I live in the UK, so that means I use British Pounds (£) instead of American Dollars ($) so why are all the game prices in dollars? Pounds are higher value as well so when I'm paying five american dollars, it better not be 5 pounds! That means I'm spending more money for the same game as an american.

Gog isn't even American as well which makes this even more annoying.

This is not Steam where 1 Euro = 1 $. You pay the equivalent in your currency.

So if something is $5 here then you're paying the same amount ($5) only in pounds.

O_o

http://www.gog.com/en/support/website_help/shopping_experience

6. What are your prices in different countries?Our prices are always the same, worldwide. It doesn't matter whether you live in the sunny Bahamas (lucky you!) or some place where polar bears roam the streets, it's always in USD either $5.99 or $9.99 per game. Our company is based in Europe and VAT/tax is included in the games' prices. This means that GOG.com will always charge you $5.99 or $9.99 per game. However please be advised that we are based in Europe and have no control over your bank's additional international/card transaction fees (where applicable). Most banks don't charge their customers extra, but if you use funds already present on you PayPal account to buy games on GOG.com, you will be able to avoid any such additional costs.

EDIT: tellytubby'd.

A $5.99 game on gog is charged at ~£3.75 at current exchange rates (bank charges may apply as I found out due to RBS adding a £1.25 exchange fee to the price when using my debit card).

PayPal usually adds something like £0.12 to the price, for an exchange fee. PayPal is better for me, than the bank debit card. Your bank (if different) may charge less. Check before use!

No, not annoying, brilliant. One world, one price, one currency. Easy, fair, hassle-free.

I bought fallout 1 which costs 2.99 $ with euros by paypal. It costed 2.16 €. So it's not bad.
Witcher 2 is a bit expensive.. Well, not really. I just checked from steam and they say it costs 49.99 €.. I paid about 45 € when I bought it from here and I got 2 freebie games with that.

The prices are in dollars because the prices are in dollars. GOG doesn't believe in regional pricing. =D

The places that do regional pricing are the ones you have to watch out for... they often work out their prices by either converting them and then rounding them up, e.g. $5.99 = £3.75 which they then round up to £3.99.

GOG doesn't do this. Believe me, pricing everything in dollars is better. That way we know we're all getting the same price.

I wish the disclosure for that was better. It makes a difference to me depending upon which CC I use. One of mine has no fees for international transactions and the other tacks on something like 11 cents per game.

Shouldn't you consider transfering your accounts to another bank. a 1.25 £ bank fee for international transactions is nothing less than theft. I understand banks ( some more than other ) are in bad papers and tend to confuse "customer servicing" and "miliking the cow", or even "bonus" and "taxpayer money", but in some cases this warrants a form of reciprocal action.

One bank I was dealing with charged me fees because they could not execute an automatic bank draft from my current account to my saving account. The reason was, the (regular) payment I expected was credited at 10 AM instead of 9 AM. 7 € plus tax whereas there was no obvious prejudice for anyone ... Well, now they won't have to care for that anymore as I have no savings account with them anymore.

11cents?!? Sweet. I get charged 18 cents myself so to me that sounds even better. Of course we still have no reason to complain MUCH after seeing Lone3Wolf's charges....almost 2 pounds? Ouch.

I got an additional ~ 0.06-0.08 € charged on a $14.95 order (depending on which currency exchange rate was applied ;)), so I'd say that I'm around and a bit below the $0.11 level (again depending on the conversion rate).

You can use XE.com to get a good idea of how much you will be charged. Just be aware that some UK banks may charge an overseas transaction fee or use a slightly worse exchange rate to the one shown on XE.com.

Be thankful they charge you in $ instead of british pounds.

This reminds me of "Ein volk, ein reich, ein führer".

o.0

Pack your bags, family. The shit's about to hit the fan... again.