Hmm, are you sure. There is direct debit in UK too (http://www.directdebit.co.uk/Pages/Home.aspx) and with the SEPA procedure giving the bank account details and having a direct debit draw is probably possible in quite a big area.

GOG maybe could have additional payment options in some areas according to the technical availability offer more or less payment options.

Here you need to have a good credit standing with companies like VISA or Mastercard to pay anything online. The other option is to pay first via bank transaction and then get the goods.
I have direct debit for regular payments like BT or electricity bills. I cannot remember seeing this option online for onetime payments.

p.s. IIRC, PayPal does have an option for direct debit in Germany, so users could use this company's service to pay at GOG?

Maybe he meant Visa gift cards that have some restrictions concerning foreign transaction. Or he just have some problems with debit card issued by his bank ? Dunno.

Hmm..DD? You would save this 1.5% - but savings on GOG side could be more ...virtual - as GOG's knowledge of your bank account and other info necessary for DD - would inevitably raise costs of storing such info in a safe way. I’m completely happy with my VISA/Mastercard.

this. direct debit + i meant to be asking for folks that don't have visa/master cards.

one of the things that my bank does that i appreciate is that they have an "electronic funds transfer" mechanism. i set up a beneficiary, then just pay the beneficiary. that's something i'd like to see here, too.

Yes, that is true but additionally life could even be easier then because I would not have to insert the information every time I buy. It's like the amazon way: one click buy. It's probably not the preferred method for everyone.

Sorry, I have no gamersgate account and just checked. They say in the FAQ, the checkout options will depend on the region and this is listed for me 0.o

VISA and co-branded cards

MasterCard and co-branded cards

PayPal

JCB

Maestro

SOFORT Banking

Blue Coins

Paysafecard
Due to additional transaction fees, 5.0% will be added when paying with Paysafecard.

Ukash Voucher View currency exchange rates for Ukash

Skrill digital wallet

I only know a fifth of them :P
So yeah, the more variety the more options to make money...

My questions are:

01. Is there a way for multilangual releases? Most of the games on gog were released in german but there are just a few of them with that option in your catalogue. Is it more expensive or simply a legal problem?

02. Any more Infocom-games? The later ones like Sherlock or Shogun.

03. Good old Games could be anything - will there be any emulated older games for C64, Amstrad or anything like that?

04. Does the wishlist affect your decisions for releases?

My questions:

1) There are many games with multiplayer capabilities. Are you considering to support such games by GOG operated online servers? This can be something with or without a monthly fee. You can start with a few games and increase the options in time.

2) Any possibilities of releasing AMIGA or C64 games in the future, bundled with their licensed roms?

Nice, subscribed.

Am I missing something, Looking at your posts in this thread I can't work out why you've been down rated. What's the political correctness angle I'm some how missing? Maybe I'm too tired, I just don't see it.

There are serial downreppers scatterred throughout the forums who have got it in for people in general :/

For some reason this person has decided to be a jerk to me after I maturely addressed an issue I had with him in a PM. I never called him a racist, or even implied it. I told him how I viewed what he said, and HE probably felt like a racist after realizing the ignorance of what he said. Why he wishes to take it on in a public forum is baffling, but I imagine it is due to extreme immaturity and lack of guidance from any parental source. Here's our entire conversation so people may see the truth rather than just hate-filled propaganda being spewed by this fool. And he wonders why I don't frequent the forums, because it is ruined by idiots like him.

ME: Stupidity and inanity get low-rated in my world. Just because they're Poland-based doesn't give license to make sausage jokes - it's pretty ignorant and no more funny than asking people who live/work in Japan about sushi in a mocking manner.

HIM: You don't spend much time in the forum, do you? Sausages are an on going joke thrown around by several of us and has nothing to do with race or nationality. I'll grant you it was a stupid posts and I'll take my lump for that but I do not take kindly to be called or even insinuated as a racist.

ME: Nope, not much time on the forums, obviously. I don't mean to insinuate anything. If you don't want to appear ignorant and racist perhaps consider what you are saying and who you are saying it to. I mean, why/how would you ask such ridiculous sausage questions directed at Polish people and not be commenting on their heritage/diets? And if you weren't intending that, that is why I used the term ignorant, not racist. I'm not trying to argue at all or call you racist, seriously, I don't know you. But you can see how such a thing could be taken, yes? Which is why I made the sushi comparison, to show how it could appear to others. You wouldn't make joking questions about fried chicken and watermelon to black people, would you?

I wasn't the only one to low-rate you either, and taking pot-shots in the forums is simply immature. I addressed my issue with you in a PM, not in an open forum. Would you like me to address it in an open forum? I certainly don't "hang out wanting to be offended." Grow up. Do something productive with your time.

HIM: I think it's best if the two of us just avoid each other. The forum is big enough for both of us.

And now he has me blocked so I can no longer address my issues with him privately...so here it is, in the open forum, completely inappropriate and unnecessary. What the hell is wrong with people?
It's easy to miss when he edits and deletes the things he's been down-rated for.
I've only down-rated posts 2 or 3 times ever in my entire time coming here. I don't do it arbitrarily, and it is never directed at someone personally, but at what they say. TinyE said some stupid shit, I down-rated it, and his ego is now hurting and feels the need to lash out and be even stupider. *shrug* some people just suck.

What about Diner's Club? :P

Are they even still around? the last time i heard of them was when customers i dealt with wanted to sign up with AOL (part of my shady past.......lol) :P