Reminder about when a deal will end

[Amaygj]

For example, I'm interested in Tekken 7 on fighting game sale, but I need time to think. I click a remind me button and it sends an email day before the deal ends to say "hey this game you were curious about on sale, is about to go off sale"

[nullable]

I mean I'm not against additional reminders. Although part of me says you're not that interested if you need time to think, but forget about the game and when the sale ends instead and need reminding.

There's probably also an argument to be made about spamming customers with games being on sale... How many notices and reminders is the right amount? One, two, ten? There's no right answer of course. But a lot to consider, and maybe warrants asking yourself why they don't do this obvious thing already?

[Gwarsbane]

Or you can set a reminder on your phone or on your PC. No need for Valve to build in something like this.

And if you need that much time to think about it that you forget about it, then maybe you should wait till the next sale.

Plus you already have bookmarks that already tell you when a game comes on sale. So if the game is in your wishlist and you get the reminder you should have already looked at it by then.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Store page already tells you when it ends.

So does the massive banner on the main page.

And...

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamworks/announcements/detail/2926735484220747821

[Washell]

If I need to think, I can get it next sale. Saves me a lot of money. Maybe it'll work for you too. ;)

Anyway, not against your suggestion, as long as there is an option to turn them off.

[cinedine]

Steam doesn't even manage to get the infomration that a wishlisted item is on sale delivered in a timely manner.

Question is what threshold would be enough. If someone needs to get a prepaid card first, an hour is too late. A day is like half of some sales already.

[Tito Shivan]

Originally posted by cinedine:

Steam doesn't even manage to get the infomration that a wishlisted item is on sale delivered in a timely manner.

That working as it should would be great.

I've been wondering if it has to do with them batching notifications to not murder the internet and being tagged as a spam source (And if you happen to be in the bottom of the batch queue you're screwed)

Originally posted by cinedine:

Question is what threshold would be enough. If someone needs to get a prepaid card first, an hour is too late. A day is like half of some sales already.

The answer to that one is that there's no valid answer that serves everyone. We can see it on every big two-week-long sale how there's people whom two weeks isn't 'enough time' to make it.
It's a multi-factor answer so anything but a 'insert when you want the reminder to happen' setting isn't going to cut it for everyone (and not even then will)

[Supafly]

How about a Notification for the notification? A reminder notification would be pointless if say you'd be driving, flying, asleep, at hospital or anything else that would prevent you from acting on it.

So an earlier notification to remind you of the upcoming notification would also help. While we are on it maybe a notification for the notification for the notification and so on..... Or just keep pushing notifications/emails every 12/24 hours?

You have the information if you really need to to consider things set a reminder in your phone or ......remember it?