Gift card scam

[AQuantumStar]

I bought 3 giftcards yesterday which had steam money in the form of $50 each, and when I went to redeem the codes they had already been used. What do I do now? Steam notes they dont do refunds in order not to muddle their economy, but this was just money card, not a game card.

[Your_White_Knight]

ṼṏẌṏḭḊ původně napsal:

I've never bought a gift card before, but is there a waiting period between buying it and being able to use it on Steam?

Yes sometimes, even with Steam cards too...

Target for some reason holds a bunch of numbers and then validates them in a bunch... why? I don't know, but I do know it happens.. it happened to me. The code though was an "invalid code" rather then a already used code that the OP describes... and it was an official Steam card and not OP's random Gift Card.... needless to say I returned the card and since they admitted they didn't send the info to Steam to validate it, it was their fault and they gave me my money back...

Never buy Steam cards from Target... : /

[Your_White_Knight]

SparkyLab původně napsal:

Surprisingly you still able to get Steam gift card in store. Seems like all the places here ( near my area) FredMeyers, Walgreens, Walmart, Targets, ThinkGeek ( and Gamestop at the mall ), and Safeway all stop selling them. I was annoyed thou cos I prefer to top up using giftcard. ( people suggest get a Reloadable Credit Cards or something. I don't really like that idea. Cos I prefer to top up a set amount on the wallet and only use those, and when credit down, I just wait till the next time I go shopping to get another card. )

Don't know why they took those card off the shelves.... sorry I OT. Anyway, I am not sure how you going to proof that it was redeem before you scratch off ( I am assuming you scratch off to get the code only to find out it's already redeem. )

And there is always the list of where one can get Steam cards....

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=1193-wlxv-6514