Paying via Paypal not possible

[Xyslog]

Hi,

I am an Australian citizen that has relocated to South Africa for work. No I am unable to purchase my games using Paypal.

I must admit it has been a while since I purchased a game. Really want to get Assassins Creed Origins.

Any ideas who will be able to help me get Paypal as a payment option?

The weird thing is also that a lot of South Africans also have Paypal. Seems like a missed opportunity.

Thanks.

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[失踪人口丶刘海柱(近战]

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[synaptics]

I suggest looking at localisation settings

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[Darren]

You can get your store region forced to Australia even while you are overseas, if you have used an Australian based payment method you should be able to pick the Australia region during checkout which will let you use PayPal and pay Australian prices.

It's meant to be used by people temporarily in another country. Obviously if you remain in South Africa indefinitely pick up a local payment method (or buy wallet cards).

[Xyslog]

Thanks appreciate the quick response. I like the Wallet Cards. Steam has changed a bit. It says because I logged in from South Africa I must pay via SA payment methods. Sucks but.... Wallet Cards seem to be the way to go.

[Darren]

https://store.steampowered.com/account/change_country/ have you gone here?

"Your country is part of your Steam account settings. Your country setting affects what you see on the Steam store, the currency you see prices in, and the currency of your wallet. If you have moved to a new country, or are living abroad for an extended period of time, you can update your Steam country setting.

Steam only accepts payment methods from the country that matches your Steam country setting. If you frequently move between countries, choose the country that is your primary residence, where you have a payment method."

Set it to Australia. You've presumably got an Australian address still linked to your existing payment methods.

[Commissarr]

I tried to contact steam support but my option isn't listed for their service that doesn't allow me to create support tickets. What I don't understand is why steam is discriminating against some countries where individuals use paypal successfully but steam doesn't offer paypal payment in these countries. Why should gamers in the USA have more rights to use paypal than gamers in South Africa who are not allowed by steam to use paypal?

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Commissarr:

I tried to contact steam support but my option isn't listed for their service that doesn't allow me to create support tickets. What I don't understand is why steam is discriminating against some countries where individuals use paypal successfully but steam doesn't offer paypal payment in these countries. Why should gamers in the USA have more rights to use paypal than gamers in South Africa who are not allowed by steam to use paypal?

Talk to Paypal. Steam support can't magically force it.

[Commissarr]

Steam is a american company, so is Origin and Google. Yet I can't pay for their services with Paypal (and my paypal account is verified). However I can pay for goods and services with all other american companies. So it's not paypal. These 3 companies just decided that the paypal money of south africans isn't good enough

[Darren]

Steam has moved to accepting local payment methods and currencies in a lot of areas. If those currencies aren't supported by PayPal when the transition occurs from USD to the local currency PayPal drops off the list of allowed options for payment (as it can no longer do transactions in the correct currency).

If you can convince PayPal to support your local currency it'll be available as a payment option again.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Again...

Talk to Paypal.

[Commissarr]

My paypal is set to the USD $. Next excuse please

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Commissarr:

My paypal is set to the USD $. Next excuse please

And your Steam is not. This is the confusion you have.

Talk to Paypal and tell them to support South African Rand.

[Darren]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Originally posted by Commissarr:

My paypal is set to the USD $. Next excuse please

And your Steam is not. This is the confusion you have.

Talk to Paypal and tell them to support South African Rand.

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As cSg|mc-Hotsauce has said you re in South Africa, Steam wants South African Rands from you not US dollars, PayPal doesn't support it so you can't use PayPal.

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

You can either use other bank transfers, if you have those options, or use credit card instead, or get Steam card from local retail.