If I refund a game I bought on sale, will I have to pay full price for that game when that sale ends?

[Caimael]

Hello, fellow forum users.

I recently purchased a game on Steam. I forgot to enter a voucher code and accidentally bought it through my bank.

I requested a refund, so no worries there, but if my request is not responded to by the end of the sale, am I able to buy that game at sale price, as it wasn't my fault?

Put simply, if Steam staff take too long to respond to my request, do I have to pay full price for a game I could have bought whilst it was on sale.

This isn't a dig at Steam staff members, the folks there are awesome, but I'm just worried that I'll end up paying around £50 for a game that I should have paid £13 for.

UPDATE: My purchase was refunded, and the sale is still on. Thanks for your time, everyone, really helps.

[Zaskar]

If you try to buy it again after the end of the sale, yes you'll have to pay the full price.

[Hodman]

If the sale ends you'll have to pay full price.

Keep in mind that coupons don't stack with sale offers.

[Hanomaly]

It actually is your fault you forgot to put in a voucher code.

If the sale ends before your refund goes through then you will not be able to buy the game at sale price.

....unless you wait for a different sale to happen, perhaps some months later.

[Ogami]

As already mentioned, you cant apply vouchers to already discounted games anyway.
So you pretty much refunded for nothing.

[Caimael]

Thanks for the quick replies, everyone!

Just out of interest, has anyone had a game refunded before? If so, how long did it take for your request to be responded to?

I read that if the game in question was purchased within 14 days and has less than 2 hours play-time (my game comes under both) then your request would be automatically approved.

I submitted this refund request about 45 minutes ago, and I understand I might not have waited long enough for approval, but I'm just worried, is all.

[Caimael]

Also to clarify: I am adding funds to my steam wallet using a voucher code, not using a voucher to discount my game. Hope this clears things up.

[Hodman]

https://store.steampowered.com/stats/support

[Caimael]

Wow - literally exactly what I was looking for...

Thanks a lot, Hodman.

[Andy Lyviu]

Steam refunds your accidentaly purchased virtual product regardless weather it was on a pending list or on disccount!bare in mind that there is also a time limit on which you can apply for the refunding method...
Steam also uses a tax % that, upon the refunding and/or purchasing a product under the purchase summary there's this % tax they apply, all the prices shown in steam ar tax included.
Purchases on products which wore/are in special disccount will be refunded to the price you bought it originally