SCM restrictions from recieving Gift card

[44star]

I was wondering if this some new policy of Valve to give you SCM hold for 3 days after every single Gift Card you get. Cus as they state it will occur in rare moments, but i got 5 for 5 restrictions so far and its frustrating

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

They need to verify the payment method before sending them.

[Ettanin]

Use your credit card or other external payment method directly. Valve cannot verify the origin of a gift card and therefore, to protect itself from fraud, has to put a hold.

If you use a permanent external payment method personally bound to you, the hold will only be applied once for that payment method.

[44star]

Originally posted by Ettanin:

Use your credit card or other external payment method directly. Valve cannot verify the origin of a wallet card and therefore, to protect itself from fraud, has to put a hold.

If you use an external payment method, the hold will only be applied once for that payment method.

well those Gift Cards should've been payed for with bank card and not with eWallet (as I remember they still dont accept PayPal) so its a bit weird to me

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by 44star:

well those Gift Cards should've been payed for with bank card and not with eWallet (as I remember they still dont accept PayPal) so its a bit weird to me

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/61F0-72B7-9A18-C70B#whatisit

[44star]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Originally posted by 44star:

well those Gift Cards should've been payed for with bank card and not with eWallet (as I remember they still dont accept PayPal) so its a bit weird to me

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/61F0-72B7-9A18-C70B#whatisit

:nkCool:

thank you for sharing this piece, guess gift cards are just to weird of a thingo

[Ettanin]

Originally posted by 44star:

Originally posted by Ettanin:

Use your credit card or other external payment method directly. Valve cannot verify the origin of a wallet card and therefore, to protect itself from fraud, has to put a hold.

If you use an external payment method, the hold will only be applied once for that payment method.

well those Gift Cards should've been payed for with bank card and not with eWallet (as I remember they still dont accept PayPal) so its a bit weird to me

How should Valve know where the card was obtained from and how should Valve know whether the payment for that card (to a third party nontheless) was legitimate?

[44star]

Originally posted by Ettanin:

Originally posted by 44star:

well those Gift Cards should've been payed for with bank card and not with eWallet (as I remember they still dont accept PayPal) so its a bit weird to me

How should Valve know where the card was obtained from and how should Valve know if the payment for that card (to a third party nontheless) was legitimate?

for a one time its reasonable, but when i get 4 from same one it gets a bit weird

[Ettanin]

Originally posted by 44star:

for a one time its reasonable, but when i get 4 from same one it gets a bit weird

As for Valve, those cards can come from four different vendors. Valve doesn't know the origin of each gift card.

[44star]

Originally posted by Ettanin:

Originally posted by 44star:

for a one time its reasonable, but when i get 4 from same one it gets a bit weird

As for Valve, those cards can come from four different vendors. Valve doesn't know the origin of each gift card.

yea, I wanted to do so but anything Gift Card related doesnt have "contact support" option, so I've asked people, maybe some were in same situations, and how it all went for them

[Ettanin]

Originally posted by 44star:

Originally posted by Ettanin:

As for Valve, those cards can come from four different vendors. Valve doesn't know the origin of each gift card.

yea, I wanted to do so but anything Gift Card related doesnt have "contact support" option, so I've asked people, maybe some were in same situations, and how it all went for them

Anyways, now you know why purchases on the community market using credit sourced from gift cards incurs a hold.

[44star]

Originally posted by Ettanin:

Originally posted by 44star:

yea, I wanted to do so but anything Gift Card related doesnt have "contact support" option, so I've asked people, maybe some were in same situations, and how it all went for them

Anyways, now you know why purchases on the community market using credit sourced from gift cards incurs a hold.

yeah, thanks for everyone's feedback