€ Steam Users - Why pay more :o)

Talrinys said:
Hey Gimpy

Sent you cash for Bad Company 2 yesterday. Thanks a lot for doing this, in the end this is a lot of money saved by you dedicating your time to this!

Thanks again
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Hi Dude,

I sent you the game yesterday but you have not claimed it has yet.

I sent it to your Steam email address as mentioned in your email.

You are now in my friends list. I have resent the gift to you.
 
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Deadbeat said:
It may have already been answered in this thread, but I can't see where the difference between 'gift' and 'goods' lies in regards to a paypal payment. Now, Gimpymoo is a somewhat respected long-time forum member, so I wouldn't question his motives right off the bat, but is the difference in price really worth teh extra risk? As far as I unerstand it , it's next to impossible to reclaim a gift fund on paypal. Not that the distinction is that great in this case - "I paid gimpymoo so he could gift me a game on Steam, in order to bypass regional pricing regulations" doesn't smack of a winning argument to me. Regardless, is the % cost difference that great between payments for gifts and goods?
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Only a few £/€ here and there but it all adds up, why pay more if you dont have to?

Also, even if you paid via a none gift method and I did a runner, you would still not get a refund as the Paypal refund gurantee does not apply to none digital goods or services :)
 
For what it's worth, I'm up for helping anyone out that needs it if Gimpymoo doesn't mind me helping.

I think regional pricing is disgusting, I find some of steam's UK prices to be ridiculous at times, I feel sorry for people buying in Euros.
 
Very generous of you guys, this has been getting a lot of publicity here in Australia too. Australians used to be able to purchase from the US store but cannot anymore (well without doing a bit to get around it) & are charged more in $USD.
People in Australia started using the UK & US stores for purchases but Steam put things like IP region locks in place when purchases are made, can't comment on this myself as I have never used Steam before, it's just what I read on various Australian forums.
I definitely want to purchase the Valve, ID & Unreal packs from the UK store as they are pretty good value for money.
Thanks
 
Sorry, im at work at the moment. How much is Shattered Horizon if I pay this way? I was going to buy it a while ago but forgot to

Cheers
 
Gimpymoo said:
Hi Dude,

I sent you the game yesterday but you have not claimed it has yet.

I sent it to your Steam email address as mentioned in your email.

You are now in my friends list. I have resent the gift to you.
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Thanks a lot, it's actually a birthday present for my mate so i'll get him online ASAP to claim it :D Once again thanks for providing this service :D
 
Isn't it illegal to prevent EU people using the UK store, and UK people using the EU store? I'm sure Apple have recently been in trouble with EU over that for iTunes
 
Guest2 said:
Sorry, im at work at the moment. How much is Shattered Horizon if I pay this way? I was going to buy it a while ago but forgot to

Cheers
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I have a spare copy of Shattered Horizon left over from a 4 pack if your interested.

Is a great game. DIfferent, granted but awesome none the less and VERY competitive and skillfull, hence why I suck at it.
 
Gimpymoo said:
I have a spare copy of Shattered Horizon left over from a 4 pack if your interested.

Is a great game. DIfferent, granted but awesome none the less and VERY competitive and skillfull, hence why I suck at it.
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Thanks. How much do you want for it? Will probably take it, even if it does run a bit crap on my 8800GT
 
jas72 said:
Yes Tefal it must cost 15€ per game more to have translations? ;) I only buy English edition games so why do they cost more here in Belgium? Sorry that arguement doesn't fly at all.
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translations and a whole legal department to redo all the publishing and legal stuff to get permission to sell it in your country.
 
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