gift cards in different country

[ol1veman]

if i were to buy a physical gift card for my friend who lives in bulgaria (im in germany) would he be able to activate it or are they like country locked?

[Wolf Knight]

cards are currency locked, they dont convert to different currency

[ol1veman]

so does that depend on the country or the currency used on the account so if he uses euro and i buy a 20 euro gift card it doesnt matter that hes in a different country?

[Wolf Knight]

Originally posted by ol1veman:

so does that depend on the country or the currency used on the account so if he uses euro and i buy a 20 euro gift card it doesnt matter that hes in a different country?

if they use Euro, then that is what you need to get them.

you could also just send them a digital card thru steam using an outside payment. this removes the annoyance of trying to find the correct currency and you dont worry about the cards code being used/stolen before your friend redeems it.

[ol1veman]

ok thank you

[Phantasmagoria]

Originally posted by ol1veman:

so does that depend on the country or the currency used on the account so if he uses euro and i buy a 20 euro gift card it doesnt matter that hes in a different country?

It should work fine as far as I Know.

I live in Albania and our currency is not supported either, and my Steam store goes to the Euro instead. I've purchased a physical Gift Card at a local game store here before that tops up 20 Euros and it worked fine for me. As long as it is a Euro gift card it should work.