Donate my Trading Cards to Charity

[DreamingVoid]

I don't care about trading cards. In any way, shape, or form. I was thinking of suggesting an option to disable all notifications regarding them, but thought of a better idea: donate them!

I wish I could register a charity's Steam account to receive all my past, present, and future trading cards. The charity could then sell them on the Marketplace. Valve could give a discount or waive the Marketplace fee for these accounts.

This will make it so as I play games, I am helping charity - even if only a few cents here and there.

[Aachen]

So, Valve would commit to "$amount to the charity" on a yearly basis or sommat?

[DreamingVoid]

What? The charity would sell the card on the market, just like you and I can do. Valve isn't committing to anything - they don't even have to waive the transaction fees, that was just a suggestion if they want to be extra nice.

[Aachen]

You and I cannot get currency for wallet funds, though.

[JPMcMillen]

Publicado originalmente por DreamingVoid:

What? The charity would sell the card on the market, just like you and I can do. Valve isn't committing to anything - they don't even have to waive the transaction fees, that was just a suggestion if they want to be extra nice.

The issue is that Steam wallet funds cannot be transferred to a bank account. Even if Valve made an exception for charity, they would still need to investigate every charity to make sure that they were actually a real charity and not one of those "technically legal" charities that only gives 5¢ on the dollar to what they claim to support.

[Radene]

Dude...if you want to give to charity, give to charity directly. Cut out the middleman.

[Aachen]

Publicado originalmente por Radene:

Dude...if you want to give to charity, give to charity directly. Cut out the middleman.

It's "giving away valueless stuff I have no interest in" for charity, as I understood the OP.

[Radene]

Publicado originalmente por Aachen:

Publicado originalmente por Radene:

Dude...if you want to give to charity, give to charity directly. Cut out the middleman.

It's "giving away valueless stuff I have no interest in" for charity, as I understood the OP. :Gifting:

Yep. It's sad.

[DreamingVoid]

Publicado originalmente por JPMcMillen:

The issue is that Steam wallet funds cannot be transferred to a bank account. Even if Valve made an exception for charity, they would still need to investigate every charity to make sure that they were actually a real charity and not one of those "technically legal" charities that only gives 5¢ on the dollar to what they claim to support.

That differs country-by-country, largely based on the level of consumer protection laws. There is nothing technically or legally preventing them (large transfers, aside) in the US.

[Aachen]

In what country can one transfer wallet funds into a bank account?