Billing Address vs IP address geolocation

[Krugnar]

My billing address and my IP address geo-location are in two different US states. I'm not using a VPN, I am using satellite internet so my IP address is based on the provider's main office.

So my question is, if I were to make a purchase on the store, would Steam view this as a violation of the SSA and terminate or ban my Steam account?

I've been searching through the forums and haven't found anything that really helps with this situation.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Krugnar:

My billing address and my IP address geo-location are in two different US states. I'm not using a VPN, I am using satellite internet so my IP address is based on the provider's main office.

So my question is, if I were to make a purchase on the store, would Steam view this as a violation of the SSA and terminate or ban my Steam account?

I've been searching through the forums and haven't found anything that really helps with this situation.

Support may not like it but getting charged the wrong state tax and have it go to them and not your state is not good for you either.

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by Krugnar:

My billing address and my IP address geo-location are in two different US states. I'm not using a VPN, I am using satellite internet so my IP address is based on the provider's main office.

So my question is, if I were to make a purchase on the store, would Steam view this as a violation of the SSA and terminate or ban my Steam account?

I've been searching through the forums and haven't found anything that really helps with this situation.

Steam will go by the billing address as that is verified by the bank.

Valve knows IP addresses are not always accurate.

[Krugnar]

Originally posted by Spawn of Totoro:

Originally posted by Krugnar:

My billing address and my IP address geo-location are in two different US states. I'm not using a VPN, I am using satellite internet so my IP address is based on the provider's main office.

So my question is, if I were to make a purchase on the store, would Steam view this as a violation of the SSA and terminate or ban my Steam account?

I've been searching through the forums and haven't found anything that really helps with this situation.

Steam will go by the billing address as that is verified by the bank.

Valve knows IP addresses are not always accurate.

If Valve knows that IP addresses are not always accurate, then why do they have a section in the SSA that specifically discusses punishing people for misrepresenting where their IP address says they are?

[Muppet among Puppets]

Originally posted by Krugnar:

Originally posted by Spawn of Totoro:

Steam will go by the billing address as that is verified by the bank.

Valve knows IP addresses are not always accurate.

If Valve knows that IP addresses are not always accurate, then why do they have a section in the SSA that specifically discusses punishing people for misrepresenting where their IP address says they are?

Use the normal internet, state your real billing address.
Do not use vpn to pretend you are somewhere else.

[Nx Machina]

Originally posted by Krugnar:

If Valve knows that IP addresses are not always accurate, then why do they have a section in the SSA that specifically discusses punishing people for misrepresenting where their IP address says they are?

There is a complete difference between a standard IP address which can show a variance and a VPN whose sole purpose is to bounce around the globe and show you in a different country.

[MancSoulja]

Originally posted by Krugnar:

Originally posted by Spawn of Totoro:

Steam will go by the billing address as that is verified by the bank.

Valve knows IP addresses are not always accurate.

If Valve knows that IP addresses are not always accurate, then why do they have a section in the SSA that specifically discusses punishing people for misrepresenting where their IP address says they are?

The only thing the SSA forbids is using a VPN to mask your COUNTRY of origin.

[metamec]

I've lived 20 miles from a national border for 2½ years. MaxMind (geoip location service) is not just imprecise but frequently shows me as located in the other country where VAT is 2% higher. It's never been an issue with Steam however, probably because it relies on residential address and card issuer location.

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by Krugnar:

If Valve knows that IP addresses are not always accurate, then why do they have a section in the SSA that specifically discusses punishing people for misrepresenting where their IP address says they are?

That is only a factor if trying to bypass regional restrictions and prices. Typically people who do that are not using a credit/debit card, but a Steam Wallet card or some other means of payment as well.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by MancSoulja:

Originally posted by Krugnar:

If Valve knows that IP addresses are not always accurate, then why do they have a section in the SSA that specifically discusses punishing people for misrepresenting where their IP address says they are?

The only thing the SSA forbids is using a VPN to mask your COUNTRY of origin.

Also different US states, Canadian provinces because taxes.

[Satoru]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Originally posted by MancSoulja:

The only thing the SSA forbids is using a VPN to mask your COUNTRY of origin.

Also different US states, Canadian provinces because taxes.

:winterbunny2023:

Hilariously in the USA you can literally cross a street and pay more sales tax in the same state

In Chicago the convergence of Cook county, Lake county and 'everything else' means you can go to the T-intersection of W County Line Road and Ridge Road, and each section of the T-intersection pays different sales tax

South half- 2% cook county
NE corner - 1% Lake county
NW corner - 0%