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Posted November 24, 2011
Do you see the title? That is the objective. If a European gamer or whoever else that gets "screwed" by Steam's pricing needs help, and you want to help, post here.
Posted November 24, 2011
Sounds great - we could pay in GOG games or through Paypal. I used to use a little exploit to pay in dollars but they closed it a few months ago and it got my credit card flagged because Valve seemed to have notified t he bank of misuse (boo) so I'm not trying that again.

I'll start off with Duke Nukem Forever: I'll pay $7 to anyone willing to gift it to me, using Paypal and $11 for Portal 2 so $18 for both. Anyone willing to help out?
Posted November 24, 2011
People tend to just contact me directly, but if anyone needs help getting stuff that's cheap from the UK store (more often than you might think), give me a shout.
Posted November 24, 2011
These games are cheaper in here ( EU tier 2 ) than the US :
http://www.steamprices.com/eu2/topsavings
Posted November 24, 2011
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Red_Avatar: Sounds great - we could pay in GOG games or through Paypal. I used to use a little exploit to pay in dollars but they closed it a few months ago and it got my credit card flagged because Valve seemed to have notified t he bank of misuse (boo) so I'm not trying that again.

I'll start off with Duke Nukem Forever: I'll pay $7 to anyone willing to gift it to me, using Paypal and $11 for Portal 2 so $18 for both. Anyone willing to help out?
DNF is $13.39, P2 is $14.99.
Posted November 24, 2011
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Red_Avatar: Sounds great - we could pay in GOG games or through Paypal. I used to use a little exploit to pay in dollars but they closed it a few months ago and it got my credit card flagged because Valve seemed to have notified t he bank of misuse (boo) so I'm not trying that again.

I'll start off with Duke Nukem Forever: I'll pay $7 to anyone willing to gift it to me, using Paypal and $11 for Portal 2 so $18 for both. Anyone willing to help out?
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Cleidophoros: DNF is $13.39, P2 is $14.99.
Eh? I just checked half an hour ago and it's $6.30 and $11.
Posted November 24, 2011
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Cleidophoros: DNF is $13.39, P2 is $14.99.
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Red_Avatar: Eh? I just checked half an hour ago and it's $6.30 and $11.
yesterday's deals ended 31 minutes ago.
Posted November 24, 2011
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Red_Avatar: Eh? I just checked half an hour ago and it's $6.30 and $11.
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Cleidophoros: yesterday's deals ended 31 minutes ago.
Oh right - freaky US time zones ... There's nothing in todays deals that I want then.
Posted November 24, 2011
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Cleidophoros: DNF is $13.39, P2 is $14.99.
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Red_Avatar: Eh? I just checked half an hour ago and it's $6.30 and $11.
Daily deals for those ended just over half an hour ago.

Edit: Ninja :)
Post edited November 24, 2011 by Aningan
Posted November 24, 2011
So hey, a very basic question: is it forbidden to buy games yourself after fiddling with the region (by vpn, address bar shananigans or whatnot)? Eg. New Vegas costs 4,99 Euros here, and 4,99$ in the US. Can I get banned or something if I try to, uh, get some pricing justice? Have there been cases of users being punished in any way for such things?
Posted November 24, 2011
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Pemptus: So hey, a very basic question: is it forbidden to buy games yourself after fiddling with the region (by vpn, address bar shananigans or whatnot)? Eg. New Vegas costs 4,99 Euros here, and 4,99$ in the US. Can I get banned or something if I try to, uh, get some pricing justice? Have there been cases of users being punished in any way for such things?
The simpliest way to check is game is region blocked is to check steam app ID. It's the last 5 numbers in URL. If in US and in PL these numbers are the same, it's safe to gift it between regions.

If region number is different, than you won't be able to accept the gift.

AFAIK Fallout: NV is not giftable between regions.
Post edited November 24, 2011 by keeveek
Posted November 24, 2011
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Pemptus: So hey, a very basic question: is it forbidden to buy games yourself after fiddling with the region (by vpn, address bar shananigans or whatnot)? Eg. New Vegas costs 4,99 Euros here, and 4,99$ in the US. Can I get banned or something if I try to, uh, get some pricing justice? Have there been cases of users being punished in any way for such things?
Yes, you will get banned.
Posted November 24, 2011
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keeveek: AFAIK Fallout: NV is not giftable between regions.
Anyone can confirm this? I ask because i'm willing to trade 5.99$ GOG game for New Vegas.
Posted November 24, 2011
I would also like a confirmation cause I was planing to ask for some help in getting the whole FNV package. Not only because of the price difference but also due to some DLCs not being available here.
Posted November 24, 2011
I believe you can accept gifts from any region.
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