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Turtle Feb 20, 2020 @ 6:58am

Steam Cards

You sell Steam cards for $20... your list the games for $19.99 and did you forget PLUS TAX! Do you expect me to get another $20 card for $1.20 in taxes? You have my twenty and I have spent Steam card. This irritates me as much as in game sales. "What you don't have a credit card number to give Steam? Everyone has a credit card number to give Steam."

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cSg|mc-Hotsauce Feb 20, 2020 @ 7:02am

Gift cards are in flat/even denominations for ease of purchase.

For custom amounts over the minimum allowed to purchase, use this guide...

https://www.howtogeek.com/331114/how-to-send-a-steam-digital-gift-card-in-any-amount/

wuddih Feb 20, 2020 @ 7:04am

every product owner on Steam does the pricing for their products.
what for Steam in-store credit cards are available are widely not relevant for any store pricing.

you could just use a normal payment method instead of buying in-store credit. there are payment methods other than credit cards.

you could also add custom amounts of in-store credit
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=328859255

and lets not forget, the only people with this tax issue are US residents. the rest of the planet has taxes included in the normal store price.

Brian9824 Feb 20, 2020 @ 7:20am

Originally posted by Turtle:
You sell Steam cards for $20... your list the games for $19.99 and did you forget PLUS TAX! Do you expect me to get another $20 card for $1.20 in taxes? You have my twenty and I have spent Steam card. This irritates me as much as in game sales. "What you don't have a credit card number to give Steam? Everyone has a credit card number to give Steam."

That is how every giftcard in the world works. They are always for a flat amount.

Are you also aware of the following:

1. Not everyone pays tax on steam games
2. A $20 steam gift card can be used for other things then a $19.99 game
3. Taxes are assigned by your government and are outside of steam's control, that money goes to the government not steam
4. You can purchase additional giftcards to cover the tax

Turtle Feb 20, 2020 @ 7:31am

You hit the nail on the head. Most countries besides the US front load their taxes so the price you see is what you pay. That is the point I was making. After reviewing the link provided I still found no other way to pay besides a credit card or account.

Brian9824 Feb 20, 2020 @ 7:42am

Originally posted by Turtle:
You hit the nail on the head. Most countries besides the US front load their taxes so the price you see is what you pay. That is the point I was making. After reviewing the link provided I still found no other way to pay besides a credit card or account.

Not really, because a $20 giftcard in europoe might not be enough to pay for a game even with the taxes front loaded as it can make the game higher then the price of the giftcard.

You can also pay on steam via paypal for instance, or you can simply buy another giftcard for $5 or $10 to cover taxes.

Last edited by Brian9824; Feb 20, 2020 @ 7:42am

Turtle Feb 20, 2020 @ 12:57pm

$5 gift card sounds better just haven't seen any, I only see $20's and $50's.

Tesityr Feb 20, 2020 @ 4:41pm

If I may add, you can also pay with Paypal or other "smart pay" checkout utilities - all you have to do is make an Account with them, then you don't have to enter in your CC information as well. Many of those types of things can even be set up to take money directly from your Bank Account.