Ability to refund purchased points store items

[sudfhe]

Perhaps for a 75% return of what you paid for said items

I don't know if I speak for myself when I say my steam inventory has gotten extremely cluttered with stuff (in hindsight) I don't need. It would be nice to be able to regain its former neat and tidy glory, and to get atleast some steam points back for my efforts.

Edit: I'd in fact argue an 100% refund would be reasonable, seeing as steam points arent some economic alternative you purchase through steam, they're a free bonus reward for spending money on steam games. So why not allow full refunds on steam store purchases?

[eram]

why would they want to refund any amount back to you? a better suggestion people have been asking for its to simply delete them.

[HikariLight]

You never paid for the points.
The points were a free gift you received for making a purchase.
All items you buy with points are cosmetic.
There is no value in the points so Steam will not refund point shop purchases.

[B-o-B]

Christmas and they're still at it. Valve ain't here today sorry. Go play a game, it's christmas :)

[sudfhe]

Originally posted by HikariLight:

You never paid for the points.
The points were a free gift you received for making a purchase.
All items you buy with points are cosmetic.
There is no value in the points so Steam will not refund point shop purchases.

Technically, you do pay for the points. The only metric to receive them is by sending a certain amount on the steam store.
Obviously you don't and cannot buy steam points directly.

Originally posted by eram:

why would they want to refund any amount back to you? a better suggestion people have been asking for its to simply delete them.

Deleting them would be another valid option, although it'd be nice and user-friendly to give a partial refund for deleted points store items I feel. After all, as a business you want to encourage your customers to go out and purchase more things, right?

[Ducks on Fire]

Originally posted by normal:

Originally posted by HikariLight:

You never paid for the points.
The points were a free gift you received for making a purchase.
All items you buy with points are cosmetic.
There is no value in the points so Steam will not refund point shop purchases.

Technically, you do pay for the points. The only metric to receive them is by sending a certain amount on the steam store.
Obviously you don't and cannot buy steam points directly.

No you don't. The prices do not factor in the points you receive. You would be paying just as much for a game even if you didn't receive any points at all.

Originally posted by normal:

Originally posted by eram:

why would they want to refund any amount back to you? a better suggestion people have been asking for its to simply delete them.

Deleting them would be another valid option, although it'd be nice and user-friendly to give a partial refund for deleted points store items I feel. After all, as a business you want to encourage your customers to go out and purchase more things, right?

This doesn't encourage more purchases though. And I don't care what kind of BS you'll try to spin to claim otherwise. What you are asking for is to be able to have a product and use it and then get the majority of its value back after you are done with it. People would need to buy less things then, because rather than needing to make purchases to get more points they'd be able to recycle their points and not have to make as many purchases to buy more things from the points store.

Maybe they can do something for people who have a bunch of things they don't want anymore. Being able to delete them, maybe being able to craft a badge or something, but simply letting people recoup most of the points they spent is not something that they'd do.

[sudfhe]

Originally posted by Ducks on Fire:

Originally posted by normal:

Technically, you do pay for the points. The only metric to receive them is by sending a certain amount on the steam store.
Obviously you don't and cannot buy steam points directly.

No you don't. The prices do not factor in the points you receive. You would be paying just as much for a game even if you didn't receive any points at all.

Yes it does? The amount of store points you get is literally determined by how much you spend on the steam store, $1 is 100 points or something like that.

Originally posted by Ducks on Fire:

Originally posted by normal:

Deleting them would be another valid option, although it'd be nice and user-friendly to give a partial refund for deleted points store items I feel. After all, as a business you want to encourage your customers to go out and purchase more things, right?

This doesn't encourage more purchases though. And I don't care what kind of BS you'll try to spin to claim otherwise. What you are asking for is to be able to have a product and use it and then get the majority of its value back after you are done with it. People would need to buy less things then, because rather than needing to make purchases to get more points they'd be able to recycle their points and not have to make as many purchases to buy more things from the points store.

Maybe they can do something for people who have a bunch of things they don't want anymore. Being able to delete them, maybe being able to craft a badge or something, but simply letting people recoup most of the points they spent is not something that they'd do.

Okay? Nothing you've really said there goes against the idea of a partial refund of points from deleting steam inventory items, the same way you can recycle cards, emotes and backgrounds into gems?

[Aachen]

If there’s going to be a hypothetical points-shop refund .... why make it merely partial?

[Crazy Tiger]

A refund isn't logical. A thrasher/delete option would be most likely.

Especially as it isn't hard to get points. The loads of points award farming reviews, threads, guides, artworks, screenshots, etc show that.

Originally posted by normal:

Originally posted by Ducks on Fire:

No you don't. The prices do not factor in the points you receive. You would be paying just as much for a game even if you didn't receive any points at all.

Yes it does? The amount of store points you get is literally determined by how much you spend on the steam store, $1 is 100 points or something like that.

that's not what they're trying to say. They're saying that Steam points are free because you don';t get an additional charge on the prices of games. If the points actually cost money, the prices would be slightly higher than they were before the Steam points got introduced. A game pirced 60 was still priced 60 after the points shop got introduced, even though you then additionally got points.

[sudfhe]

Originally posted by Aachen:

If there’s going to be a hypothetical points-shop refund .... why make it merely partial?

Well I agree, why not do a full refund, but as you can see some people feel determined to be ♥♥♥♥♥♥ over for free virtual items in atleast some minor way

[sudfhe]

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:

Originally posted by normal:

Yes it does? The amount of store points you get is literally determined by how much you spend on the steam store, $1 is 100 points or something like that.

that's not what they're trying to say. They're saying that Steam points are free because you don';t get an additional charge on the prices of games. If the points actually cost money, the prices would be slightly higher than they were before the Steam points got introduced. A game pirced 60 was still priced 60 after the points shop got introduced, even though you then additionally got points.

You are clearly also mistaken, Steam points are earned through all the money spent on the steam store, I never said valve charges additonally for them because thats idiotic. They're basically a free loyalty bonus for spending money on steam games.

[Aachen]

Originally posted by normal:

Well I agree, why not do a full refund ....

That is not reflected in the OP.

[Crazy Tiger]

Originally posted by normal:

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:

that's not what they're trying to say. They're saying that Steam points are free because you don';t get an additional charge on the prices of games. If the points actually cost money, the prices would be slightly higher than they were before the Steam points got introduced. A game pirced 60 was still priced 60 after the points shop got introduced, even though you then additionally got points.

You are clearly also mistaken, Steam points are earned through all the money spent on the steam store, I never said valve charges additonally for them because thats idiotic. They're basically a free loyalty bonus for spending money on steam games.

How am I mistaken when you say the same thing I said? I only clarified what I figured was the other users point and it seems you agree on that clarification.

[sudfhe]

Originally posted by Aachen:

Originally posted by normal:

Well I agree, why not do a full refund ....

:kentconfused: That is not reflected in the OP.

There, I added an addendum for it. Happy?

[sudfhe]

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:

Originally posted by normal:

You are clearly also mistaken, Steam points are earned through all the money spent on the steam store, I never said valve charges additonally for them because thats idiotic. They're basically a free loyalty bonus for spending money on steam games.

How am I mistaken when you say the same thing I said? I only clarified what I figured was the other users point and it seems you agree on that clarification.

I recognise the "clarification", I am aware of how Steam Points work.

When I originally responded to that other guy, it was that the "clarification" had no bearing on what my suggestion was.

[nos]

i think this is a good idea