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MafiaDanger Jul 22, 2020 @ 5:03am
how did some people have steam gift in their inventory ?
i just like to know how to get it
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Originally posted by Ogami:
Originally posted by Meatloaf:
Originally posted by Kargor:
Until a while back, gifts were actual inventory items. That got changed at some point; when you buy a gift you now have to send it to the recipient right away; you don't get an inventory item anymore.
so they discontinue that feature ?

Yes because as always, users abused the feature by mass buying gifts during sales and then selling them later for profit.
Which was against the Steam TOS of course but a ton of people did it.
So they changed the system to gifts being send at once at checkout and no storing anymore.

Only exceptions are multipacks of games ( 2/4) where one copy gets activated on the buying account and the rest put into inventory to gift later.
Also some developers may give you a free gift copy of a game when buying another one, those also land in your inventory.
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Kargor Jul 22, 2020 @ 5:07am 
Until a while back, gifts were actual inventory items. That got changed at some point; when you buy a gift you now have to send it to the recipient right away; you don't get an inventory item anymore.
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Fuerst Fux Jul 22, 2020 @ 5:09am 
Gift copies that came with the game, left over copies from 4-packs... At least that's where mine are from.
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MafiaDanger Jul 22, 2020 @ 5:15am 
Originally posted by Kargor:
Until a while back, gifts were actual inventory items. That got changed at some point; when you buy a gift you now have to send it to the recipient right away; you don't get an inventory item anymore.
so they discontinue that feature ?
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Fuerst Fux Jul 22, 2020 @ 5:19am 
Originally posted by Meatloaf:
Originally posted by Kargor:
Until a while back, gifts were actual inventory items. That got changed at some point; when you buy a gift you now have to send it to the recipient right away; you don't get an inventory item anymore.
so they discontinue that feature ?
Yes.

https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/1301948399254001159
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Ogami Jul 22, 2020 @ 5:19am 
Originally posted by Meatloaf:
Originally posted by Kargor:
Until a while back, gifts were actual inventory items. That got changed at some point; when you buy a gift you now have to send it to the recipient right away; you don't get an inventory item anymore.
so they discontinue that feature ?

Yes because as always, users abused the feature by mass buying gifts during sales and then selling them later for profit.
Which was against the Steam TOS of course but a ton of people did it.
So they changed the system to gifts being send at once at checkout and no storing anymore.

Only exceptions are multipacks of games ( 2/4) where one copy gets activated on the buying account and the rest put into inventory to gift later.
Also some developers may give you a free gift copy of a game when buying another one, those also land in your inventory.
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ShelLuser Jul 22, 2020 @ 5:36am 
This method still exists though. I've had the game 'flower' as a gift item for quite some time this year, got it when buying Journey.
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Ogami Jul 22, 2020 @ 5:42am 
Originally posted by ShelLuser:
This method still exists though. I've had the game 'flower' as a gift item for quite some time this year, got it when buying Journey.

Yup. same. Like i wrote above, sometimes a dev gives you a free gift copy of another games of theirs when buying one of them.
Also got a free Witcher gift for buying Witcher 3 GOTY a few years ago.
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