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#2909462 - 11/28/09 06:01 AM Will OFF ever be available for digital download?
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#2909734 - 11/28/09 03:48 PM Re: Will OFF ever be available for digital download? [Re: Ziprick]
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The expansion will via download as the data required will be a lot smaller (around 400MB approx currently) than BH&H (4GB).

the BH&H DVD *may* be at some point.
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#2910358 - 11/30/09 02:07 AM Re: Will OFF ever be available for digital download? [Re: Polovski]
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OK, thanks. I will buy it when the full game is avaailble via download. It is just too inconvenient to do it via snail mail and the shipping cost is just not a good deal, sorry. I buy most games via download now and rarely use retail stores and snail mail is just not going to happen with me.
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#2910401 - 11/30/09 04:06 AM Re: Will OFF ever be available for digital download? [Re: Ziprick]
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I'm not sure if I'm remembering this correctly, but I think that I read that BH&H is 15 gig of data or thereabouts - perhaps Pol can confirm.

That's a lot of bandwidth to download from my standpoint, at least.

If I were you, I'd just order the snail mail version, and then forget all about it until it pops up in the post. I'm in the UK, and I recall it took about 5 days to make its way over the Atlantic.

It was worth the wait.

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#2910450 - 11/30/09 06:00 AM Re: Will OFF ever be available for digital download? [Re: SimonC]
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Originally Posted By: SimonC
I'm not sure if I'm remembering this correctly, but I think that I read that BH&H is 15 gig of data or thereabouts - perhaps Pol can confirm.

Compressed it's "only" 4.5 GB.

Originally Posted By: SimonC

If I were you, I'd just order the snail mail version, and then forget all about it until it pops up in the post. I'm in the UK, and I recall it took about 5 days to make its way over the Atlantic.

It was worth the wait.

True.

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#2910458 - 11/30/09 06:17 AM Re: Will OFF ever be available for digital download? [Re: VonPaulus]
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I've downloaded games from Steam etc. that are just as big. It's not the time it takes to arrive i care so much about, it's the added hassle, cost etc. that stops me. If they will send it to me marked as a gift then I will go for it because then I can avoid possible brokerage fees and taxes so will gain back the loss on shipping costs. Friend ordered a game from the U.S. to Canada and he had to pay over $30.00 brokerage fee and taxes which made his cost for the game almost double than it should have been.
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#2910516 - 11/30/09 08:18 AM Re: Will OFF ever be available for digital download? [Re: Ziprick]
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If they will send it to me marked as a gift then I will go for it because then I can avoid possible brokerage fees and taxes so will gain back the loss on shipping costs. Friend ordered a game from the U.S. to Canada and he had to pay over $30.00 brokerage fee and taxes which made his cost for the game almost double than it should have been.

Yes I see your point. In my case I didn't have to pay any tax and I don't remember anyone complaining about that with OFF. But to be honest that might happen. I've been lucky so far. I buy a lot of things online (mostly less than 50€ each) , so far never had payed taxes, but it can happen.

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#2910778 - 11/30/09 04:04 PM Re: Will OFF ever be available for digital download? [Re: VonPaulus]
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Hey Zip, I had it sent up to BC, I didn't nor did anyone else in Canada I know of, got dinged extra charges/taxes etc.

Your odds I would say are pretty good that you won't get dinged either.

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#2910798 - 11/30/09 04:36 PM Re: Will OFF ever be available for digital download? [Re: Ziprick]
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Originally Posted By: Ziprick
OK, thanks. I will buy it when the full game is avaailble via download. It is just too inconvenient to do it via snail mail and the shipping cost is just not a good deal, sorry. I buy most games via download now and rarely use retail stores and snail mail is just not going to happen with me.


C'mon Ziprick live dangerously man ! Life is way too short to dither. As it stands now it's under-priced at 30 bucks. Even if you were to get slugged extra costs you'd still be getting a bargain wink

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#2910924 - 11/30/09 09:07 PM Re: Will OFF ever be available for digital download? [Re: catch]
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I see they have send as gift option. Can I send it as a gift to myself and it will be marked as gift on the customs sticker? I just bought Fokker DR.I for RoF @7.62 USD so have to watch my finances now. I will have to eat Mac and Cheese for a week to compensate. wink
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