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Is there any other service providing something similar to steam gift card

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Old 04-08-2011
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Is there any other service providing something similar to steam gift card

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The query is in the title. My birthday is forthcoming, and there is a small number of games on steam with the intention of interest me. On the other hand, I do not desire to acquire CD or DVD versions or descriptions of these games, and I feel it might be crass to just presently ask my friends and relatives for cash. On the other hand, if Steam gift-cards existed, I might have comprised something to facilitate I could ask for with the purpose of would not be totally without emotional value. So be able to a person purchase you a gift off the website based store, and not encompass to download the steam app just to gift a game?

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Re: Is there any other service providing something similar to steam gift card

There is no method to gift steam money. For illustration if I did not be familiar with what somebody desired or wanted to let them prefer which games your are desire to purchase. There might be no such like method to gift $20 dollars or something. Being capable to gift a number of kinds of Steam money or credit might be great. As a group admin, I might much to a certain extent reward members through credit than worrying regarding which games users would approximating to play that they do not previously have.
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Re: Is there any other service providing something similar to steam gift card

I hate to smash this to you, other than there's no additional emotional value in a gift card than there is in plain, customary money. I suggest you position the entire the games you desire in your wishlist, then tell whomever you desire to give you the present to give the impression of being at your wishlist, desire a game commencing from there and purchase it as a gift, selecting to send the gift to your e-mail. With the intention of way they determine to be capable to purchase the game without having to download the Steam client. They will tranquil have to create a username and password, though.
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Re: Is there any other service providing something similar to steam gift card

There be supposed to be gift cards. I desire my friend to purchase me a game for regarding $40. Other than it's on sale for $17.95. With a gift card I would have encompassed $22.05 in the bank to wait for an additional sale. At present it's just presently awkward several way most of them proceed. A rare misstep by Valve not to observe the significance in this. I would much to a certain extent my non-gamer friend acquire me a Steam gift card for my birthday than hand me a wad of cash or transfer money to my bank account. As an alternative, I have no idea what to ask for at present.
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Re: Is there any other service providing something similar to steam gift card

I too was giving the impression of being to observe if Steam has gift cards so my friend be able to give me one for my birthday. I am in opinion sooner or later they determine to acquire it. I just presently sure anticipate sooner than later. I might like this one in addition, not the gift card other than a gift credit. Give the impression of being to acquire somebody BF3 for a gift, other than in view of the fact that it is not out at present it would be superior if I might give them a gift of credit at present to be able to acquire it when it does come out.
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Re: Is there any other service providing something similar to steam gift card

The Gift cards have extremely dissimilar accounting rules than your characteristic transactions. Plus having to predicament through cards in each country, in dissimilar currencies with different gift card laws might be attractive arduous. Gifting games on Steam is immediately as simple as purchasing it on a standard website. You have comprised to generate an account ANYTIME you purchase stuff online, so the conception of a Steam account is not a number of kind of huge requirement to purchases a gift. The majority users might not even bat an eye to it.
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