Steam sales usually last till the first Monday of the month?

[Heatblizzard]

What happened with this? Even the summer sale it lasted till the first Monday in July whenever that was I think it was usually Monday at 10am was it.

The 2nd is not very budget friendly as many get paid on the 1st and 20th is usually the smaller paycheck. Some of us (A lot of us) only get paid on the 1st or 5th which is usually us. We get paid on the 3rd now.

[Emilio]

You'd have to ask Valve, I doubt anyone here could properly say why they chose those dates in particular.
You also have to remember that steam is worldwide and your payday doesn't necessarily align with the rest of the world, which is something Valve also has to think about.

[J4MESOX4D]

The summer sale ended on a Tuesday and the last winter sale ended on a Thursday. Steam Sales aren't built around when people get paid in certain countries - they last for two weeks and that's that. Major sales don't really end on a Monday either. As long as the sale is over the Christmas period, that's all that matters and if you didn't budget accordingly or are simply skint then that's your problem.

[reg1s7]

Originally posted by kjh86xr:

The 2nd is not very budget friendly as many get paid on the 1st and 20th is usually the smaller paycheck. Some of us (A lot of us) only get paid on the 1st or 5th which is usually us. We get paid on the 3rd now.

I seriously think most people get their full payment before Christmas.

[cinedine]

The three types of threads that happen every damn sale:
1) This sale sucks.
2) I just tried to buy something and the sale is already over.
3) I am bad it budgeting, plan your sales aroung my paychecks.

Originally posted by kjh86xr:

Some of us (A lot of us) only get paid on the 1st or 5th which is usually us. We get paid on the 3rd now.

People get paid all the year around. Beginning of month, end of month, middle of month, right after their shift, ...

[Crazy Tiger]

Originally posted by kjh86xr:

What happened with this? Even the summer sale it lasted till the first Monday in July whenever that was I think it was usually Monday at 10am was it.

The 2nd is not very budget friendly as many get paid on the 1st and 20th is usually the smaller paycheck. Some of us (A lot of us) only get paid on the 1st or 5th which is usually us. We get paid on the 3rd now.

You are projecting. Just because *you* get paid then, doesn't mean this counts for everybody. Every day is a payday somewhere.

The question is more, if you need to get your salary to buy the games in the sale, isn't that just a case of bad planning/bad priorities?

[reg1s7]

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:

The question is more, if you need to get your salary to buy the games in the sale, isn't that just a case of bad planning/bad priorities?

I honestly agree with this one.
Even if the sale date is not same as what you thought, you have two weeks to make adjustment.

Originally posted by cinedine:

The three types of threads that happen every damn sale:
1) This sale sucks.
2) I just tried to buy something and the sale is already over.
3) I am bad it budgeting, plan your sales aroung my paychecks.

4) People exceed refund limitation, then complain on it.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

The events last 2 weeks. That's it. 2 weeks.

[nullable]

Originally posted by kjh86xr:

What happened with this? Even the summer sale it lasted till the first Monday in July whenever that was I think it was usually Monday at 10am was it.

The sales last for as long as they're scheduled. The way the holidays fall this year probably has something to do with the end dates

Originally posted by kjh86xr:

The 2nd is not very budget friendly as many get paid on the 1st and 20th is usually the smaller paycheck. Some of us (A lot of us) only get paid on the 1st or 5th which is usually us. We get paid on the 3rd now.

You don't have a savings account? You didn't know the yearly Winter sale was coming? I'm not sure Steam can be expected to revolve around your lack of a budget. If your strategy was to blow your first paycheck of the year on the Steam sale, but are going to miss it, sounds like that was a bad strategy doesn't it?

[wuddih]

Name	Start	Startday	End	Endday	Duration
Holiday Sale 2008	12/26/08 10:00 AM	Friday	01/02/09 10:00 AM	Friday	7
Holiday Sale 2009	12/22/09 10:00 AM	Tuesday	01/03/10 10:00 AM	Sunday	12
Holiday Sale 2010	12/20/10 10:00 AM	Monday	01/02/11 10:00 AM	Sunday	13
Holiday Sale 2011	12/19/11 10:00 AM	Monday	01/01/12 10:00 AM	Sunday	13
Holiday Sale 2012	12/20/12 10:00 AM	Thursday	01/05/13 10:00 AM	Saturday	16
Holiday Sale 2013	12/19/13 10:00 AM	Thursday	01/03/14 10:00 AM	Friday	15
Holiday Sale 2014	12/18/14 10:00 AM	Thursday	01/02/15 10:00 AM	Friday	15
Winter Sale 2015	12/22/15 10:00 AM	Tuesday	01/04/16 10:00 AM	Monday	13
Winter Sale 2016	12/22/16 10:00 AM	Thursday	01/02/17 10:00 AM	Monday	11
Winter Sale 2017	12/21/17 10:00 AM	Thursday	01/04/18 10:00 AM	Thursday	14
Winter Sale 2018	12/20/18 10:00 AM	Thursday	01/03/19 10:00 AM	Thursday	14
Winter Sale 2019	12/19/19 10:00 AM	Thursday	01/02/20 10:00 AM	Thursday	14

usually = two times in the last 11 years.