Summer sale gone??

[cudagtx]

Hi all, I was about to buy a few games today (11th) but the Summer sale is gone Wasn't it meant to last until 11th July (included)?

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引用自 TheCaster：

引用自 cudagtx：

Hi all, I was about to buy a few games today (11th) but the Summer sale is gone Wasn't it meant to last until 11th July (included)?

I just went through a thread from 2022 because this exact thing happened to me. I was about to make a new post until I saw yours.

It's wild how people have become so conditioned that they defend these predatory practices. I was going through the sales and had Civilization 6 and Dragon Age Inquisitions added to my cart. I had been browsing for maybe 20 minutes just to make sure I didn't see anything else I liked. I go to my cart at 12:09 P.M. central, and they are now asking for $99 for what was going to cost me $7. NO THANKS. Steam can !@#$ all the way off with that !@#$.

Steam just lost all future sales from me. I have never heard of a sale lasting half a day (except for food products because places only serve breakfast or lunch at certain hours). This is just another attempt at a tech giant trying to lower the bar so that they can get over on their consumers. I wonder how many people added items to their cart and went to check out but were charged a different price because they didn't notice? Absolutely predatory. They know !@#$ well that a sale should last until 12:00 AM, not 12:00 PM (midway through the day). That's just insanity. They completely lost my respect for that.

I typically pay attention to the banner that is on the store page for some time which shows the duration of the sale. Doesn't exactly seem predatory that someone didn't pay attention to that. Unfortunately Valve will be out the dozens of dollars that would've otherwise been spent.

[C²C^Guyver |NZB|]

引用自 TheCaster：

引用自 Crazy Tiger：

Ah, the standard "you have to agree with me otherwise I'll just make up insults to discredit you" resort people go to when they don't like people not agreeing with them.

Quite telling. Most people in this thread certainly aren't "young", some even have older kids.

Saying someone wouldn't understand where I am coming from means I am saying they have to agree with me? Talk about lack of comprehension skills. That was actually me saying "agree to disagree." The amount of trolls on steam is pathetic. I've made my point clear several times. Time zones are hardly relevant when we have the technology to be able to tell if someone has automatic time zones set on their computer and the ability to roll out updates in waves. How do you think security patches are rolled out for major companies? Do you think they do it while everyone is working? The ignorance is astounding.

The ignorance is yours in thinking time zones don't matter. They do and now you know this.

[Ben Lubar]

引用自 C²C^Guyver |NZB|：

引用自 TheCaster：

Saying someone wouldn't understand where I am coming from means I am saying they have to agree with me? Talk about lack of comprehension skills. That was actually me saying "agree to disagree." The amount of trolls on steam is pathetic. I've made my point clear several times. Time zones are hardly relevant when we have the technology to be able to tell if someone has automatic time zones set on their computer and the ability to roll out updates in waves. How do you think security patches are rolled out for major companies? Do you think they do it while everyone is working? The ignorance is astounding.

The ignorance is yours in thinking time zones don't matter. They do and know you now this.

Now I'm imagining the horror that would be trying to release a game update on Steam in local time.

[C²C^Guyver |NZB|]

引用自 Ben Lubar：

引用自 C²C^Guyver |NZB|：

The ignorance is yours in thinking time zones don't matter. They do and know you now this.

Now I'm imagining the horror that would be trying to release a game update on Steam in local time.

Other devs can do their own thing. For sales, Valve only cares about PST, since they're based in Washington State.

[wesnef]

引用自 TheCaster：

It's wild how people have become so conditioned that they defend these predatory practices.

I'm just amazed that you consider a sale having a set & openly-advertised ending time, as a "predatory practice".

Steam just lost all future sales from me.

Oh, no! Anyway. . .

[Ben Lubar]

引用自 C²C^Guyver |NZB|：

引用自 Ben Lubar：

Now I'm imagining the horror that would be trying to release a game update on Steam in local time.

Other devs can do their own thing. For sales, Valve only cares about PST, since they're based in Washington State.

No, I mean, how would you coordinate putting an update out for a game at 24 different times in one day depending on the player's location? That's terrifying from the point of view of whoever has to do it.

And that's not even considering fractional time zones or the time zones that overlap but are on different dates.

[Start_Running]

引用自 Aluvard：

引用自 TURP：

We reap no consequences as we simply don't reward bad behavior by choosing to not give Steam what it wants/needs - our money. They need us, we don't need them. Besides, we can find similar deals 24/7/365 on discount game sites.

And? Poster is complaining about sales ending here not somewhere else. So missing Summer Sale due to his own mistake, is a consequence that he needs to reap here and now.

It's not bad behavior if company keeps set end date; bad behaviour would be extending it as a last minute offer/extra 2 hours, don't miss it etc.

I'm still tgrying tio figure why people still wait for the LAST day to buy stuff.

[Volfogg]

引用自 Start_Running：

引用自 Aluvard：

And? Poster is complaining about sales ending here not somewhere else. So missing Summer Sale due to his own mistake, is a consequence that he needs to reap here and now.

It's not bad behavior if company keeps set end date; bad behaviour would be extending it as a last minute offer/extra 2 hours, don't miss it etc.

I'm still tgrying tio figure why people still wait for the LAST day to buy stuff.

Hesitation, doubt, taking time to scrape some savings, skewed priorities, busy schedule... Whatever works.

[C²C^Guyver |NZB|]

The kicker? The SAME prices (probably lower) will be present during the Autumn and Winter sales.

Remember, 10 AM PST

[Start_Running]

引用自 Volfogg：

引用自 Start_Running：

I'm still tgrying tio figure why people still wait for the LAST day to buy stuff.

Hesitation, doubt, taking time to scrape some savings, skewed priorities, busy schedule... Whatever works.

The sale lasts 2 weeks.

[TheCaster]

引用自 C²C^Guyver |NZB|：

The kicker? The SAME prices (probably lower) will be present during the Autumn and Winter sales.

Remember, 10 AM PST

The kicker? I won't be participating. If they can't give someone a reasonable amount of time to complete their purchase when I had clearly added the items to my cart already, they don't deserve my business. Any rational person would agree with me. I honestly don't care if you do or don't agree with me, though. I would appreciate you at least respecting my stance and agreeing to disagree rather than continuing to try and antagonize me. It's rather childish, tbh.

[Volfogg]

引用自 Start_Running：

引用自 Volfogg：

Hesitation, doubt, taking time to scrape some savings, skewed priorities, busy schedule... Whatever works.

The sale lasts 2 weeks.

"Only" two weeks or "As much as" two weeks? It's up to debate, I guess.

[C²C^Guyver |NZB|]

引用自 TheCaster：

I missed the sale because I got on Steam 20 minutes before it ended.

That's on someone else besides you, because why?

Seriously, I want you to explain this logic to us.

I mean, it must've not been that important, so WHY are you mad?

[C²C^Guyver |NZB|]

引用自 TheCaster：

引用自 C²C^Guyver |NZB|：

The kicker? The SAME prices (probably lower) will be present during the Autumn and Winter sales.

Remember, 10 AM PST

The kicker? I won't be participating. If they can't give someone a reasonable amount of time to complete their purchase when I had clearly added the items to my cart already, they don't deserve my business. Any rational person would agree with me. I honestly don't care if you do or don't agree with me, though. I would appreciate you at least respecting my stance and agreeing to disagree rather than continuing to try and antagonize me. It's rather childish, tbh.

I'm sure Valve will sorely miss your 8 game account not buying games.

[Ben Lubar]

引用自 C²C^Guyver |NZB|：

引用自 TheCaster：

I missed the sale because I got on Steam 20 minutes before it ended.

That's on someone else besides you, because why?

Seriously, I want you to explain this logic to us.

I mean, it must've not been that important, so WHY are you mad?

20 minutes before the sale ended is also 20,140 minutes after the sale started, for comparison.