I'm glad to see that all is resolved.

We all assumed, through no fault of GOG, that all the games in the pinata were in unlimited quantities partly because they are digital. I can understand a publisher setting a limit to the quantity of games he's willing to let go for a fraction of its cost.

Well, we do have an opening. But we won't take just anyone.

In the GOG system, the people are represented by two separate, yet equally important, groups: the police, who investigate crime; and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders. These are their stories."

Wait, that's Law and Order. Nevermind. :P

With recent updates, I'd say that Galaxy has improved.

Actually it is, because you're posting in what is essentially a "public" forum. But if you want to act like a child, fine; I won't respond any more.

What's the point in making the pinatas refundable? It's a game, a gamble with a certain "risk". You either get what you want (a game you like, way cheaper than the normal price) or not. Making it refundable is kind of strange.

It's not so much that they made the pinatas refundable as it is that they didn't make them exempt from refunds. Which is fair, I think, even if it does defeat the point somewhat.

Yeah kinda my thoughts too...

You get a gift, once you open the gift to see what it is, that doesn't mean you have every right to shove it back at the gifter like a whiny kid and say 'That's not what i want!' and demand a refund or they buy you a different gift. At businesses that also grab odds and ends and stuff them in a mystery bag for $10, you don't buy it and then hand it back because it didn't have the fuzzy handcuffs you hoped it would be...

I don't really see how this comparison applies, since with a gift you're being given something for free and in this case we're talking about a product that you pay for.

This comparison makes much more sense, but the key difference here is that the pinata games are digital items. With physical goods you have to worry about things like the packaging, new vs used, item condition, etc. Not to mention any issues with proving what the contents of the purchased item were. With digital items there's none of that. There's no value to be lost if someone buys a game and then refunds it, whether that game was bought deliberately or as part of something like the pinata. If someone buys a pinata, gets a game they don't want, and then returns it, then it's just like if they had never bought it to begin with. I don't see the harm in that, and to be honest I would be kind of leery of it if GOG started making exemptions to their User Agreement for things like this.

Not to mention (this thread is a perfect example), that people put a strain on support for (not buying) 3$ games.
In my opinion, gog should have make those piñatas unrefundable but world-giftable.

You wrong, the product was never free in the first place. Someone else had to make/pay for it. The difference being if you payed the money or someone else did doesn't matter, it's already gift-wrapped and ready to give.

I want to say that's a bad idea because of the refund policy and people who would complain if something that makes sense wants takes-backsies...

On the other hand having an option where if they really got a bad selection, they should be allowed a reroll from the list, or worst case to select from the list any game that's worth as much or less than what you already rolled.

I don't think that kind of sale would be legal here in Quebec, Canada if one could not get a refund. Games of chance are strictly regulated here and I suspect it is the same through much of the world.

What about Raffles? There's no chance of what you'd win, only that you have 1 in say 1,000 of winning it. Pay $5 for a ticket for a $200 bike and hope you get it... but never expect to get it since the odds are so far against you.

I feel like there has to be a misunderstanding here. A gift is absolutely free for the person receiving it, which is the whole point of it being a gift. It doesn't make sense to compare being dissatisfied with a gift you got for free to being dissatisfied with a product you paid for.

Are TCG card packs illegal there then? The same principle would apply here: You're guaranteed to get something, but exactly what you get is unknown until you've made your purchase.