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When you buy a game, does it send details about the purchase to your email or credit card?
I have some money in my Steam wallet that I put on there from a refund, and I was wondering if info about my purchases/refunds will be sent to the credit card history, or to my email. I don't want the info sent out, because I don't need it. Also, does anything that I buy using my Steam wallet go to my email?
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I always get my receipts via e-mail. Be it for games or community market purchases.
Carolynne Sep 5, 2016 @ 4:03am 
If you have got it enabled, then you'll receive a purchase receipt from Steam to your e-mail regardless of payment method.

They never send out any credit card information, if you purchase something with your credit card, your bank account will have a transaction log on it, that's the only information you get.

You can disable any e-mail confirmations from Steam by going to your account details (click your username at the top right), and then press "Manage email preferences".
Originally posted by Carolynne:
If you have got it enabled, then you'll receive a purchase receipt from Steam to your e-mail regardless of payment method.

They never send out any credit card information, if you purchase something with your credit card, your bank account will have a transaction log on it, that's the only information you get.

You can disable any e-mail confirmations from Steam by going to your account details (click your username at the top right), and then press "Manage email preferences".

What if it's just from my Steam wallet? Will it send any email confirmation/bank account information to it? I don't need any of that stuff, and I don't want to get it.
Carolynne Sep 5, 2016 @ 4:11am 
Originally posted by powersd453:
What if it's just from my Steam wallet? Will it send any email confirmation/bank account information to it? I don't need any of that stuff, and I don't want to get it.

It'll only send you an e-mail of a purchase receipt, if it's a community market purchase then it'll send you a market transaction confirmation per e-mail.

- In case you're unsure what a purchase receipt looks like, it'll contain product(s) purchased, invoice number, purchase date, detailed total payment cost, information of billing address, Valve's address, Steam account name that the purchase was made in and chosen payment method.

There will be a thank you for your purchase, and it will end with some notifications about that it is a recepit, the ability to refund and a link to the Steam support for your convenience.

If you have ever received a purchase receipt before, then it will look just like that, only difference is that the payment method will say Steam wallet instead of what you had before.
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Si-Fi Sep 5, 2016 @ 4:48am 
You would rather receive the receipts via e-mail than not receive them at all because those receipts contain vital information and you never know, you might need them some day.
Carolynne Sep 5, 2016 @ 4:51am 
Originally posted by Si-Fi:
You would rather receive the receipts via e-mail than not receive them at all because those receipts contain vital information and you never know, you might need them some day.

You'll still have the receipt in your account's purchase history also.
Originally posted by Carolynne:
Originally posted by Si-Fi:
You would rather receive the receipts via e-mail than not receive them at all because those receipts contain vital information and you never know, you might need them some day.

You'll still have the receipt in your account's purchase history also.
soooo does it send an email to the users email (that owns the steam account) or they send it to the credit owner?
Si-Fi Jul 14, 2018 @ 12:08pm 
The account owner's e-mail address.
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