Steam Currency Conversion is Annoying

[aurodeus]

I started to hate Valve for doing this. My Steam wallet balance is automatically (forced) converted to IDR.

I have already contacted Steam support before stating that I wish to continue using USD instead.

My current wallet balance is Rp 137,010.85 now. What can I do with Rp 10.85? It's $ 0.000909 as of today. And the currency is always dropping in value.

Are you trying to rob from poor country Valve? Congratulations then, you have succeed.

[UPDATE] Please read before mentioning cheaper prices (or other regional pricing thing):

I'm not complaining about Steam lists prices in local currency. I'm complaining about Steam converted my wallet into Rupiah although I already contacted support. I don't care seeing games cheaper, I care about my wallet for now. It's not much, but it is my money. Besides, I'm more concerned about market item prices. Rupiah value is going down everyday. When the prices are updated, your wallet won't be. That's what I'm complaining about.

Also, don't tell me to "go to real forex finance company". Since when you could buy/sell Steam items there. Such a stupid statement to say.

Could mod please lock this thread? I'm already tired with these.

Thanks

[Satoru]

I'm not sure how they are 'robbing' you considering your games on Steam are literally at Russian Rubles prices after the conversino

[aurodeus]

well, I haven't check the prices after the conversion. one thing I'm sure, the currency value is constantly dropping. today I may have ~11 dollars after conversion, tomorrow it maybe only ~10 dollars with the same amount of rupiah.

[Satoru]

Note that the Rupiah in your account stays constant no matter what the USD does

Game prices also arent going to fluctuate with currency rates. They're set statically

Ergo
1) You are gettting far better and cheaper pricng
2) your prices are no longer tied to the USD which means your value of your steam wallet is far more stable

[aurodeus]

Satoru eredeti hozzászólása:

Game prices also arent going to fluctuate with currency rates. They're set statically

if that is true I will complain no more. anybody can confirm this? is there any official statement about this?

[Maverick Mechanics]

Actually I have more concerns since I'm a cosmetic item trader who's used to dealing in dollars and cents rather than local currency. What happens when I'm dealing with russians or foreign traders then?

[dreamEnd]

Same problem, i hate how my wallet just converted to IDR, because it seemed kinda messy and hard to read instead the simple digits like on USD. It just doesn't feels natural when purchasing from the market/store.

[Pesunosak]

yeah, converting currency to use local currency is bad, since i am now confuse when i wanna sell something on steam market, before its like 1usd or 1.15 usd now its Rp9123.32 or Rp9412.10
i mean how much the difference on usd was that? 0.05? or 0.01?
it just stupid

[Pesunosak]

@fgtcnt i agree with u, we should have the right to use wich currency we want to use

[Fufucakes]

conversion was awesome for me though. Everything in store is so much more cheaper.

[aurodeus]

Xakz eredeti hozzászólása:

conversion was awesome for me though. Everything in store is so much more cheaper.

it is awesome in that way. what I don't like is how they force converting my previous wallet balance. if I knew this would happen, I would never fill my Steam wallet. I worry the prices of the games and market items will keep rising according to USD while my balance stays the same in IDR.

[aurodeus]

Psyco eredeti hozzászólása:

im singapore here but it gave me IDR wtf :csgox:

try contacting Steam support? I read other threads, some people experiences similar problems.

[IceMilkTea]

Satoru eredeti hozzászólása:

Note that the Rupiah in your account stays constant no matter what the USD does

Game prices also arent going to fluctuate with currency rates. They're set statically

Ergo
1) You are gettting far better and cheaper pricng
2) your prices are no longer tied to the USD which means your value of your steam wallet is far more stable

The games prices are still tied to the USD, its just that steam wont be updating the conversion rate that often. Sure it's stable but it won't necessarily be better/cheaper.
But now comparing prices between steam and other places like gmg or gamersgate for example is harder.

Steam is probably doing this so taht their partnership with local voucher/online credits vendor can work.

I just wish they'd make this currency thing optional.

[ KARR™]

IceMilkTea eredeti hozzászólása:

I just wish they'd make this currency thing optional.

Which means everyone would pick the lowest value currency to buy all their games.

This is exactly the same 'issue' that EA ran into when it was found that a game was cheaper in one currency due to the conversion rates, so people logged in pretending to be in that area and bought it for cheaper than they should do.

Why stick to USD when there are ones far better for you then that??

[βeardong]

i have the same thought about what steam doing to us, they must bring back the usd or at least make the option to do so

[IceMilkTea]

ᴷᴬᴿᴿ eredeti hozzászólása:

IceMilkTea eredeti hozzászólása:

I just wish they'd make this currency thing optional.

Which means everyone would pick the lowest value currency to buy all their games.

This is exactly the same 'issue' that EA ran into when it was found that a game was cheaper in one currency due to the conversion rates, so people logged in pretending to be in that area and bought it for cheaper than they should do.

Why stick to USD when there are ones far better for you then that??

The picking lowest currency thing only works if the games prices are way different when converted to USD like whats going on in Russia.

But for us where the games prices are relatively the same with NA prices, it is not better.
Now i have to do a lot of math when comparing steam prices to other places such as Greenman or gamersgate. As in the USD prices on those other prices converted VS Steams exchange rate.
Where previously i'd just compare the USD prices since the conversion rate will be the same and that is the one my credit card uses.