Steam Question

Tummy · 17 Nov 2011 at 00:57

KIA said:
Risk percentage is incredibly low.

There is still a risk, higher risk then using a credit card.

Don't save your credit card information if you're a bit worried, other then that no problem.

orderoftheflame · 17 Nov 2011 at 07:29

Tummy said:
There is still a risk, higher risk then using a credit card.

Don't save your credit card information if you're a bit worried, other then that no problem.

Credit card and address information is still stored by Steam every time you make a purchase, the "save my information" check box is regarding saving it locally on your own machine for security.

Steam save card and address information linked to a purchase for auditing and in case the require it in future. If you've ever asked for a refund, they already know which card to put it back onto because they've got the information.

Regardless.. It's salted and hashed when it's stored, I've no qualms about using a credit card with Steam.

KIA · 17 Nov 2011 at 13:43

Tummy said:
There is still a risk, higher risk then using a credit card.

Absolutely not. I'm still waiting for you to expose the "risks". Steam doesn't have an answer to PayPal's two factor payment authentication at this time.

badcompany · 17 Nov 2011 at 13:47

I have one steam acount and it has lots of games can i play one game on pc whilst son is playing another steam game (different game) on his laptop?or will steam have a fit as both need to be logged in?

iviv · 17 Nov 2011 at 16:24

KIA said:
Absolutely not. I'm still waiting for you to expose the "risks". Steam doesn't have an answer to PayPal's two factor payment authentication at this time.

The history of Paypal reversing people's payments for steam games for no apparent reason, leading steam to lock your account as they think you are stealing from them?

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=steam+paypal+chargeback

Jsut look at all the hits. I wouldn't want my account disabled because my payment gets canceled for no apparently reason.

Pestilence · 17 Nov 2011 at 16:33

badcompany said:
I have one steam acount and it has lots of games can i play one game on pc whilst son is playing another steam game (different game) on his laptop?or will steam have a fit as both need to be logged in?

It can only be logged in on one PC at a time.

I know there's offline mode, but I've never used it so not sure about wrangling it that way.

Tummy · 17 Nov 2011 at 16:37

KIA said:
Absolutely not. I'm still waiting for you to expose the "risks". Steam doesn't have an answer to PayPal's two factor payment authentication at this time.

See post a couple above.

It's not worth the risk.

Tummy · 17 Nov 2011 at 16:38

orderoftheflame said:
Credit card and address information is still stored by Steam every time you make a purchase, the "save my information" check box is regarding saving it locally on your own machine for security.

Steam save card and address information linked to a purchase for auditing and in case the require it in future. If you've ever asked for a refund, they already know which card to put it back onto because they've got the information.

Regardless.. It's salted and hashed when it's stored, I've no qualms about using a credit card with Steam.

I'm aware of that

If you click "don't save" it means you just have to re enter your card details each time you want to buy something

KIA · 17 Nov 2011 at 17:38

orderoftheflame said:
Credit card and address information is still stored by Steam every time you make a purchase, the "save my information" check box is regarding saving it locally on your own machine for security.

Address & CC information isn't saved locally, it is saved in the "cloud". No different to Amazon or Play. Install Steam on a different computer and go to the checkout page. All the relevant fields will be filled in.

iviv said:
The history of Paypal reversing people's payments for steam games for no apparent reason, leading steam to lock your account as they think you are stealing from them?

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=steam+paypal+chargeback

Jsut look at all the hits. I wouldn't want my account disabled because my payment gets canceled for no apparently reason.

If you read the threads you will find most of the time a payment is reversed because Paypal think it is fraudulent. A PayPal payment reversal is fairly similar to a CC chargeback. I'm sure Steam would take the same action regardless of payment method. I don't believe there's a perfect payment system.