Tried to gift a friend a game and it blocked me

[Lackadaisy]

It said "Due to regional price differences, the gift you are trying to send cannot be sent to the recipient's region."
How do I solve this so I can gift them?

[rawWwRrr]

Send them a digital gift card and ask them to buy them game with the funds.

[ReBoot]

Send them a digital gift card through Steam.

[Lackadaisy]

Originally posted by rawWwRrr:

Send them a digital gift card and ask them to buy them game with the funds.

I don't want to do that. I want to send them the game.

[Lackadaisy]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Send them a digital gift card through Steam.

I'm trying to give them a specific game. Not a gift card.

[DarkCrystalMethod]

Have your friend move to a different region. Probably yours would be the best choice.
And if he has any power in his country sort it out so you can give him the game.

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by Lackadaisy:

Originally posted by rawWwRrr:

Send them a digital gift card and ask them to buy them game with the funds.

I don't want to do that. I want to send them the game.

Either you send them a digital gift card through Steam or a gift totally outside of Steam. Those are your options.

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by Lackadaisy:

Originally posted by rawWwRrr:

Send them a digital gift card and ask them to buy them game with the funds.

I don't want to do that. I want to send them the game.

If the price difference between where you live, and where they live, is 10% or more, then Steam won't allow the gifting. A Digital Gift Card is the only choice at that point.

[Lackadaisy]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Originally posted by Lackadaisy:

I don't want to do that. I want to send them the game.

Either you send them a digital gift card through Steam or a gift totally outside of Steam. Those are your options.

So Steam has failed as a platform when it comes to giving games to friends is what you're saying?

[Lackadaisy]

Originally posted by Spawn of Totoro:

Originally posted by Lackadaisy:

I don't want to do that. I want to send them the game.

If the price difference between where you live, and where they live, is 10% or more, then Steam won't allow the gifting. A Digital Gift Card is the only choice at that point.

This is the only bit of real help so far. Thank you.

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by Lackadaisy:

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Either you send them a digital gift card through Steam or a gift totally outside of Steam. Those are your options.

So Steam has failed as a platform when it comes to giving games to friends is what you're saying?

I know I gifted a couple games in the past. Just this month, I've gifted my GF 2 games to play co-operatively together. So whatever you think I'm saying, I'm not.

[Lackadaisy]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Originally posted by Lackadaisy:

So Steam has failed as a platform when it comes to giving games to friends is what you're saying?

I know I gifted a couple games in the past. Just this month, I've gifted my GF 2 games to play co-operatively together. So whatever you think I'm saying, I'm not.

Why doesn't it automatically change the amount when its purchased to the region?

[Seretti]

Originally posted by Lackadaisy:

Why doesn't it automatically change the amount when its purchased to the region?

It against the law.

[Lackadaisy]

Originally posted by Seretti:

Originally posted by Lackadaisy:

Why doesn't it automatically change the amount when its purchased to the region?

It against the law.

What is?

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by Lackadaisy:

Originally posted by ReBoot:

I know I gifted a couple games in the past. Just this month, I've gifted my GF 2 games to play co-operatively together. So whatever you think I'm saying, I'm not.

Why doesn't it automatically change the amount when its purchased to the region?

That's an interesting question. As far as I'm concerned, a big red box "The recepient's regional price is different, please proceed only when you're happy with paying the different price" is a solution.

However, that's not how other people see it. Laws in civilized countries tend to have a paragraph or two (or three or a bunch more) about protecting consumers. And those laws tend to dictate that the price you see on the store page has to be the same as on the checkout (plus/minus taxes, US consumer goods taxing is weird).

In other box, a notice I've mentioned above, the one offering you to proceed with that other price, wouldn't be legal. I ♥♥♥♥ you not, it would be an easy solution but it can't because legal.

In all fairness, not all people are smart. There's a bunch of them who'll only see the price on the store, then blindly proceed clicking every "Next" button without reading ANYTHING and then sue Valve because the moment real money gets involved, things get serious. It's sad but that's the reality we live in.

I am not even guessing. There's a week trade ban for canceling all your trades. Including a warning (or maybe even a two) and every now and then, people rant about their temporary trade ban. And that's without any actual money involved, without any funds moving around outside of Steam.

[Lackadaisy]

Why is it I can't just send the game to them for whatever price my or their region is?