Is there a limit on how many steam gift cards you can redeem per day?

[meteora]

I was thinking about buying four 100€ and one 20€ steam gift cards in order to buy a steam deck but I've no idea if there's a limit on how many you can redeem in a day and I wasn't really able to find any infos about it on google. Does anyone know?

[MooN]

Iirc there is no limit in redeeming stw codes. Gifting however.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

The wallet limit of $2,000.

[blunus]

There's no limit for gift cards, though the wallet itself is $2,000 based on the US and may vary for other countries.

[mimizukari]

Originally posted by MooN:

Iirc there is no limit in redeeming stw codes. Gifting however.

Pretty sure there's a limit with redeeming codes, but it's something pretty high like 30. Back when Humble Bundles used to give like 50 games you'd have to wait half a day for the second half, unless they changed that policy, both use the same key redemption method.

[rawWwRrr]

Originally posted by ロザリンド:

Originally posted by MooN:

Iirc there is no limit in redeeming stw codes. Gifting however.

Pretty sure there's a limit with redeeming codes, but it's something pretty high like 30. Back when Humble Bundles used to give like 50 games you'd have to wait half a day for the second half, unless they changed that policy, both use the same key redemption method.

The cooldown for key activations only lasts an hour.

[mimizukari]

Originally posted by rawWwRrr:

Originally posted by ロザリンド:

Pretty sure there's a limit with redeeming codes, but it's something pretty high like 30. Back when Humble Bundles used to give like 50 games you'd have to wait half a day for the second half, unless they changed that policy, both use the same key redemption method.

The cooldown for key activations only lasts an hour.

well point being there is a limit/cooldown, it isn't unlimited to just keep entering codes, likely to stop the guessing of codes or to investigate strange behavior.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by ロザリンド:

Originally posted by MooN:

Iirc there is no limit in redeeming stw codes. Gifting however.

Pretty sure there's a limit with redeeming codes, but it's something pretty high like 30. Back when Humble Bundles used to give like 50 games you'd have to wait half a day for the second half, unless they changed that policy, both use the same key redemption method.

Game key activations are not the same as wallet code activations.

The limit is the wallet limit, per day.

[blunus]

Originally posted by ロザリンド:

Originally posted by rawWwRrr:

The cooldown for key activations only lasts an hour.

well point being there is a limit/cooldown, it isn't unlimited to just keep entering codes, likely to stop the guessing of codes or to investigate strange behavior.

No, gift cards aren't game keys. The wallet limit is what it matters.

[rawWwRrr]

Originally posted by ロザリンド:

Originally posted by rawWwRrr:

The cooldown for key activations only lasts an hour.

well point being there is a limit/cooldown, it isn't unlimited to just keep entering codes, likely to stop the guessing of codes or to investigate strange behavior.

Correct. But it doesn't last a half day.

[Hanomaly]

Originally posted by Mxteorite:

I was thinking about buying four 100€ and one 20€ steam gift cards in order to buy a steam deck but I've no idea if there's a limit on how many you can redeem in a day and I wasn't really able to find any infos about it on google. Does anyone know?

can i just ask, out of curiosity. If you have the money to afford 420 euros of Steam gift cards to add to your own account to buy a Steam Deck for yourself... why... do the gift cards/wallet cards at all? Why not just buy the Steam Deck directly from Steam with your money/bank card? Why add the "extra step" of redeeming several wallet cards?

i understand, i guess, for young people without their own money, but i've always wondered why someone would top-up their steam Wallet.. or buy steam wallet cards or gift cards.. instead of just buying the game, hardware, whatever, directly?

What's the benefit of using the "extra step" of going through Steam Wallet if it's your own money the whole time?

i'm not trying to be a jerk, i really just don't understand it!

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Just wondering, does Steam support a payment method like PayPal, or other bank transfer in your region? If yes, why not link your bank to that, and buy Steam deck that way?

[meteora]

Originally posted by Hanomaly:

Originally posted by Mxteorite:

I was thinking about buying four 100€ and one 20€ steam gift cards in order to buy a steam deck but I've no idea if there's a limit on how many you can redeem in a day and I wasn't really able to find any infos about it on google. Does anyone know?

can i just ask, out of curiosity. If you have the money to afford 420 euros of Steam gift cards to add to your own account to buy a Steam Deck for yourself... why... do the gift cards/wallet cards at all? Why not just buy the Steam Deck directly from Steam with your money/bank card? Why add the "extra step" of redeeming several wallet cards?

i understand, i guess, for young people without their own money, but i've always wondered why someone would top-up their steam Wallet.. or buy steam wallet cards or gift cards.. instead of just buying the game, hardware, whatever, directly?

What's the benefit of using the "extra step" of going through Steam Wallet if it's your own money the whole time?

i'm not trying to be a jerk, i really just don't understand it!

Since I am 15 I do not have a credit card, I saved up for about a year and a half and I have the money in cash

[meteora]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Originally posted by ロザリンド:

Pretty sure there's a limit with redeeming codes, but it's something pretty high like 30. Back when Humble Bundles used to give like 50 games you'd have to wait half a day for the second half, unless they changed that policy, both use the same key redemption method.

Game key activations are not the same as wallet code activations.

The limit is the wallet limit, per day.

:qr:

All right, thanks!

[meteora]

Originally posted by Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

Just wondering, does Steam support a payment method like PayPal, or other bank transfer in your region? If yes, why not link your bank to that, and buy Steam deck that way?

In italy, we aren't allowed to open a bank account until we are 18+ and the same goes for PayPal

[Hanomaly]

Originally posted by Mxteorite:

Since I am 15 I do not have a credit card, I saved up for about a year and a half and I have the money in cash

Thanks for responding to my question ^.^