Wrong currency for Gibraltar. Should be £ not Euros

[v.]

Hi i'm trying to change the currency on my steam wallet account from euros to pounds but I am unable to. Local currency in Gibraltar is the British pound but it seems like Steam has Euros as the default currency

[Satoru]

You'd think people in their own country would know what their own currency is

Steam supports GBP

The Gibraltar currency is GIP

The GIP is tied to the GBP. But they are NOT THE SAME CURRENCY

Gibraltar does not use GBP. The local currency is not GBP. Its GIP

And no it doesn't matter that it's a 1:1 conversion. Or that they use the same symbol. Or that they use the same nomenclature. Its fundamentally a different currency. Steam does not support GIP. Thus they default to the bet local currency that they do support. The Euro.

[Red Shift]

Would be interesting to hear something offical on this as youre wrong on this one Saturo. GBP is the offical currency, however, Gilbratar, along with Scotland, Northern Ireland, Jersey, IOM and a whole other bunch of places, produce their own version of it.
There wouldnt be a single person or business in the country that wouldnt accept a payment in GBP.

Sadly, I doubt that even if you could contact support on this, they wouldnt do anything about it as they would probably have the same answer as Saturo and just dismiss the query.

https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/gibraltar/money

[Satoru]

Northern Ireland/Scoatland use GBP as their currency

Gibraltar uses GIP which is tied to the GBP 1:1. Its functionally an entirely different currency

Interoperability locally isnt relevant. Any more than for example Singapoer currency is 'interchangable' with Burnei currency at a fixed rate. That doesn't mean you can pay with Burnei currency on the Singapore store. They are functionally different money

[Red Shift]

They use both alongside each other. In this case the practical solution would be to default to GBP, not the Euro.

[wuddih]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibraltar_pound
just because they accept GBP broadly does not mean it is their currency. what was written above is correct, OP doesn't know his own currency, they produce and use their very own one and not GBP.

it makes no sense to introduce this currency to Steam, we are talking about a spot on the planet that you can bicycle around in 15 minutes.
on the other hand it makes clear sense to apply Euro as a currency as this much more easier to geolocate and despite your article stating otherwise, Euro should be broadly accepted there too. business would be dumb af, if they don't accept the currency that is literally used in the nextdoor village.

the price does not differ that much anyway and it is not like someone is forced to buy Steam games on Steam.

[Red Shift]

We can all quote wiki articles, heres another one (press the 'show' button on offical users.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_sterling

Both currencies are legally used and accepted by banks and businesses in Gilbraltar, while Euros are accepted at the retailers convenience.

[v.]

I see there are more smart arses here than people with actual solutions. The GIP is worth the same as the GBP locally hence why I requested that the GBP be the standard currency for Gibraltar and because of this it makes no sense whatsoever to use the Euro.... especially when you consider that we will be leaving the European Union soon.
Thanks moistly harmless for your logical and helpful replies.
FYI steam support has been informed and they will be looking into it.