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Chekoté Sep 5, 2021 @ 3:13pm
Due to regional price differences, the gift you are trying to send cannot be sent to the recipient's region.
Why prevent me from purchasing the game? Why not just let me pay the difference? Gifting Steam games to my brother is one of the few ways I get to hang out with him since we live on opposite sides of the planet. This new policy is complete ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

Steam: Tearing families apart.

Great job guys...
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Seretti Sep 5, 2021 @ 3:15pm 
Buy him a gift card instead. https://store.steampowered.com/digitalgiftcards/
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Wolf Knight Sep 5, 2021 @ 3:19pm 
Originally posted by Chekote:
Why prevent me from purchasing the game? Why not just let me pay the difference? Gifting Steam games to my brother is one of the few ways I get to hang out with him since we live on opposite sides of the planet. This new policy is complete ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

Steam: Tearing families apart.

Great job guys...
this policy has been in effect for some time now. the restriction is in place because people abused the gifting system. you being unable to gift your brother a game is not tearing your family apart.
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ElvisDeadly Sep 5, 2021 @ 3:21pm 
Originally posted by Seretti:
Buy him a gift card instead. https://store.steampowered.com/digitalgiftcards/

^ this. Or just transfer the money straight to his bank account and tell him what game to buy with it.

I mean, he's your brother, so I would hope you trust him enough to do that.
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rawWwRrr Sep 5, 2021 @ 4:00pm 
Originally posted by Chekote:
. This new policy is complete ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

Steam: Tearing families apart.

Great job guys...
Not a new policy. Lot of reasons why it exists, none of which is meant to divide families. As others have said, just send a digital steam gift card or the funds to him by other means.
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Chekoté Nov 7, 2021 @ 7:10pm 
Sending a gift card it’s not the same thing. Gift cards are what people buy when they don’t want to put the effort into buying a meaningful gift.

This is definitely a new policy, I’ve been buying gifts for my brother constantly up until I posted this complaint.

And my point still stands. There’s absolutely no reason to not allow me to pay the difference. Not offering that option is just lazy software design.
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Judgmental Amaterasu Nov 7, 2021 @ 7:11pm 
Originally posted by Chekote:
Sending a gift card it’s not the same thing. Gift cards are what people buy when they don’t want to put the effort into buying a meaningful gift.

This is definitely a new policy, I’ve been buying gifts for my brother constantly up until I posted this complaint.

And my point still stands. There’s absolutely no reason to not allow me to pay the difference. Not offering that option is just lazy software design.

No it is not a new policy.
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rawWwRrr Nov 7, 2021 @ 7:34pm 
Originally posted by Chekote:
Sending a gift card it’s not the same thing. Gift cards are what people buy when they don’t want to put the effort into buying a meaningful gift.

This is definitely a new policy, I’ve been buying gifts for my brother constantly up until I posted this complaint.

And my point still stands. There’s absolutely no reason to not allow me to pay the difference. Not offering that option is just lazy software design.
It's not a new policy. You've probably hadn't come across games where the price difference exceeded the 10% threshold. The prices on games arent a standard range. Each publisher can set prices per game. So one might be below the 10% while another is above that. I run into this occasionally with my friends overseas. Yes, it's frustrating at times but thats the criteria in place.

And, no, you shouldn't be allowed to pay the difference.
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Dr.Shadowds 🐉 Nov 7, 2021 @ 8:20pm 
Not new policy been there for years. When comes to two currencies having regional price gap, have to ensure it's not greater than 10% between the two that's about it.

If the regional priced games are greater than 10% then these are your two options.

A) Buy Steam key from retailer online, can use tool site to find best deal. isthereanydeal.com then give key to person wanted to gift it to.

B) Send Steam gift funds, and tell them what it for as a work around for the regional pricing issue, it's not hard for anyone to understand that.
https://store.steampowered.com/digitalgiftcards/
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