite sections)."

(Although it sounds more engrish than english.)

Just to give an example of a company actually using this technique, Amazon sent me this email last year:

"As a thank you for being an Amazon customer that has recently shopped on Amazon.com via an Android phone, or through the Amazon App for Android, we have placed a $25 Amazon Appstore credit onto your account; valid toward apps, games and in-app items (excluding subscriptions). We will automatically apply the balance of your credit to any purchase of apps, games and in-app items made from the Amazon Appstore before November 15, 2015 at 11:59 PM PST."

These "any excuse will do" gifts of store credit are relatively common for the Amazon Appstore, although all my previous ones have only been for $5 or $10. I assume they're trying to steal market share from Google Play.
Posted August 30, 2016
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Navagon: Snip
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DampSquib: Snip
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Navagon: Thanks for the more detailed info though.
Welcome.


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DampSquib: Nope " (iv) The GOG Wallet and its funds do not constitute electronic money of any kind and are non-transferable, non-exchangeable and non-refundable under any circumstances. "
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IAmSinistar: Ha, so I was correct in my supposition all along. You're buying GOG Bucks, aka arcade tokens.
Yup, bear bucks or gog tokens....not impressed with it, but would be useful to skip the cc being flagged for smaller purchases. Ack still no for now for myself.
Posted August 30, 2016
Hopefully this means you will add the option to Top Up the GOG Wallet with Bitcoin.

Also, if you ever want to add a known payment option for Mexico & Latino America. MercadoPago would be a good choice as it works on Mexico and all of Latino America.
Posted August 30, 2016
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almabrds:
haha I allow myself to be enthusiastic about something once in a while. :P

The pessimist (i.e. realist u.u) in me know that I'll never get rid of Steam for good, there's too much to change peoples and publishers minds at this point, but everything that makes me spend more supporting the consumer friendly policies here is a good thing.
Posted August 30, 2016
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almabrds: It is only fair that you also respect who likes this system. Which didn't seem like you were doing, when you said it was "completely bad".
Sorry if I sounded disrespectful. I just wanted to make clear that the system still has flaws and could easily be improved to be usable for even more users.

But of course I can see that it is not completely bad and much better than no security at all.
Posted August 30, 2016
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Tyrrhia: Nope. They're still there. I even opened my account in incognito mode, to no avail.
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Vythonaut: * Clear cache
* Add random game in your cart, close the browser, open again and try to clear your cart
* Call an exorcist
* If all else fails, buy the damned Wallet Funds :P
I wanted to say "Didn't work. Got my <random body part> stuck inside a <random object>." but it seems like they're gone, so no need. :P

Thanks to the spirit that did this!
Posted August 31, 2016
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Pheace: My first thought was why is the upper limit so freaking high? Sure, on Steam that kind of makes sense with the community market, but on GOG?

But yeah, first step in a grander plan perhaps ;)
One word: Insomnia
Posted August 31, 2016
It would be great if it was possible to transfer the money directly from your bank account to gog wallet.
Otherwise, for me it does not make sense
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