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Posted November 15, 2018
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kohlrak: Aw, that sucks. I imagine, then, that gift codes are primarly bought from the US, then, too. Why buy a gog user a christmas present if they live in ukraine?
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PaterAlf: Why would you think so? I don't see any reason why people from the EU or Australia for example wouldn't buy gift codes as well.
More expensive than simply giving the money. Why buy the game at, say, twice the price for a fellow person in your own country?
Posted November 15, 2018
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PaterAlf: Why would you think so? I don't see any reason why people from the EU or Australia for example wouldn't buy gift codes as well.
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kohlrak: More expensive than simply giving the money. Why buy the game at, say, twice the price for a fellow person in your own country?
Because giving away money isn't the same as giving someone a gift. You know it often is about the surprise and the gesture of gifting and not about money.

But besides that your argument doesn't work for the EU and in many cases also not for australia. They normally pay the same or even more than people from the US. So gifting a game to fellows in your own country wouldn't cost them more than giving the same person the money.
Posted November 15, 2018
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djoxyk: I wonder if anyone had same issue. I haven't visited gog for a week or so, now I'm terrified with prices, it's all in base US range as opposed to my previous regional range.
What's going on? Is it some kind of issue or there will be no regional prices on gog?
I would recommend clearing cache and cookies, checking if the issue persists on a different browser and making sure you have the latest version of your preferred one.
If that doesn't help, contacting Support should :)

As for gift prices, they are equivalent to the games' region-free price. Thanks to that gift codes can be redeemed globally with no regional restrictions.
Post edited November 15, 2018 by chandra
Posted November 15, 2018
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chandra: I would recommend clearing cache and cookies, checking if the issue persists on a different browser and making sure you have the latest version of your preferred one.
If that doesn't help, contacting Support should :)
We (those who are experiencing this issue) found a simpler solution a long time ago.

Add something in your cart and try to checkout. Regional prices should return. Always works for me.
Posted November 15, 2018
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kohlrak: More expensive than simply giving the money. Why buy the game at, say, twice the price for a fellow person in your own country?
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PaterAlf: Because giving away money isn't the same as giving someone a gift. You know it often is about the surprise and the gesture of gifting and not about money.

But besides that your argument doesn't work for the EU and in many cases also not for australia. They normally pay the same or even more than people from the US. So gifting a game to fellows in your own country wouldn't cost them more than giving the same person the money.
I'm just saying, if there's a discount in your own country, you'd be hesitant to spend the extra money, especially if it's expensive. 2 or 3 bucks, maybe, but, hey, look at the topic. Maybe instead of getting X, which my friend really wants, i'll get Y, 'cause my friend can buy X at a cheaper price, but Y isn't regionally priced. I don't know the regional prices, so i'll come up with a figurative example. Let's say that in Poland, The Witcher 3 is 30% cheaper than everywhere else, 'cause there's no export tax or something, but like 10% more expensive in the US 'cause the ESRB suddenly started charging that kind of tax on the sale of video games that they rate. Now, do you think a pole, who would normally buy it for himself for 132.86PLN, will pay an extra 56.93PLN (for a total of 189.74PLN, if we go by steam's price for the GOTY since i already have it from GOG), just so they can be like "yo, dude, have this game!" Or are they more likely to buy Rimworld for the same price they would buy TW3 for themselves and give them that code (assuming this friend likes both genres)? No one wants to throw 56.93PLN (15USD, 1000RUB, or 13EUR) away just to please regional pricing that normally wouldn't have to be paid.
Posted November 15, 2018
I've had European prices on and off. It's all been weird.
Posted November 16, 2018
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djoxyk: I wonder if anyone had same issue. I haven't visited gog for a week or so, now I'm terrified with prices, it's all in base US range as opposed to my previous regional range.
What's going on? Is it some kind of issue or there will be no regional prices on gog?
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chandra: I would recommend clearing cache and cookies, checking if the issue persists on a different browser and making sure you have the latest version of your preferred one.
If that doesn't help, contacting Support should :)

As for gift prices, they are equivalent to the games' region-free price. Thanks to that gift codes can be redeemed globally with no regional restrictions.
thank you, that worked!
I logged in today after clearing cache and my regional prices are back to normal. I had no idea about gifts tho (never used this system to gift anything).

thank you everyone for suggestions and for general feedback!
Posted November 17, 2018
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chandra: I would recommend clearing cache and cookies, checking if the issue persists on a different browser and making sure you have the latest version of your preferred one.
If that doesn't help, contacting Support should :)

As for gift prices, they are equivalent to the games' region-free price. Thanks to that gift codes can be redeemed globally with no regional restrictions.
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djoxyk: thank you, that worked!
I logged in today after clearing cache and my regional prices are back to normal. I had no idea about gifts tho (never used this system to gift anything).

thank you everyone for suggestions and for general feedback!
I'm glad to hear everything is ok now :)
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