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Tickles Oct 13, 2024 @ 2:38am
Accidental game purchase while VPN is running
Hey I've been using VPN since the day Turkey banned discord and I was wondering.
What are the consequences for purchasing a game while VPN is running?
Not that it happened but I wanna be more cautious about it.
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Originally posted by It's about sending a message:
Originally posted by magicISO Sweden:
you cna lose your account
Not true at all.


Originally posted by Tickles:
Hey I've been using VPN since the day Turkey banned discord and I was wondering.
What are the consequences for purchasing a game while VPN is running?
Not that it happened but I wanna be more cautious about it.


Originally posted by Tickles:
What about point shop?
Nothing's going to happen, at all. Steam doesn't use your IP to dictate the price you're paying in the store, and the point shop is the same price for everyone.
VPNs are not banned on Steam and you will not be banned for using one. If you create a new account with a VPN and then use foreign payment methods you could get banned for that, but your main account which is tied to a specific country can't take advantage of other countries' pricing.
Region hopping isn't possible anymore and if you want to switch store region, e.g. US to BR, you'd have to move to BR and show Steam utility bills, otherwise they wouldn't switch you over.

Once again, VPNs are not banned and Valve even encourages people to make use of them in their FAQ for player-hosted lobbies, to be slightly more safe.
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magicISO Sweden Oct 13, 2024 @ 2:40am 
you cna lose your account
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Hi Im Swat Oct 13, 2024 @ 2:49am 
As long as you’re not using it to buy stuff at a lower price from another region, you should be fine.
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Lithurge Oct 13, 2024 @ 3:03am 
Did it change the price you paid for the game, or did it allow you to buy a game that's not available in your region? (Given they've changed how store countries work this shouldn't be the case).

If the answer is no, then you won't have any issues.
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Tickles Oct 14, 2024 @ 1:22pm 
What about point shop?
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Tickles Oct 14, 2024 @ 1:23pm 
Originally posted by Lithurge:
Did it change the price you paid for the game, or did it allow you to buy a game that's not available in your region? (Given they've changed how store countries work this shouldn't be the case).

If the answer is no, then you won't have any issues.
I couldn't tell
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It's about sending a message Oct 14, 2024 @ 3:59pm 
Originally posted by magicISO Sweden:
you cna lose your account
Not true at all.


Originally posted by Tickles:
Hey I've been using VPN since the day Turkey banned discord and I was wondering.
What are the consequences for purchasing a game while VPN is running?
Not that it happened but I wanna be more cautious about it.


Originally posted by Tickles:
What about point shop?
Nothing's going to happen, at all. Steam doesn't use your IP to dictate the price you're paying in the store, and the point shop is the same price for everyone.
VPNs are not banned on Steam and you will not be banned for using one. If you create a new account with a VPN and then use foreign payment methods you could get banned for that, but your main account which is tied to a specific country can't take advantage of other countries' pricing.
Region hopping isn't possible anymore and if you want to switch store region, e.g. US to BR, you'd have to move to BR and show Steam utility bills, otherwise they wouldn't switch you over.

Once again, VPNs are not banned and Valve even encourages people to make use of them in their FAQ for player-hosted lobbies, to be slightly more safe.
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