sth to add after i re-read ur post: crysis, warhead, c&c3, ME1 doesn't work for me oso, same link. end up i contacted EA support and manage to activate them on origin. my steam's bulletstorm oso has been activated on origin with the help of EA customer support.

is there a 3% international transaction fee?
this transaction fee is what's stopping me from purchasing directly from origin and steam
but then again.. buying from retailers has its benefits as well

if it's paypal, then the fee is there
3 or 3.5%, can't remember the exact amount. I've been to some online trading seminar before, did some Q&A with paypal.

nope, that fee is on consumer end unless steam or whoever is kind enough to take the charges upon themselves
only the 3% charges for credit card is charged to seller <- and by right, it cannot be charged to consumer, but ppl still do it due to their low profit margin

not sure about that. the one from the news bought DDE. i also bought DDE, but not download yet, dun have streamyx/unifi