Can I get a Rain check on a steam deal that passed?

[Heretic_Leader]

I forgot to purchase GTAV when it was on sale :( and now it's back to 59.99 :'( is there any way to contact steam support and get a rain check or am I wishing pigs could fly?

[999999999]

No. Wait until the 22nd when the summer sale starts.

[ditoe10]

When is summer sale 2017 ready?? 22nd june??

[999999999]

Yes.

[Heretic_Leader]

Thank you for letting me know!

[jonbrave]

You'd like to contact Steam and say you're sorry you missed buying a game in a sale now that it's gone back up, so would they like to sell it you at the sale price, right?

[BossGalaga]

Originally posted by Sovereignkely:

I forgot to purchase GTAV when it was on sale :( and now it's back to 59.99 :'( is there any way to contact steam support and get a rain check or am I wishing pigs could fly?

Steam has no such thing as rain checks. The publishers decide when they want to offer game discounts and participate in sales. Steam cannot discount their games for you because YOU missed a sale.

[HLCinSC]

Also, rain checks are usually for when you go to purchase something that is on sale but they are out of which doesn't really happen on Steam.

[jonbrave]

OOI, what exactly was a "rain check", originally?

[FFL2and3rocks]

a ticket given for later use when a sports event or other outdoor event is interrupted or postponed by rain.

a coupon issued to a customer by a store, guaranteeing that a sale item that is out of stock may be purchased by that customer at a later date at the same reduced price.

[jonbrave]

Does that "check" make it an American term then?

[999999999]

Originally posted by jonbrave:

OOI, what exactly was a "rain check", originally?

This term comes from baseball, where in the 1880s it became the practice to offer paying spectators a rain check entitling them to future admission for a game that was postponed or ended early owing to bad weather. http://www.dictionary.com/browse/rain-check

Originally posted by jonbrave:

Does that "check" make it an American term then?

No. It was coined in the US. That is what makes it an American term.

[jonbrave]

@999 Thanks for the info!

>>No. It was coined in the US. That is what makes it an American term.

I'm UK, and to me the wording does not mean anything, that's what I meant.

[999999999]

You have bank checks, correct? It works the same as those. When you write a check, the money does not come out of your account right away. It is just a place holder until the money is transferred.

[jonbrave]

Sorry, the point is we call them "cheques" only, and I knew it wasn't "rain cheque"! "Rain check" here could only mean "checking whether it was raining"!

[999999999]

Just a spelling difference, yes. But it means the same.