Please lift the 3 hour card drop restriction associated with refunds for returned gifts

[kijib]

Valve limited my card drops after a gift was refunded, anyone else have this issue?

I sent a gift to a friend but they did not accept it before Valve's auto return policy, the gift was "refunded" so now I think Valve flagged me as a refunder

Since then, my cards do not drop like they used to. Prior to the gifts being refunded, I could get my first card drop after only 5 min of recorded time. Subsequent drops would only take 30min - 2 hours, but typically the drops were 30 min - 60 min

Now, I don't get any drops until after 3 hours, so I know there has been some restriction placed on my account. I haven't tried yet but I'm worried every drop might take 3 hours now.

Has anyone else experienced this/had the limitation revert back to normal after a certain time? I hope it's not permanent this really sucks

[B l u e b e r r y P o p t a r t]

I doubt this anyways. Card drops start after the 3-4 hour mark anyways due to refunds. So you cannot farm cards and refund a game.

[kijib]

but the point is I shouldn't be treated as a refund abuser when I did not request the refund, Valve did it automatically

[Despiseusername]

contact support if you believe they did a restriction. your friend had over a week to redeem the gift. why didn't they do so?

[kijib]

Originally posted by Despiseusername:

contact support if you believe they did a restriction. your friend had over a week to redeem the gift. why didn't they do so?

not everyone checks Steam every month, you’ll learn when you’re older and get a job

I’m not even upset that’s Valve’s policy to expire gifts, I just don’t think I should be treated the same as a refund abuser

[Despiseusername]

so you sent them gifts and didn't tell them to redeem? ah the whole point is to check once a week to get notices.

a large number of games now that release don't drop cards until the no refund timeline expires. wheter that be hour of playtime or past the buy or used a key period.

has nothing to do with being a refund abuser

[kijib]

not true, go back and read the OP

[Despiseusername]

Originally posted by kijib:

not true, go back and read the OP

it is true. a number of games will not drop games unless a certain amount of time has passed. this is to stop people from gettning cards and then refunding the game.

[kijib]

Originally posted by Despiseusername:

Originally posted by kijib:

not true, go back and read the OP

it is true. a number of games will not drop games unless a certain amount of time has passed. this is to stop people from gettning cards and then refunding the game.

that's only if Valve put a restriction on your account, prior to the refunded gifts I got my first drop after 5 min, now it is 3 hours

[Despiseusername]

Originally posted by kijib:

Originally posted by Despiseusername:

it is true. a number of games will not drop games unless a certain amount of time has passed. this is to stop people from gettning cards and then refunding the game.

that's only if Valve put a restriction on your account, prior to the refunded gifts I got my first drop after 5 min, now it is 3 hours

so what? do you only play a game for five minutes to get cards? if not who cares if it takes three hours for the first drop. just put the game on and go to sleep or do chores if you just want the cards from it

[kijib]

Originally posted by Despiseusername:

Originally posted by kijib:

that's only if Valve put a restriction on your account, prior to the refunded gifts I got my first drop after 5 min, now it is 3 hours

so what? do you only play a game for five minutes to get cards? if not who cares if it takes three hours for the first drop. just put the game on and go to sleep or do chores if you just want the cards from it

I have thousands of games, I do not wish to spend an additional 3 hours per game (literally thousands of hours total) just to get the card drops, especially not because Valve unfairly restricted my account

[Despiseusername]

dude like I said just run the game and go down something else wheter that be cleaning or sleeping learn to multitask

[Sazzouu]

Originally posted by B l u e b e r r y P o p t a r t:

I doubt this anyways. Card drops start after the 3-4 hour mark anyways due to refunds. So you cannot farm cards and refund a game.

Funny... then I was hallucianting those card drops today starting after 10 Minutes
Stop spreadding false information

[B l u e b e r r y P o p t a r t]

Originally posted by Sazzouu:

Originally posted by B l u e b e r r y P o p t a r t:

I doubt this anyways. Card drops start after the 3-4 hour mark anyways due to refunds. So you cannot farm cards and refund a game.

Funny... then I was hallucianting those card drops today starting after 10 Minutes
Stop spreadding false information

It's not false information, just because something might happen does not mean that it's supposed to be that way. :facepalm:

That's like saying cards drop instantly but in fact, someone used IM to cheat the system....

[Despiseusername]

Originally posted by Sazzouu:

Originally posted by B l u e b e r r y P o p t a r t:

I doubt this anyways. Card drops start after the 3-4 hour mark anyways due to refunds. So you cannot farm cards and refund a game.

Funny... then I was hallucianting those card drops today starting after 10 Minutes
Stop spreadding false information

Often depends upon the game. some games it takes more then a hour or two especially if still under the refund window time limit.

[B l u e b e r r y P o p t a r t]

Originally posted by Despiseusername:

Originally posted by Sazzouu:

Funny... then I was hallucianting those card drops today starting after 10 Minutes
Stop spreadding false information

Often depends upon the game. some games it takes more then a hour or two especially if still under the refund window time limit.

I wouldn't be surprised if it was a game that was already played and they added cards and instantly got them, or possibly a game that passed the 14 days of owning it and started playing (but I have never waited that long and don't know if cards would drop faster since the refund timer is over at that point.)

But I love people like him that tell others they are wrong or blah blah blah without any type of proof, but that is the Steam community anymore.

I'm fine with being wrong since I can learn something from it for later if it comes up again, but I have never seen a game that drops cards after 10 minutes without external programs used as IM, or newly added cards that you have the time already in-game.