Region restrictions?

[Der Kommissar]

Really?

Is there currently a way to send a game as a gift to friend in a different country through Steam?

It was never a problem before, why is it now? Oh, greed... right. God forbid someone could take advantage of the price differences between regions.

I don't care about that. I just want to send a gift.

[Baum]

Well, depends on where your friend lives

[Der Kommissar]

Originally posted by Baum:

Well, depends on where your friend lives

Well, he lives in a restricted region. I basically tried purchasing a game and send, then I was prompted by the message.

[Baum]

Originally posted by RageLord:

Well, he lives in a restricted region. I basically tried purchasing a game and send, then I was prompted by the message.

People have been asking to be able to pay the price difference for quite some time now. Maybe that will be a thing.

At the moment you can't do anything

[Der Kommissar]

Originally posted by Baum:

Originally posted by RageLord:

Well, he lives in a restricted region. I basically tried purchasing a game and send, then I was prompted by the message.

People have been asking to be able to pay the price difference for quite some time now. Maybe that will be a thing.

At the moment you can't do anything

This is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ridiculous. The way Steam has been changing their policies and restrictions over the years has been nothing but a nightmare.

Also, yes, paying the regional price difference would be exactly the option which should have been enabled. Why no one thought of that when they started this policy? Are they this ignorant? They just don't give a ♥♥♥♥.

So, the usual solution... ♥♥♥♥ everyone and let's see what happens.

Thanks for the reply anyway.

[999999999]

Originally posted by RageLord:

Also, yes, paying the regional price difference would be exactly the option which should have been enabled. Why no one thought of that when they started this policy? Are they this ignorant?

With all their lawyers and employees they had at their meetings, don't you think it has come up? It surely had to. They are some bright people at Valve.

[Der Kommissar]

Originally posted by 999999999:

Originally posted by RageLord:

Also, yes, paying the regional price difference would be exactly the option which should have been enabled. Why no one thought of that when they started this policy? Are they this ignorant?

With all their lawyers and employees they had at their meetings, don't you think it has come up? It surely had to. They are some bright people at Valve.

Of course, this is why I mentioned things such greed and ignorance, along with simply not giving a ♥♥♥♥. It is all about money, as usual.

[999999999]

How is legally protecting themselves from potential lawsuits greedy?

[Der Kommissar]

Originally posted by 999999999:

How is legally protecting themselves from potential lawsuits greedy?

If you restrict regions simply because of the price differences, then you are basically trying to make sure no one is making any money off of it, but you.

Are you saying that the army of lawyers and bright people at Valve have not been protecting themselves from potential lawsuits over the years?

[999999999]

Originally posted by RageLord:

Are you saying that the army of lawyers and bright people at Valve have not been protecting themselves from potential lawsuits over the years?

The Australian suit comes to mind.

[Cassidy]

>Buy games from cheap regions, gift to expensive regions, gets paid for it.
>Issue a chargeback on your throwaway account, take back the money you spent.
>Valve loses the sale, AND have to pay extra because of the chargeback.

^^^^ That may not be the actual reason, but is surely one of the things they considered.

[僕の名前 (仮)]

Send him money then. I dont see how greed have any relation.

[HLCinSC]

Originally posted by SomeGuy:

Send him money then. I dont see how greed have any relation.

Same here. By not being able to buy gifts for friends from everywhere, they are essentially driving gift business elsewhere leaving money on the table.

[wuddih]

real regional restrictions do not exist in the most cases. 10% rice difference gifting restriction is there. every other restriction depends on the product itself, which the dev defines on a country basis, not a region.

[HLCinSC]

You can now gift Steam funds to any region, so I guess it's a start though there are some catches like only offering preset amounts and you can't use your Steam wallet funds to buy the steam digital gift card

[999999999]

Originally posted by CharlestONE:

You can now gift Steam funds to any region, so I guess it's a start though there are some catches like only offering preset amounts and you can't use your Steam wallet funds to buy the steam digital gift card

Yup! http://store.steampowered.com/digitalgiftcards/

This is going to end up terribly. I can see it now. Trading items for wallet funds...