ARE PHYSICAL STEAM GIFT CARDS DISCONTINUED?

[[RNGR|x|GORO]]

Hey

I have been trying to find a Steam gift card for a while but haven't been able to find any. My local Game store closed so I can't buy them from there, and the few only places here who sold them aren't selling them either. I checked at Currys, Argos and some other local stores but nothing.

I'm in the UK, btw, and I really need a gift card before November starts. Any idea where to get them in physical format?

[Crazy Tiger]

No, they're not discontinued. Stores are responsiblke themselves for their stock, if they don't stock them that's on them.

Most around here simply print the wallet code on the receipt.

Steam lists some stores that sell them, though as said if those stores don't stock them, that's their choice.
This is the page: https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/5BB2-E986-A733-CF0E
These are the stores listed for the UK, that doesn't mean other stores don't sell them, though:

Argos
ASDA
GAME
John Lewis
Tesco
WHSmith
Wilkinson

[mrbluer]

I can't find any Steam gift cards here in Michigan either.

[steven1mac]

Tesco

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by mrbluer:

I can't find any Steam gift cards here in Michigan either.

Coinstar machines in grocery stores. Printable codes.

https://www.coinstar.com/giftcards

[Lone Wolf]

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:

No, they're not discontinued. Stores are responsiblke themselves for their stock, if they don't stock them that's on them.

Most around here simply print the wallet code on the receipt.

Steam lists some stores that sell them, though as said if those stores don't stock them, that's their choice.
This is the page: https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/5BB2-E986-A733-CF0E
These are the stores listed for the UK, that doesn't mean other stores don't sell them, though:

Argos
ASDA
GAME
John Lewis
Tesco
WHSmith
Wilkinson

good luck finding any at Wilkinson they have gone bust last week.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

The lists are extremely outdated.

[SLG]

I still see them at Wal-mart. Where I live I am seeing a change in the amounts and appearance of them.

Texas

[[RNGR|x|GORO]]

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:

No, they're not discontinued. Stores are responsiblke themselves for their stock, if they don't stock them that's on them.

Most around here simply print the wallet code on the receipt.

Steam lists some stores that sell them, though as said if those stores don't stock them, that's their choice.
This is the page: https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/5BB2-E986-A733-CF0E
These are the stores listed for the UK, that doesn't mean other stores don't sell them, though:

Argos
ASDA
GAME
John Lewis
Tesco
WHSmith
Wilkinson

I thought they were discounted because not even online at Currys or at Argos I can find them. Same at Game's website. Tesco doesn't sell them either, I checked in a couple of stores. They sold PS4, Roblox, Amazon, etc gift cards but not Steam's. Same goes for WHSmith. And I don't have any Wilkinson in my city. I still have to try John Lews tho

Thanks for your reply, I'll keep searching

Originally posted by mrbluer:

I can't find any Steam gift cards here in Michigan either.

Originally posted by SLGray:

I still see them at Wal-mart. Where I live I am seeing a change in the amounts and appearance of them.

Texas

In my city I can't find them at all either

[J4MESOX4D]

A lot of retailers have discontinued the gift card aspect and are now reverting the much safer, but less than glamorous receipt method which can only be obtained at the till. Instead of having an activated gift card, you just get a paper-based receipt with an activation code that is activated and printed upon the tendering of money.

Gift cards at retail-level have been plagued with scams for many years and as it's a like for like transaction, any losses from either their side or the consumer can really mount up. Non-activated cards have been stolen in masses and there's also been cases of switching where dishonest workers activate a card and then give the customer one that isn't. Also used cards can be resealed easily.

I'm sure there's a few retailers here and there that still offer this service but many are able to facilitate this at the till so it's best to ask there.

[[RNGR|x|GORO]]

Originally posted by J4MESOX4D:

A lot of retailers have discontinued the gift card aspect and are now reverting the much safer, but less than glamorous receipt method which can only be obtained at the till. Instead of having an activated gift card, you just get a paper-based receipt with an activation code that is activated and printed upon the tendering of money.

Gift cards at retail-level have been plagued with scams for many years and as it's a like for like transaction, any losses from either their side or the consumer can really mount up. Non-activated cards have been stolen in masses and there's also been cases of switching where dishonest workers activate a card and then give the customer one that isn't. Also used cards can be resealed easily.

I'm sure there's a few retailers here and there that still offer this service but many are able to facilitate this at the till so it's best to ask there.

The workers normally gave me the receipt only, and all of them worked pretty well. But for that, I had to take the card from the shelves and give it at the till. Then the workers gave me the receipt, but they normally kept the card with themselves.

But I still see no reason to stop selling Steam gift cards only because this can happen with every card as well.

[captainwiseass]

I just moved from a place where they were all but impossible to find to one where they are in just about every big box store I go into. So yeah, it's regional.

[[RNGR|x|GORO]]

Originally posted by captainwiseass:

I just moved from a place where they were all but impossible to find to one where they are in just about every big box store I go into. So yeah, it's regional.

In the UK? Whereabouts, in Scotland?

[SLG]

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&sca_esv=571500735&tbs=lf:1,lf_ui:3&tbm=lcl&q=what+stores+in+united+kingdom+carry+steam+gift+cards&rflfq=1&num=10&rllag=53161859,-1003613,193219&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi78J3LkOOBAxU8k2oFHYTNBjEQjGp6BAgcEAE&biw=1366&bih=681&dpr=1#rlfi=hd:;si:;mv:[[56.202959899999996,0.3663016],[51.251715999999995,-7.7500315]];tbs:lrf:!1m4!1u3!2m2!3m1!1e1!2m1!1e3!3sIAE,lf:1,lf_ui:3

[[RNGR|x|GORO]]

Originally posted by SLGray:

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&sca_esv=571500735&tbs=lf:1,lf_ui:3&tbm=lcl&q=what+stores+in+united+kingdom+carry+steam+gift+cards&rflfq=1&num=10&rllag=53161859,-1003613,193219&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi78J3LkOOBAxU8k2oFHYTNBjEQjGp6BAgcEAE&biw=1366&bih=681&dpr=1#rlfi=hd:;si:;mv:[[56.202959899999996,0.3663016],[51.251715999999995,-7.7500315]];tbs:lrf:!1m4!1u3!2m2!3m1!1e1!2m1!1e3!3sIAE,lf:1,lf_ui:3

No, none of them sells them, I went myself to Tesco, Asda, WHSmith, etc
I haven't gone to the toystore tho

[Aluvard]

Maybe they switched to digital; so instead of card they print code for you at the checkout?
Other, smaller newsagent's chains.