Steam Wallet Card

[Luigi_Giannella]

Is there any way I can get a custom amount in stores like just 40$, if not I'll just buy the card for 50 dollars.

[Acey]

Find something that cost 40$
Otherwise just go with the 50$ or the other options

[Luigi_Giannella]

Oh okay.

[jiff67]

2x 20$= 40$

[Black_Blade]

Can i ask why you want it like that?

[CloudGT4]

Originally posted by jiff67:

2x 20$= 40$

In some states theres taxes on Gift Cards, so buying 2 x $20 cards would be like getting double taxed. So its usually better to just buy 1 $50 card.

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by =TGY=CloudGT4:

Originally posted by jiff67:

2x 20$= 40$

In some states theres taxes on Gift Cards, so buying 2 x $20 cards would be like getting double taxed. So its usually better to just buy 1 $50 card.

?

Buying 2 x $20 cards would would be the same tax as buying a single $40 card (if they existed). A single $50 card would have more taxes then 2 x $20 cards.

Taxes are based on the value of a purchase, not the number of items sold.

A gift card is not taxed when it is purchased either. Taxes are applied when at the store when buying items from the store, not a gift card. Otherwise it would be double taxed as the tax on a gift card + tax on items bought.

Originally posted by LuigiGiannella:

Is there any way I can get a custom amount in stores like just 40$, if not I'll just buy the card for 50 dollars.

Unfortunately, there is not way to get $40 on to a single card.

They are made and coded for a specific value before being sent to the retailers.

[CloudGT4]

Yeah I should have rephrased that now that I see what I typed..
Where I live its 3.95 for the gift card itself plus the cost of the card.. so 2 x 20 cards would be around 48 bucks for 40 dollars of steam money. As to where one 50 dollar card would be 53.95.. That is what I meant. Sorry for the "Tax" confusion.

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by =TGY=CloudGT4:

Yeah I should have rephrased that now that I see what I typed..
Where I live its 3.95 for the gift card itself plus the cost of the card.. so 2 x 20 cards would be around 48 bucks for 40 dollars of steam money. As to where one 50 dollar card would be 53.95.. That is what I meant. Sorry for the "Tax" confusion.

Where are you getting charged that from? I have never heard of a fee like that unless it was for a pre-paid Visa gift card or such, not for department store or specialized gift card.

[CloudGT4]

I live in Pennsylvania. Gamestop is the only place I found them at around here. Though I quit using the cards and just buy right from steam with a debit card. Cause thats the cheapest way for me. Its not unheard of practice though. When I used to live in SC it was the same way. It was 3.95 just for the plastic card. I was told it was because there is a fee for the plastic and service. As in if steam gave me 40 dollars for the card, and gamestop had to pay steam 40 dollars for the card, then why would gamestop sell it for free.
Sounds like crap to me, but hey i can't force them to give me something for free.

[jiff67]

gamestop in florida can do the plastic card or email the code to you and print a receipt with the code on it might be worth asking for that option i dont know just throwing the option out there

[Hanomaly]

Originally posted by =TGY=CloudGT4:

I live in Pennsylvania. Gamestop is the only place I found them at around here. Though I quit using the cards and just buy right from steam with a debit card. Cause thats the cheapest way for me. Its not unheard of practice though. When I used to live in SC it was the same way. It was 3.95 just for the plastic card. I was told it was because there is a fee for the plastic and service. As in if steam gave me 40 dollars for the card, and gamestop had to pay steam 40 dollars for the card, then why would gamestop sell it for free.
Sounds like crap to me, but hey i can't force them to give me something for free.

i've never been charged an additional fee for a gift card of any sort anywhere!. If i bought a $50 gift card it costs $50! i have no idea what stores get out of it... to be honest.. except maybe businesses /already/ pay stores a fee to carry their gift cards in the first place. That is.. if Gamestop carries Xbox cards or Steam cards.. perhaps /steam/ or /xbox/ already PAY Gamestop to even sell the cards to begin with. Or split the fee of the cards with Xbox/Steam.

Really strange that the states you live in are charging you extra for "the plastic". That sounds like you've been getting ripped off. i've lived in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Oregon in the last 5 years and never been charged more than the cost of a gift cards value.

Gamestop might'ave been ripping you off.

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by =TGY=CloudGT4:

I live in Pennsylvania. Gamestop is the only place I found them at around here. Though I quit using the cards and just buy right from steam with a debit card. Cause thats the cheapest way for me. Its not unheard of practice though. When I used to live in SC it was the same way. It was 3.95 just for the plastic card. I was told it was because there is a fee for the plastic and service. As in if steam gave me 40 dollars for the card, and gamestop had to pay steam 40 dollars for the card, then why would gamestop sell it for free.
Sounds like crap to me, but hey i can't force them to give me something for free.

That's just it. They get a cut from the sale of the card.

Try Target. They have Steam Gift cards there, see if they also charge extra.

http://www.target.com/store-locator/state-result?stateCode=PA

[dirrtymartini]

Originally posted by =TGY=CloudGT4:

I live in Pennsylvania. Gamestop is the only place I found them at around here. Though I quit using the cards and just buy right from steam with a debit card. Cause thats the cheapest way for me. Its not unheard of practice though. When I used to live in SC it was the same way. It was 3.95 just for the plastic card. I was told it was because there is a fee for the plastic and service. As in if steam gave me 40 dollars for the card, and gamestop had to pay steam 40 dollars for the card, then why would gamestop sell it for free.
Sounds like crap to me, but hey i can't force them to give me something for free.

What a bunch of crap. They were picking your pocket. CVS, which has stores everywhere, sells Steam Wallet gift cards without this tax crap. Getting taxed twice is just offensive.

[Spawn of Totoro]

I've been asking around and it seems the charge is exclusive to Gamestop and is not done by other retailers (that I could find). I would suggest no going there for Wallet card in the future.

Gift cards are not taxed and there is no (authorized) activation fee for them.

[CloudGT4]

Originally posted by Spawn of Totoro:

Originally posted by =TGY=CloudGT4:

I live in Pennsylvania. Gamestop is the only place I found them at around here. Though I quit using the cards and just buy right from steam with a debit card. Cause thats the cheapest way for me. Its not unheard of practice though. When I used to live in SC it was the same way. It was 3.95 just for the plastic card. I was told it was because there is a fee for the plastic and service. As in if steam gave me 40 dollars for the card, and gamestop had to pay steam 40 dollars for the card, then why would gamestop sell it for free.
Sounds like crap to me, but hey i can't force them to give me something for free.

That's just it. They get a cut from the sale of the card.

Try Target. They have Steam Gift cards there, see if they also charge extra.

http://www.target.com/store-locator/state-result?stateCode=PA

Target for the win. Thanks Spawn of Totoro