https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/78E3-7431-1E88-AD59#retailersThanks a lot, you scamming fucks.
Gift cards are a scam which shouldn't exist at all. If you give someone $50 in gift cards instead of $50 you are a fucking moron.
bloody basterd
Just don't be brown lmao.
>can't pay cash for steam cards anymore>FORCED to give visa their tipFUCK
I remember people getting Subway gift cards so they can buy games off G2G
Well that sucks. I use gift cards for digital purchases because I sure as hell don't trust Steam, Sony or Nintendo with my card details. Much rather just top up with gift cards now and then.
Fuck you Gaben.Big ass faggot.
>forced to use a bank nowplease nuke india
wow not only are they not pushing back against payment processors they are cucking on this>muh scamsounds fake and gay and retarded. not clicking the link steam
The digital gift cards are at least still around right?
>>740770278I do this too. It's just another thinly veiled excuse for them to get your credit card details.
>>740770225Dumbass doesn't realize that the gift in, "gift card" implies it's supposed to be more thoughtful than just cash. I do agree though, long gone are the times of whimsy and thoughtfulness, nowadays all we care about is soulless corpo everything. Only currency to purchase goods and consooom
this makes me sad
>>740770178this is only the beginning, gaben is gonna jew you guys hard. well, he already did but no one cares about skins or all digital marketplace but dont worry it's coming. The visa scare was a sentiment check.
>>740770345There's nothing thoughtful about giving $ but worse. Never reply to me with this woman logic tripe again
WHY DID YOU REDEEM IT????
>>740770378>hey i know you like using steam but i don't know which cringe anime bullshit you like so here's $50 instead for you to choose
>you can't redeem anymoreindia in shambles
>>740770278You can literally get a burner card. Just ask your bank.
>>740770243Last I checked steam had trustly has a payment option which is a direct bank transfer, no visa, mastercard or other payment processors involved.
I used to work at a corner store and you'd be shocked at how many old fucks were buying hundreds of dollars of these things. the only thing more suspicious were when people wanted maxed out itunes cards.
>>740770345>muh whimsyFucking retard. I don't know why this term resurfaced recently but it's pretty much exclusively used by the most idiotic, bitter, jaded cunts on the Internet.
If you guys have trust issues do as I do:>open another account just for purchasing>keep a minimum in it>buy games with it and not your main savings account
if Google follows Valve and discontinues physical gift cards then a whole industry of gift card scamming is gonna collapse
>>740770445I do that with real cash money.
>digital gift cards are still aroundOh thank fuck.
>>740770278>>740770375You too >>740770474 I'm starting to think /v/ doesn't actually buy video games via steam
See, this is actually monopolistic.The whole scam thing is, like always, an excuse to control how people use their money and cut costs.
This legit true btwTons of stores in my city have stopped stocking up certain cards just because of how prevalent scamming has beenLike an entire industry tbats a complete headache for everyoneHonestly fucking sucks
so one thing, all these digital stores that sell codes of steam gift cards, are just physical gift cards right? they just scratch code and they sell it as a digital good.Because I only saw digital gift cards of steam from those shady third party resellers.
>>740770345You're being manipulated by big business if you believe gift cards mean anything other than you have to spend money at their store
>>740770510You're right, I am jaded, and I fucking hate how corporations have destroyed the world. Give me back my whimsy. Can't have anything spontaneous or organic, no, we need to have everything go through a series of checks by HR, Marketing, etc until you shit out a highly manicured pasta mayonnaise slop that makes everyone so sick they immediately throw up.
india really ruined the internet
>>740770178Sirs mad.
>>740770445>I want to come off as thoughtful but without putting in the actual thoughtfulness to get to know you better as a personHere's some fake currency to spend at the company store
>>740770178I'm not going to open a bank account just for videogames, guess its time to go back to pirating
>>740770594Most people on this site either can't afford video games at all (thirdies) or their parents by them
>>740770659I used to go to gamestop specifically for steam codes and they printed the code right on the receipt. They didn't actually have a physical card for me.
>>740770659yeah, that is gone too.So young and little kids can't buy them anymore.
>>740770474wtf why don't porn game sellers do this so that the credit jews can't block them
>>740770178This change was only made so that you are forced to have your bank information tied to your steam account in order to create a valid account (which requires you to spend at least $5 under it)
>>740770659Only Valve and authorized retailers sell digital codes. Everyone else is physical or stolen code.
>>740770669I'm so sick of how just explaining concepts these days immediately means you endorse what you're saying. You have to prequalify everything with 10 lines of bullshit clarification so people don't assume the worst. MAKE INTERNET GREAT AGAIN
>>740770671Go out you stupid fuck. World doesn't begin and end at your monitor. Or marinate in the misery of your own making, I don't actually care.
>>740770727The banks themselves are stepping in now and just staling the money wholesale. It is really ominous.
>>740770652how are the cards used to scam? people are buying them to send them to india or something?
>>740770178No more MA'AM DO NOT REDEEM THE STEAM GIFT CARD! ARE YOU PROSTITUTE?
>>740770445>mfw my favorite game is only on dlsiteThanks dumb nigger
>>740770779You can cash out any gift card for real money including subway cards go look it up
So where are you guys adding your bank directly?
>>740770807but how is that profitable if youre buying a $100 card and then cashing it out for $100
>>740770671>I hate corporations>which is why I shill an artificial practice socially engineered by corporate thinktanks of people thinking it is "thoughtful" to lock people into a store's ecosystem with fake money
this is a chance for Epic to win some market
>>740770178Imagine that image of Steam blowing their head out with a shotgun while everyone else watches because I don't have it saved.That said it all sounds like bullshit to me. Like other people have already suggested it looks more like they just want your card info.
>>740770178What a profoundly retarded decision. Well, I stopped using steam a while ago anyways and gog allows you to pay with paysafe cards which you can just buy in stores. Does steam allow that also?>>740770278Yes this is my main reason too. I will never give these companies my details like holy fuck why would you.
>>740770178>indians and SEAmonkeys absolutely destroyed
>>740770594steam is the last platform I bought games on, I skipped the consoles completely last gen. Like I said he is going to rugpull, get ready.
>>740770867paysafe cards are still valid on steam i believe?
>>740770760It does and so does yours.>I don't actually careHow hard were you shaking when you managed to write that down?>>740770758>sick of how just explaining concepts If only you had them mental faculties to do so in the first place you absolute fucking retard.
>>740770830You can still buy digital gift cards from authorized retailers aka GameStop they print it on your receipt.>>740770842Yen and other currency are weaker than USD. 10000 yen over there is $65 over here.
>>740770867Steam supports paysafe.
>>740770178what's the scam scheme? can someone explain?>>740770730how does that work? i've bought tons of games on steam and i dont have my bank information tied to my account
>>740770178fucking indians
>>740770842It's for when you get it as a gift but didn't want itso you redeem it through the reseller for less than the full value (but it's in cash now) so now you can actually use ut
>>740770850If you think I'm shilling gift cards that's on you buddy! I CAN EXPLAIN THE MECHANICS OF WHY 90% OF /V/ ARE PEDOPHILES, DOESN'T MEAN I AM ONE!
>>740770893>>740770918In that case this is a non-issue as long as they keep supporting it.
Obviously a nigger decision, but its because people changing regions to cheap prices not really a scam, also imagine thinking steam arent woke. You still paying for your license but with a really good price.
>>740770867>I will never give these companies my details like holy fuck why would you.So you don't use cards at all? What the fuck do you think happens when you scan your bank card at the register in a supermarket?
>ITT underages crying about something they made up completely in their headsyou don't need to link a cc (which you don't have anyway) or a bank account (which is maintained by your parents anyway) to steam in order to make purchases online
>>740770897>You can still buy digital gift cards from authorized retailersIsn't that just "for now"? As far as I can tell it's basically the same thing. The receipt was just more convenient because I didn't have to scratch anything
>>740770659Afaik, yes.The only way to purchase a digital Steam gift card proper, is actually THROUGH Steam.Because it pretty much runs on top of the same infrastructure as buying any other game for gifting on the platform.The *good* news here though, is that Valve is going to introduce guest checkout for gifts.Which means if you're averse to them gathering data on you, you can get a burner credit or debit card and use guest checkout to hand a digital Steam gift card to your Steam account. Could probably do it from a VPN as well. Because it's guest checkout, so the terms & conditions for Steam accounts which prohibit you from using a VPN to mask your location, wouldn't apply. (Unless Valve is planning on plugging that hole with further legalese specific to guest checkouts.)
Thanks pajeet.
>>740770225>>740770345I'm a retard who every single times he's given, he saves it. Getting a gift card, or a coupon or something like that actually motivates me to spend it on something I like, which I wouldn't if it was just money, because I'm a cheapskate.
>>740770967Regional pricing is jewish
>>740770225Gift cards are just a way to make it easy for thirdies to top up their accounts with local payment methods and no exchange rates, I don't think anyone ever used it as a "gift".
>>740770993There's two types of gift cards physical and digital. The receipt is digital code. The physical is actual real.
>>740770680US and tech firms in general. Literal parasites eating you up
i literally ask for these on my birthday. this is fucking retarded. steam has been idiotic lately. gaben what are you doing
>>740770983wow great explanation I am convinced
What are you retards talking about?I haven't fucking linked my bank account or cc with Steam once to buy from it. And I don't even use physical gift cards.
What happened to /v/? You all used to be so much sharper. I suppose you are all reaching your 40s and 50s. Damn, kinda grim, a good handful of the people browsing here back in '09 have probably already died.
>>740771008That's the entire idea behind gift cards. It is an extremely jewish invention.
>>740771040But I want to use cash. They are canceling retail support so I have to do it this way now.
>>740771049fine, i'll spoonfeed you children just this once
>>740771086You pay in cash at GameStop and get a receipt with a digital code. You can only do this at authorized retailers. GameStop is a authorized retailers. Your momma's corner store or G2G are not.
>>740771061>09Why 2009 specifically? This place has been around since 2003
Steam supports a stupid amount of non standard payment methods so Im fine ehI havent seen a real steam card in my town for years now
Digital Cards will still be available in your regular game shop.Only with code in the ticket form, instead of the card.I bought some that way when they didn't have physical on stock
>>740770278unironic autism, if you can't monitor your credit card yourself you deserve to be scammed. you should recognize what is and isn't something you paid for.
>>740770178>>Thanks a lot, India.ftfy
>>740771132Actually 2008, that's when I first visited this site as a child. Discovered Minecraft because of /v/ a few years later
>>740770178saars...
>>740770652>go to store>90% of shit is locked behind glass cabinets >have to ask someone to take it off or there's safety tags on itim glad everyone has to eat shit because people steal shit
>Steam physical gift card program is ending>ESLs having a meltyhard to feel bad really, the pajeets ruined it for the rest of you
I dont get it.So digital gift cards are still available?How are they immune from scams?
>>740771114>You pay in cash at GameStop and get a receipt with a digital codeDo you realize this counts as a gift card as well? And that this payment method is going to get rid of?
>>740771114>>740771135Why would they word it like this then?>WE'RE CANCELING RETAILS SUPPORT FOR GIFT CARDS (but also you can still get it digitally)It doesn't make sense to me. They specifically say "WE also continue to offer digital cards"
BAN INDIA FROM THE INTERNET
>>740770526What does this solve?
>>740771220because you pay steam directly and you send it directly to another steam account you dont get a code to be sold elsewhere
>>740770526or just use first world solutions>create a virtual card that expires after every purchase and use it
>>740771220Steam controls the inventory of digital cards, in theory. Any physical card scams are usually happening because retailers are being taken advantage of or said retailers are tacitly involved in the scam which is highly likely in places like India or Indonesia.
>>740771296But isnt the point of gift cards is so that you DONT have to deal with Steam digitally and just use cold hard cash?
>>740771275if he gets the account details compromised it mitigates the amount lost
>>740771339no the point of gift cards...is to gift it to others anon...
>>740771339you can pay that hard cold cash in gamestop or whatever places valve deems certified fresh
>>740771274>he doesn't know about the SEA scammer towns
>>740771354No he's got a point.People get gift cards so they don't have to use a cc or bank.
>>740771259well, maybe they will stop doing that too.Feels like throwing out the young people market if they do.
>>740770975The fuck kind of third world shithole you live in? Every modern country uses qr codes.
>>740771396I know that but the ultimate point is to gift it to others thats why its called Gift Card whether you use it to avoid putting CC details is another thing entirely
How the fuck am I supposed to pay for Steam from Russia now? All international credit cards are cut off here, the SWIFT is also cut off.
>>740771396You're missing the pointThat might be a reason to use gift cards for some people but that's not the reason that gift cards exist in the first place which is as a GIFT to other people
>>740771220>>740771339Steam gift cards have a feature where you can just take the unused funds out of the card and transfer it. Most gift card fraud involving steam specifically exploits this and nothing else.You guys are just guessing it is some vague form of scalping when it is actually money laundering.
The only people upset by this are thirdies and doomsday prepper types who cannot get credit at all due to being an insane person.
>>740771396Even underage people have a bank, and you never have to give your bank details to Valve in order to make a purchase, what's the big deal?
>>740770225If I was a kid and got a Steam account with nothing but free games and someone gives me a 50€ gift card for my birthday to get games I'd be happier than if I got 50€, since I can't have a credit card to buy stuff online anyway and my parents probably would say no.
when I click update payment method on Steam the only options are cardsno direct bank account linking or anythingposters are full of shit as usual
>>740771481see >>740771469
I have never owned a credit card in my life.Is this wrong?
>>740771519That doesn't answer the question
>>740771526It's extremely anti-semetic.
this is how i was escaping the taxes on my crypto gainsconverted that shit into steam codes instead of hard cash
>>740771495You should behead your parents for their crimes against child you.
The fact that they just updated the FAQ silently, it tells you the real reason of this change.
>>740771514Do you live in a third world country?
>>740770178Another win for consoles earned by doing nothing.
>>740771581
>>740771481thirdies and countries under economic sanctions cannot utilize traditional banks for various reasons, thus the physical card scams. unsurprisingly the Indians, Indonesians and Russians are upset.
>>740771526no, I only have a debit card also. You put money on there and use it for shit like Amazon. This keeps your main bank account safe from bullshit transactions.
>>740771526Depends.Would you be able to responsibly spend only what you can pay off so you don't incur interest charges?If yes, then you're doing it wrong by not having a credit card. You get interest-free loans and you can collect cashback or reward points, and credit cards offer other perks like extended warranties, travel and medical insurances for trips, etc. depending on the tier of card you have
From what I remember Valve was already selling these physical cards at near breakeven just to distribute them.I assume the scale of the scamming got ao bad that it wasn't worth it anymore.
>>740771618Holy based.
7/11/OXXObros.......WEARESOBACK!
>>740771604yes, USA
>>740771613saving money measure
name one good thing that came from letting the third world on the internet
this seems like bullshit disguised as fighting scams
>>740770225fpbp
>>740771553It does. Money laundering is hiding the origin of money you get illegally. Since steam doesn't check these things and just gives it back to whoever redeems (sar) then it is perfect. Especially since it is more convenient then crypto.
>>740770178I do recall on /vt/ years ago there was some super secret Discord group that paid people Steam giftcards to shit up the board
>sell $20 steam code for $20>code can be redeemed for $20 on steamWHERE IS THE SCAM
>>740771701How does that answer the question of why is using a bank transfer a big deal when you don't have to give any of your details to Valve?
>>740770178>saars overdid the needful with steam cardsno seriously fuck brown skinned people. lumps of human-shaped pieces of shit
>>740771618>unsurprisingly the Indians, Indonesians and Russians are upsetOnly one of those countries that does not have a game rating system. Have you been numb to this fact because of a meme that is ESRB?
>>740771621>This keeps your main bank account safe from bullshit transactions.Debit cards don't protect you at all from so-called bullshit transactions because if your card details get swiped or cloned, you have no recourse since the money is literally gone already.Credit cards will reverse truly fraudulent charges and you're not out any actual money because it's all still IOUs. No money leaves your bank account on fraudulent CC charges
>>740771682It is. It's to move ever forward to a cashless society where nothing you do is anonymous and this way they can enforce age restrictions because credit card = adult.
>>740770178How will I pay for my anti-virus now?
>>740771716you dont know? jeets make dumbass/old tech illiterate people buy these cards and then get them to leak or basically tell the jeet the redeem code so then the jeet can steal €20,€50,€100 or so
>>740771472>anybody who doesn't think like idealogically correct robot is le wrongthinker
>>740770530You think Sundar Pichai, Kevan Parekh, and Satya Nadella will put a stop to Indian scammers?
If you've ever seen a scammer's whatsapp you'll see that its filled with them selling codes to buyers when you see that it makes sense Google Play will probably follow soon
>>740771317Banks offers virtual cards now? Oooooh.
lets say my account is part of MENA. Though cheaper than USD, MENA still uses USD for its purchases. When you buy a digital gift card, the money is in steam funbux but you must use a card that works in MENA currencies.HOW EV ERWhen you buy a gift card, the money on that card is interpreted as USD, or whatever region you bought it in. It doesn't actually matter how you buy it, all that matters is you bought it. So lets say I, an American, have a MENA account and I need to restock it. If I want to restock it digitally, I have to have a MENA credit card. Not happening. Or, I can go to the store, buy a regular Steam gift card, and add it to my account. ezpz.In conclusion, I need to move to Argentina.
>>740771783Ivan here is upset that his gangster boss will have a harder time laundering money through Steam.
>>740770178In unrelated news, India's GDP fell by 5%.
>>740770530Google profits from those scams too. As does amazon and whatever gift cards are used 99% of the time in these scams
>>740771876that's retardedmight as well get rid of all cash because people ask others for cash
>>740771896>>740771893?
>>740771884yeah the sentiment in here is so funny
>>740770178>muh scamsthe real truth is gift cards are being retired everywhere to stop the goyim from buying vidya from overseas
>>740771526Credit cards literally pay you to use them as long as you zero it every month. You've been losing money.
>>740771941They do and they also pay a reputational cost for being passively involved in those scams. Steam just pulled the ripcord on them instead and the actual and honorary thirdies here are clearly not taking it well.
>>740770225So a trip to the bank to deposit the bills into my account since digital storefronts aren't taking physical cash. These days giving someone cash like that is kind of similar to paying in coinage; tedious tasks that are an inconvenience.
>>740770243>he doesn't have Patsafecard>he doesn't have blikPoor murricans with zero choice or agency on this matter
>>740771472>insane person.You can screech as much as you like but i am not going to give fuck about your precious thoughts and ever righteous feelings, selfrighteous snowflakeSo go dilate, pound sand and neck yourself, fucking faggot
>>740771929i severely question people who jump through hoops (like account in a different region or using grey key resellers) to buy cheaper games instead of just pirating lmao
I just sold cs2 boxes whenever I need steam funds. I think I'm fine for 3 more years.
>>740771930Wrong guess lmao. Russia has RARS. Enjoy getting cucked by game rating systems.
>>740770178>Errm just get the app!>Just put in your info!>Sign up for this service!>Make sure you have this payment option!Something about a society like this is so fundamentally alienating to me, I don't know if I just have some deep seated repressed mental illness or society is getting worse but I can't fucking stand it. I think at this point I'd genuinely prefer if businesses could just take my blood to verify things and we can get past the busy work.
>>740770983yes you do you fucking retard. especially if you wanna buy something from overseas thanks to retarded region lock
>>740770779yeah, and the indians would have an app on the google play store where they would use the gift cards on so the cash is "laundered" through in-app purchasesnot gonna lie, pretty smart
>>740772102you can't pirate online games. It also used to be way more lucrative. I should have left Turkey years ago, but I'm lazy.
>>740770178GoodFuck poorscum turdworlder
>>740771929>So lets say I, an American, have a MENA account and I need to restock itmove your account to america's market if you live in america, why is it part of MENA?>i live in MENAthen doesn't seem hard to get a MEAN credit card
>>740772083>basically admitting that you are a mentally ill groyper who isn't allowed to have a credit cardlmaoooo
so if you want to buy a "digital" steam code with cash you go to gamestop or wherever?do you have to give your steam Id or email or do they just give you a generic code you enter through steam?
They should allow you to pay with one of those public machines om the streets. I dont know if Americans have those.
>>740772125WrongYou must be a third world american if there's no such options for you
>>740772150because games are cheaper. I'll spell it outI live in the USMy account is based in MENAI can buy USD cards in stores and add them to my account and buy games for less than you
Slavs and Pajeets ruin the internet for everyone else with their constant scamming and whatnot. Its literally just them who do 90% of online scamming. You never hear of scammers from Germany or England or America or Australia or Japan or whatever. Its literally always Indian and random slav shitholes.
I CAN'T REDEEM
>all these stupid poltards acting like it is good because of their stupid india memesthe whole point is people do not want to give a fraction of their purchase to VISA / MASTERCARD who are evil demon jews that try to control content of video games and goonfuel
>>740772112Who the hell asked about your game rating system you fucking potatohead drunk?
>>740772119>mental illnessyou dont, I feel the same way. And yes, objectively it is getting worse at a controlled pace.
>>740771729Oh I get it now, you are a third worlder. You can just rob people and never have to explain where you got the money from. That isn't how it works in a first world country, they make you report all the money you have and if you dare to do any big money purchases you are always put under federal scrutiny.if you don't? Your bank reveals every single thing you ever did with your money. They do not protect your privacy.
>>740772272>another underage who thinks you can only buy steam games with a ccgrim
>>740771929What the FUCK is a mena?
>>740772119Finance based institutions have always loved adding layers of obfuscation and bureaucracy for the sole purpose of making the average person feel so overwhelmed they're forced to use the services of a "professional" just to use basic services.When you say>I'd genuinely prefer if businesses could just take my blood to verify thingsthat is precisely their aim of continually complicating things.
My thirdie country can pay through alipay gift card from a convenient store so I'm good
>>740770178thanks jeets
>>740770178How the fuck are we going to pay for porn games without letting visa and mastercard and the bank have a direct look at what we're doing then?Holocaust scammers.
>>740772310>no answer, just schizophrenic screechingConcession accepted I guess
>>740772313scroll up you dumbfuckthat is the only option in USA
WHY DID YOU REDEEEEEEMSARRRRRRRRRRRRRR
>>740771446Dude, you're not allowed to play in west games. West hate you Respect your traditions and kill westerns
>>740772230not anymore!enjoy
>>740772175>strawman>being this obsessed with politicsYou just admitted that you have rich imagination and love making shit up.And you sound like typical narcissist.
i bought my friends gift cards for their birthdays since i don't have a steam accountguess i just give them paypal money directly now
>>740772330region where new europeans come from
>>740772283You love cuckoldry.
>>740772379Allowing your country to be controlled by jewish overlords isn't mine or Steam's concern
Okay, can someone explain to me why in particular India got so much involved in this whole scam "industry"? Everytime I hear about some IT scam, gift cards scam, etc, it's always India. Not even Pakistani. Why? Why this particular nation is so compelled to engage in those practices?
>>740772330Middle East and North Africa
>>740772409are you going to shoot yourself in your bomb shelter because you have to use a credit card on steam? i hope so.
So basically things get worse for everyone because baby boomers are fucking retarded and think the IRS accepts Steam gift cards as payment.
>>740772175>politics out of nowhereYou are basically admitting that you will eat literal shit and bugs in name of "progress" and owning da groypers
>>740772453Pakistan isn't yet evolved enough to have meaningful IT infra in their country. Give them a decade or 2It also isn't just India it's all of SEA + slav shitholes, but India is obviously overrepresented through sheer numbers alone
>>740772453Izzat, look it up.By scamming white people, they become better than white people. By buying an expensive watch (actually a cheap dupe), they become better than their fellow Indians.
>>740770345>Here's some money.>Here's a card that works exactly the same as money but with restrictions on where you can spend it, plus it expires (even if it says it doesn't, try to redeem a 10 year old Visa gift card)Hmm, which do I want? Does the latter have a logo of the place where I have to spend it? Yes? Okay, give me one of those. I like visual aids.
Irredeemable
>>740772453They are poor and unscrupulous. They also have some cultural thing where they basically get street cred by ripping people off
>>740772330middle east/north africa
>>740772572heh
>>740772230do you have to have a VPN enabled all the time then? that sounds annoying
>>740772481>getting this triggered >being this obsessedNot your personal blog, no one cares or asked, faggot
>>740772453scamming other indians/whites is a cultural tenet for pajeets. also working for a scammer company is basically an entry level job for them.
>scammers ITT having a collective melty/v/ is truly filled with poojeets
You guys are so dumb.Valve admits that the cards cost like 10-15% of their face value. This was back in 2019.The negative margins wide scale scamming introduces hit those ranges as well if not more.So at some point the cards just became completely netloss for Valve because of scamshitters.
>>740771929orrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrjust get a paypig that will gift you digital gift cards directly ez
>>740772519Back in my day, Nigeria was the king country of scamming
>>740772453A combination of a booming tech sector, many impoverished people who live in survival mode, and weak regulations/enforcement.
>>740772643I'd wager they are not poos but dirt poor Indonesians who have to buy discounted physical gift cards out of necessity
>>740771229>>740771259They are cancelling physical gift cards not digital and digital cards are offered by Valve and authorized retailers.
>>740772685They really fell off, maybe they got a real job
>>740772519>>740772453>tfw you remember that 75% of India doesn't have internet access>yet
>>740772662a $20 gift card costing $3 to make sounds retarded
>>740772662>Valve admits that the cards cost like 10-15% of their face value. This was back in 2019.HOW???THEYRE JUST FUCKING GIFTCARDS?
>>740770178>We also continue to offer Steam Digital Gift CardsOh, so I don't care.
>>740772371That is right Anon, IRS isn't real.
>>740772519At least they have working toilets so I guess that already places them above India in cultural evolution.>>740772525>Izzat (...) is a concept of honour, dignity, and social respect that is prevalent in much of North India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. (...) Broadly speaking, izzat primarily refers to the reputation of oneself and one's family in the eyes of society. Maintaining this societal reputation by all necessary means is considered obligatory upon every man and woman, as is revenge or punishment upon those who have or are perceived as having directly or indirectly violated it.>Violations or perceived violations of izzat are key to the development of both personal and family enmities (dushmani) as the wronged party seeks revenge (badla), which could result in cycles of counter-revenge, sometimes spanning generations. The concept of reciprocity applies to badla as well. The nature and intensity of the revenge, "and what is taken - life, resources, or position - is governed by izzat (honour), which is the principle of reciprocity or equivalence in all things." Because social relations in the region emphasize social debts and "unrestricted reciprocity" among kin, enmity can spread to individuals who were not involved in the original infractions of izzat and "rarely remains localized."So whole country have collective vendetta against West because generations ago they were dumb enough to get conquered with minimal effort by the British?Would be so damn funny if it was not so pathetic at the same time.
>>740770178Blame the low iq niggercattle who falls for scams
>>740772750When Pakistan goes online it's going to be such a powerful poo war we need a new internet
Dang it, I pay everything through cash so physical gift cards are some of my only ways to purchase online.
>>740772729oh, then I guess that's fine. I just wanna have a way to charge my steam wallet via cash only
>>740772763>>740772752Yeah that tracks, I know a chinks whos worked at a place that mass produced and distributed googleplay cards and at the scale of production those were the usual costs maybe a percent or three lower for google because of how much they make
>>740772685the nigerian princes went full cryptobro and never looked back
>>740772840You can still walk into GameStop and buy a steam gift card it's just on your receipt now instead of giving you a physical card.
>>740771893>You think Sundar Pichai, Kevan Parekh, and Satya Nadella will put a stop to Indian scammers?Why are Americans like this? They can't even prioritize who they screech against.
>>740772869Embrace the jewcard, goy.
>>740772869and those codes you get on your receipt at retail stores are bascially the only way to do it, like >>740772903 said
>>740772928>>740772903
>>740772903In that case then, all's good in the world.
>>740772453>why in particular India got so much involved in this whole scam "industry"?1. Completely unscrupulous. They steal anything not tied down.2. Outside of India's tech sector, an Indian makes between $2 and $7 a day. A $500 Target card to them is like two or three months worth of expenses.3. We gave them the internet. I should say Microsoft and the like gave them the internet while they were trying to get cheap coders who will work for pennies. Most of India is decades behind the rest of the world, they should be playing SNES games and listening to Bon Jovi cassettes, not emailing our parents.
>>740770178Steamiebros why can't we stop losing lately?
>>740770225They are the only way to use cash to buy things on steam.
>>740772903How does that stop scams?
>>740770345Hi.Take 5 minutes to cut a black sheet of paper into size, draw a Steam logo on the inside and write a a personal message akin to "here's fifty bucks for games fella"You don't need a steam gift card. You're just a lazy cunt or a scammer.Well technically there's the angle of getting cash into your steam account using cash instead of digital currency which is more anonymous, but it's also irrelevant because Steam has all your data anyway
>>740772979No they arentThere are so many ways to just use cash on steam
>>740772453Because the whole subcontinent is populated by shitskinned subhuman DEMONS that can unfortunately operate a computor connected to the interent to scam dementia-ridden boomers or children with tech support scams and a 100 dollar gift card is untold incomprehensible fortune.Blame the british for teaching them english instead of I dunno, using them as target practice, grilling and eating them, putting them through newly invented, Revolutionary INDUSTRIAL GENOCIDE PRESSING MACHINE
>>740773042Okay, I guess you can still buy visa gift cards, but they have shitty activation fees.
>guy buys a steam gift card for their grandkids>the kids gets the card and inserts it into their steam accountwhere do the indians factor in this?
ok so basically now instead of telling my boomer to buy a steam card I tell my boomer to go to gamestop or whatever and buy a code on a receipt insteadbut their excuse about scams sounds like total bullshit. It is the exact same """problem""". If you do whatever random text messages tell you, then couldn't you also get scammed into buying this "digital receipt" version of the same thing by sending them the code?
>>740773028Getting a gift card that can only be spent in one place can be nice. >well I was given $50 cash and told to spend it on games>...but maybe it'd be smarter to put it towards bills or putting gas in my carA gift card completely removes that pressure to be "smarter" with your money.
>>740771947yeah i dont get it either
>>740772525>literally eye for an eye systemindia never evolved past antiquity
>>740773116it doesnt what actually happens is>indians call guy >say it is for your grandkids okay?>guy says its for his grandkids <---- this is what you think>guy goes on phone and does the needful >scammed
This doesnt make sense.Is the scamming industry really THAT big that they could make fucking Valve pull out?What is this? Some multi-million dollar scene?
>>740772991They updated the codes to have better telemetry tracking and phasing out cards entirely. Instead of cash = card, it's cash = receipt and digital statement with info the cops can refer to
>>740773248yes lmao have you not seen fucking googleplay scammers?
>>740773248Physical is dying entirely for digital.
>>740773248*billion there are literal compounds in SEA with armed guards and slaves scamming around the clock
seems like steam ending gift cards is treating a symptom, not the diseasewhat is the final solution to scammer problem?
>>740773248>The Federal Trade Commission received more than 41,000 fraud reports in 2024 representing $212 million in losses from scams involving gift cards and prepaid cardsKeep in mind many victims never file a report out of embarrassment or continued denial that they got scammed.
>>740770178Steamcels btfo
I always used paysafecard, so no biggie.
>>740771947>might as well get rid of all cash(((they))) are in the middle of that. it's called CBDCI'm not joking
they should just be honest that it's because the cards cost money instead of lyingmakes me wonder what else Valve is lying about
>>740773383What the FUCK
>>740772012>Credit cards literally pay youthey don't pay you, they siphon money away from merchants and kick back a few pennies to you
>>7407733623 nukes over India
>>740773476Cash Back is no joke I already have thousands in it
>>740773278Yeah I'm sure my local police are gonna track down Rasheed in his call center in India.
>>740773362>what is the final solution to scammer problem?EMP used on India and Russia
I find funny that a USA friend can't gift me games anymore (I'm from Europe using €) because right now if a game is 20$, the game is 20€ here so at the conversion, the game is cheaper in USA and Steam doesn't let you gift games if the difference in price at the conversion is more than the 10%, then my friend can gift me a 20$ gift card but when I received it, it's less than 20€ so I can't buy the game either.
>>740773476>use credit cards with the highest merchant fees at megacorps like Walmart>use cash or debit cards at your local small businessIf you're truly trying to be moral about your payment methods
>>740771947They are trying to do that exactly with that excuse. Future is cashless and without liberty. Enjoy your last good times.
>>740773172It's worse than that, it's more like eye for 2 eyes and a handThey not only have to take back the eye they lost, but they must also claim your eye in order to reach a neutral state. Then, since you "attacked" them, they need to take something further so that they have a net gain in izzat.
>>740773537Someone is still exchanging cash in real life and caught on HD CCTV. It's usually someone in the states working for someone overseas. There was a Lowe's gift card fraud ring that stole millions and the guy doing the counter visits was a asian guy.
>>740773518>I already have thousands in ithat % the CC companies take is factored into prices. congrats, you played yourself
>>740772918it's pretty clear wym?jeets are even bad at gaslighting jeez
>>740771202Its his fault btw
>>740770225This mf doesn't have friends confirmed
>>740772804>Would be so damn funny if it was not so pathetic at the same time.The really pathetic part is that we are allowing them to, with minimal effort, reverse colonize our countries and doing nothing to stop it.>>740773159>couldn't you also get scammedThe more complex the instructions, the more likely the mark asks a grandkid for assistance, resulting in the scam getting exposed and stopped.
>>740773670Nash.>Gabe Newell donated to Democrats>Democrats elected Kamala Harris as a vice president>She became a vice president>ffw to now>Steam removes physical steam cards>US still hasn't won a GOTY award since Biden's presidency
>>740773602It's literally free money that I would have never gotten if I used cash or debit
>>740773383>averaging over 5k USD scammed per reportThat's a lot of steam games
>>740772024>reputational costAmazon and Google are too big to care. They'll only care if politicians or police put pressure on them.
>>740770178Jeets are a plague on the planet.
>>740773602In which case the optimal move is still getting cash back because now you're losing money otherwise.
>>740770178So it's a nothingburger then. My first thought was they were removing those shitty trading cards you can craft badges from.
Why do people tolerate society getting fucking worse to accommodate criminals instead of just putting all these fucking retards in prison instead?
pajeets are only the useful idiots in scam rings, the dark money behind them are usually russian or chinese
>>740773602Subsidized by the lower tier plebians who either don't use CC or are using CCs with little-to-no cashback while I use a higher tier card that gives more cashback than the average merchant fee percentange
>>740770225>gift someone $50>they gift you $50what's the point?
I think Gabe is jewing us. The real reason for this is they don’t want retailers to get their cut of the gift card. Granny ain’t buying steam gift cards to pay the IRS
>>740773824Were Epstein files not enough for you to understand all the politicans and leaders are criminals themselves?
>>740772112Who the fuck made this chart? PEGI and USK 18 aren't adult only, they're M
>>740770225>hey I know you like getting stuff at [STORE] so I got you a gift card for [STORE]It shows you know what they like. It means you know the person well and what makes them happy. You didn't buy them something from that place because they might have already bought it. But you essentially got them credit there so they can buy something they haven't yet. If you don't understand this concept it means you have no friends, family or anyone you're actually close enough to buy a gift card for. Likely you're a piece of shit that only sees others as a means of scamming, in other words the exact reason we now can't buy gift cards for Steam
the real scammer here is the CC company who leeches money from each transaction but makes it against the rules for the merchant to list the fee as a fee. no one would use CC if they had the option of avoiding the CC fee
>>740773824i hate to break it to you buddy but the accomodated, not prosecuted criminals likely run your government
>>740774010Oy vey!
>>740774001What's wrong with>Here's $50 to spend at [STORE] or if you don't need to spend it at [STORE] right now, spend it on whateverYou still show you know them well that way
>>740774058Whoops, meant to say>$50 cash*
>>740770225See how far the drone has to bend over backwards to justify getting kiked.
>>740770345You are arguing with retarded autists with no friends, they cant understand it.
>>740774001This logic applies to real giftsNot store creditMany posts in this thread already explained this.
>>740774010i've never used a cc to make steam purchases
>>740773412How is this a bad thing?
>>740770345>le whimsyfuck off back to twitter dumb whore
>>740774180It allows for totalitarian control
SAAR NOW HOW DO I REDEEM! STEAM BITCH BASTARD BLOODY BITCH!
>>740774229People who live on welfare really shouldn't talk about totalitarian control
>>740773824The criminals infiltrated the system. The inmates run the asylum. And they criminalize normality. The system is still treated as if it represents the majority. It is still given a right to monopoly on violence. The justice system is treated as if it works when it shows mercy to the guilty, and treats the general public as a nuisance to be destroyed. Retarded criminals make laws for the sake of making laws. Criticizing their position and advocating for removing governmental power is taboo.
>>740770178Part of the must give identity online agenda?
>>740770178DO NOT REDEEM THE FACKING CARD
>>740770345>Hey, I was too lazy and didn't care enought to get something for you myself so here a gift card>It's like money but you can only spend it in on store
>>740770178This is really fucked?Just as payment processors clam down on censorship to appeal to their evangelist owners they lock you into only being able to use digital payments?
The reason is India they should just state it properly.
>>740770178ID verification laws
what's the most digital steam money you can buy at gamestop etc.?
>nooo I can't use a bank account in 2026, digital banking is Jewish o algo>in my Amazonian jungle village we NEED Steam gift cards because no bank accents my favelacoin>I need to redeem sirYou can still buy paysafe cards and use those on Steam if you really, absolutely need to convert cash into Steam bucks, this is a non issue.
>>740774229It's scary. China has it a little like this with the WeChat app, if you get banned from using it you're fucked in a thousand ways. Making money digital only gives the people in charge a very strong tool for control.
>>740771039actually those countries took a while to adopt the american gift cards retardprepaid is 100 percent an american thing
That sucks. At work on Christmas we were given picks of gift cards from a voucher shop so I usually opted for Steam as other available stuff sucked.
>>740770680Ah of course this will be the narrative the epstein lass masters has given you brainwashed /pol/roaches to use to defend this.
Literally a result of the world becoming more non-White.
>>740770225retarded autists, despite the name, nobody gives gift cards as gifts to other people. gift cards are for people who want to use cash
>>740774481This. In America you have to prepay for the gas you put in your car, before you even know how much you need. Anywhere else in the world you fill up your gas tank, then go and pay. Absolutely retarded country.
even redditors know what's up>>740774496good morning sir please do the needful
>>740771495Stupid kid. You can buy prepaid visa debit cards that will let you buy stuff online.
>>740774252IT IS THE GAY BEN MONOPOLY SAARSTEAMY TIMMIES ARE NOT DOING THE NEEDFUL
>>740774538America is such a third world country you have to get up and put the fuel nozzle in the car yourself
>>740774554imagine going to redditkill yourself you fucking faggot
>>740774538I am American and have no idea what you’re talking about
>>740774538True. In America we also wear our shoes indoors and pray three times a day to Lord Walton of Walmart.
>>740774538this is true if you pay cashmy annoying boomer does that a lot and then has me go in and prepay and then I have to go back in to get change after
>>740771919Not him, but I specifically made an account in Revolut for that.There is also Wise that let's you make and delete three virtual cards a day, but you have to order a physical card first, but you don't have to wait for it to come.
>>740770779There are a few dozen online scams involving gift cards. You also shouldn't buy them in store, as people just grab a massive handful, take them home to mess with them (there's a couple ways that I remember), reapply the grey scratcher material and wait until someone buys them. That's when they get activated and the scammers have a program or whatever that drains the card instantly.
>>740770178>to protect customers
>>740773605Enjoy your Kamala Harris
>>740770178>yet another case of indians ruining everythingwhy cant we just nuke that shitty continent and be done with it?
>>740770779>how are the cards used to scam?Jeets trick old people though a verity of scams to buy these gift cards, once they get the codes they then sell them on third party websites for real cash.>>740774906Because cuckservatives love them and want to flood them into every country.
Jeets are the excuse. Its part of the grand plan of replacing cash with digital money.
>>740773412>>740774229how is ((digital currency)) by the central bank, different from the digital currency as we have it now (as in there is no big vault with money backing it)
>>740772903kinda weird on that front.i bought exactly 2 steam gift cards, one was like 15 years ago, and i got the code on the receipt.one i bought last year in the same FUCKING GAMESTOP instead had me scratch the code off the physical card
>>740770225This is part of their war against cash and you're missing the point.
Can you just print out digital gift cards? That would work for my purposes.
>>740775135fuck off with your facebook shit boomer
>>740772615No. I myself bought turkish lira cards before they shot up in price and then changed to USD. Kievbucks is usually the cheapest currency to buy Steam games in now but it still depends on the dev/publisher and you can see it all on SteamDB.It also doesn't mean that currency is the best value when you take into account the surcharge in those currency's gift cards.
I'm pretty sure the majority of people that are shitting on indians in this thread are spics, because scammers like to trash on other scammers.
>>740773723prices would be lower if credit cards didn't exist>>740773860no, most of the money comes from merchant freesyou're making prices higher for everyone, including yourself and only the CC kikes are winning
>>740771446back to dota 2 and counter-strike with your slav ass
>>740775279>scammers like to trash on other scammersYou just proved it's all poojeets and no one else
>>740775279spics don't even register on the radar of worldwide scammers, sukhdeep
>>740770178https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRYhAdsKXEQ
>>740770278based autism
>>740774554>downboating the only sane man who sees jeets for what they truly arewhy is lelddit such a shit place
>>740770178NOOOOOOoooREDEEM SAARBloody BASTARD
>>740775058for one, CBDC will replace cashif your account gets shut down, you're fucked six ways to sunday (can't get paid, can't buy anything, can't lend or borrow money, etc.)meanwhile politicians will carve out exemptions for themselves (like with orwellian shit like chat control and ID verification) so only the goyim will be affected
>>740775380>>740775382They are, but they are better hiding it.
>>740775457fucking racist pieec of shit
>>740775457i dont get it
>>740775539And proud. Subhuman child rapist
>>740770532>so, what game did you buy with my gift?>nothing lol i put it towards rentNever again.
>>740775593>would rather have them buy a game than lose housing
>>740775691>needing to rely on birthday gifts to surviveMassive fuck up moment
>>740775593>>740775691What that actually means he spent it on something other than video games, on drugs, alcohol, gambling etc
Piracy was right. They don't want your money.
>>740775532And normalfags won't understand it until it hits then in face. At most they see cash as a way of avoiding taxes.
>>740775532>if your account gets shut down, you're fucked six ways to sunday (can't get paid, can't buy anything, can't lend or borrow money, etc.)i'm already fucked if my bank account gets closed, and your funds can be frozen from traditional banks too. I really don't see the new tools for (( )) to fuck over golems.NothingEverHappens
>>740775865>the man who said that piracy was a service problem created a service problem himselfGreek tragedy.
>>740775585Jam Boy meme
>>740775457>>740776101Anglos are a plague but Indians are as well.
>>740775974>not withdrawing cash every so often in case shit happens>not spreading it among multiple banks
>>740775974>I don't see how losing the ability to use cash, the most primordial means of payment everyone can rely on without depending on banks, is badgood goy
>>740770345I agree anon, giving out money instead of a gift feels kinda rude, there are of course appropriate situations for giving out money but typically a "gift" is considered something other than money where I come from, a nice gift that comes from the heart is appreciated much more than just cold, hard cash
>>740776101i thought mosquitos wanted your blood for procreation they're not interested in feeding so how does this work
>>740775974The fuck is Kali Yauga
>>740776101>>740775457Ironic that you are getting colonized by jeets centuries later.
>>740776181You're so fucking retarded you might as well be a woman
>>740776148>>740776224good morning sirs
>>740776182Because it's bullshit meme
>>740776037let's be honest anyone who stops buying games on steam because they can't buy a gift card in walmart with cash is either severely underage, a scammer or a legit schizo
>>740776267But it must be true, I read it on the internet.
>>740776243You don't get it because you're autistic.Giving cash generally makes sense when you have no idea what to give that person or when they're much richer than you, so they can easily buy better stuff. Gifts generally signal "I care about you enough to remember what you like" in most cases.
>>740775440>only sane man who sees jeets for what they truly areHe's literally whining that people associating jeets with scammers is racist and even refers to them as south asian to try to be as PC as possible.
>>740776224i wouldnt expect a mutt to know anything about the british empire. indians will always be property of the crown. you will see a massive pendulum swing in the UK after 30 years of marxism.
>>740776328People still get paid in cash for various reasons
>>7407762434channel really does house the most emotionally stunted creatures on this gods flat earth
>>740776449literally says has sent south asian acceptance to an all time lowhe can't call them jeets because that's doubleplusungood
>>740776458all those reasons being either avoiding the tax man or working in the country illegally, one of which is based. i would just say for their own good it's probably time to lower the video gaming budget if legit income doesn't cut it anymore after bills that needed to be paid via bank
>>740776182The story is fake.
>>740770178the saarmageddon is upon us
>>740776798Or business needs to take cash because stuff they sell to retail clients are too expensive for typical payment with card while bank transfer would take too long.
>>740770178That sucks. I think they are way better than gifting games directly. The people can get exactly what they want and even wait for sales.
>>740776378Cash says>I know you know much better what you want and need than I do, so here you go, chap.Gift card says>I'm retarded and I think you are too
>>740777005if the income is legit then the obvious answer is go deposit it into your account, lol. am i missing something?
>>740770178thanks india
>>740770243prepaid debit card?
Thankfully my region still supports cash to digital payments so I dont really need the retail cards
>>740770178This sucks. I don't like dealing with CC and banks.
Name a single downside to firewalling the third world from the internet.
>>740777065Now try to withdraw it if you want to make a big purchase yourself.Also one has to be really retarded to trust corpos with all your money.
>>740777442Puccians are huge contributors to the HoMM series
>>740771469Why not remove that feature instead of fucking over legitimate buyers by getting rid of physical cards entirely?
Can't you just buy Visa throwaway gift cards? Why is this even an issue? In fact this does literally nothing.
>>740777558what?>>740776328>let's be honest anyone who stops buying games on steam because they can't buy a gift card in walmart with cash is either severely underage, a scammer or a legit schizothat remains true and you haven't proven otherwise
>>740770771Time for some porn-guys in west make their own bank. If you are rich and got money to burn, why not? Make an in-house payment service that is 100% digital and says "fuck you to Paypal/Visa/Mastercard Mafia" and stick to it, plus direct crypto-wallets (Bitcoin/Monero/Ethereum) for perusal. (Similar to Minna No Ginko but for west.)
>>740770379>>740770465>2012 - 2026: "WHY DID YOU REDEEM IT????">2027+: "WHY CAN'T YOU REDEEM IT????"
>>740777624That's how you get Gaddafi'd
>>740777608people don't want to donate money to Visa
>>740777608I hate buying those because there is always a few cents left overs I dont know how to extract.
>>740777795Better die a hero than die a villain.
>>740777624>make their own bank.>he doesn't know
>>740777852The moment there's a legible alternative everyone will jump ship.
>>740777624>just make your own bank brolollmao
>>740777902>he truly doesn't know
>>740770178Only thirdies use gift cards to begin with.
>>740770178gaben should build an orbital death ray
Who suffers the most if we nuke India?
>>740770178Scammers must be incredibly annoying to leave all that money on the table because normies love gift cards for birthdays/christmas.
>>740778072Probably Indians but i'm not too sure
>>740777616>what?They will flag you for sus behavior. Also, as other Anon mentioned China; try to go against government's bullshit and they can just block your account.
>>740778072how much does a nuke cost? the people who suffer the most might be the ones doing the nuking, depending on the price
>>740778072Tech support
>>740778072Kitboga
>>740778072Everyone, because all of their shit will be kicked up into the atmosphere and blown elsewhere. They need a gigantic dome placed on top of them and we have to wait until they all suffocate.
Just a heads up, Vanilla Visa gift cards essentially are Steam gift cards because they can be exchanged for an exact quantity of Steam credits.
>>740770345>Dumbass doesn't realize that the gift in, "gift card" implies it's supposed to be more thoughtful than just cash.Why are you calling him a dumbass for refuting this retarded marketing slogan?There's nothing thoughtful about it. Grabbing a 50 bucks giftcard at the local perfumery while you're doing your grocery run is not any more thoughtful than just handing 50 bucks. All it did was ensure that the person who receives the card now has to spend 50 bucks at that specific store - or even better, not even redeem the giftcard at all, which happens quite frequently.It's a scam and the whole "thoughtful" aspect of it is part of the scam.
>>740770225>can't use my Amex to buy gift cards at the grocery store for the cashbackFuck you Gabe.
>>740770278you can use a digital card and disable it after using it?retard
>>740777994Hey man, Che was a based commie (I say this as a nationalist), I don't see the issue there? Its bunch of dirty kikes (and Zionists) that control the current system.
>>740778132none of that have to do with this post>let's be honest anyone who stops buying games on steam because they can't buy a gift card in walmart with cash is either severely underage, a scammer or a legit schizo
>>740771214It's just their culture okay, learn to accept it bigot
>>740778229I don't want to give corpos my personal data of I can help it. They suck at keeping that stuff safe.>but they know al-My initials and town at best and chances are I could get away with obtusing even harder.
cool, stop taking 30% from me then, that was the reasoning they couldnt offer less wasnt it?
>>740778606you can purchase games on steam without giving valve any of your cc or bank info
>>740770859not with that 12% cut
>>740771526Credit cards are a Jewish invention that only work in ((( their ))) favor because the average person is financially illiterate. If you make sure to pay the balance in full every month (meaning you don't buy shit you can't afford), it's literally free money for you. ((( They ))) hate when you do this though hence why ((( they ))) call those who pay their balance in full every month deadbeats (it's true look it up).
>>740778179>There's nothing thoughtful about it.It is though because a gift card is for a specific interest and cash is not.
>>740770178check this out my steam account got hacked and they bought a bunch of giftcards. support said there's nothing they can do about it. i am completely locked out from purchasing anything until it's paid off. but it looks like steam is finally giving mercy on us poorfags. this has been a bad problem this year.
>>740778917Sounds like it would be an honor to be called a deadbeat, lmao, hate the game not the gamer. You just figured out Trump's secret trick.
>>740778917And if you can't pay it, then you just pay the card at the end of the month with another cardYou can do this indefinitely if needed
>>740779005>imagine having no security protection around your steam and banking which stops this sort of thing from happening.lol, you literally need a two-factor authenticator for banking to be safe because of scammers getting computer literate, its bunch of guys in comms doing this shit.
>>740770652Walgreens near me put up a sign on the gift card stand that says if someone is telling you to get one theyre scamming you.Old people really do not understand scam tactics or technology, which makes for a deadly combo.
>>740779005Don't you have email 2FA?
epic's getting kids to buy vbucks with cards right? perfect time for timmy to just change vbuck cards into epic store cards and make me switch platform. (he won't do it cause they're all jews)
>>740779005Look at this fucking fraudster doing this shit just for microtransactions in retro mmo slop kill yourself nigger
>>740779094two-factor authenicated accounts are more likely to be hacked because its easy to emulate phone numbers or just ask the dumb customer support indian what phone number is connected to the account
>>740778670All card payments by default require you to verify with your data otherwise you risk getting payment denied.And bank transfer still gives them bank number.
>>740779005shitskins like you shouldn't have access to the internet
>>740771618>indonesiathere are so many indonesian baddies, (igumdrop for example), what did they ever do to deserve a sanction?
>>740778072Me because someone pressed the nuke india button before me
>>740779094>>740779137yes i have 2 factor and phone number. i believe the virus was from a fit-girl repack. they're called "session hijackers". steam support told me to run a virus scan before giving back ownership of account. malware bytes couldn't detect it. i ended up reinstalling windows.
isn't ivan more to blame than pajeet? those fuckers have been abusing gift cards with stolen credit cards for decades now
>>740779314My friend somehow got hacked just from opening a trade request once. Shit was wild.
>>740779237I haven't been hacked and by two-factor, its actually three parts:> phone number.> you also need the serial key-card information that they send you the number to the phone to verify with.my country already figured this out, its simple as fuck. you don't have the third physical information that you need to pretend to be the guy? too bad, you suck dicks.
>>740772076Paysafecard scams you like 10% and blik is operated by "Polski standard płatności" which is 50% owned by mastercard because we are an american banana republic.
>>740779389it's insane these days
>>740770225>They hated him for speaking the truth!I remember reading a thing about how majority of gift cards are never or partially used so there are literally millions of dollars that never get spent which is exactly what the stores want. They don't actually want you to spend the money from a gift card, they want it locked up.
>>740773995Look at the ESRB AO label more closely
>>740778173>Just a heads up, Vanilla Visa gift cards essentially are Steam gift cards because they can be exchanged for an exact quantity of Steam credits.Where do I do that?
>>740770225I use them for money laundering, and ordering items from sketchy websites that I don't trust with my real information. You can use prepaid gift cards without a balance that are not yet expired to sign up for free trials when they ask you for credit card information. I haven't paid for Amazon Prime in years.
>>740779180Timmy once cried on Twitter about how it wasn't profitable for them to do epic store gift cards because of the low profit margins of their store, so I wouldn't assume they'd suddenly start now. I don't have the tweet unfortunately.
>>740771526Credit cards a useful financial tool for responsible people. There are so many legitimate reasons to have one and they can even pay YOU for using them smartly. They're great to have in your pocket in emergencies when you need money NOW and cannot wait.Every middle class and above person I know has one they're incredibly useful. Honestly some of the most anti credit card people you hear from on the internet are broke as fuck that don't anything of significance and never will.
>>740779553Thanks, marketer
>>740779409>Paysafecard scams you like 10%Not with paper vouchers lol>Bliklol lmao
>>740779523>I use them for money launderingYou know glowies monitor this website, right?
>>740770178GABE YOU BASTARD BLOODY REDEEM THE CARDS!!!!!! REDEEEEM THE CARDS NOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!!!!!!!!
>>740779587one of the broke niggers I was talking about.
>>740771526other than grinding social credit score to buy a house lol, there's no point getting one.
>>740770314They might be, I wonder if there was some kind of article that you could read to find out. @grok help me I don't have the attention span to read for 20 seconds aieeeee
>>740770345What the fuck are you on about, gift cards are the most thoughtless gift ever. You don't know what to get for the person but you don't want to just give them money so you do the bare minimum, fuck off
>>740779523There are much easier ways to do this without using kikecards.
>>740772112>>740773995Pegi does not have a separate Adults Only, that being said porn games are often un-rated so...
>>740779790gift cards are usually stocking stuffers that go along with other gift(s)
>>740770178There used to be the option of blocking the entirety of India. But since ever-increasing amounts of the bioweapon has escaped it's containment continent, blocking off India from the internet wouldn't work as well.They still should be, it's still better than doing nothing about them.
>how do we let people know it's because of indians without outright telling them it's because of indians
>>740774554>south asianthe pajeet will always call themselves anything but indian because they KNOW how fucking disgusting they are
>>740772796Why was this deleted?
So am I completely screwed from steam store purchases specifically. They locked my card from adding funds to my account. When I contacted the asshole rep. He genuinely didn't give a shit and just said he doesn't know why my card was flagged and there's nothing he can do about it now. So my only way was through physical gift cards unless they plan to add them back digitally?
>>740771526The basic premise of credit cards is this consumer psychology study that was done back in the 1960s, which deduced that the lower the friction there was for a transaction, the more people would spend. People spend markedly less with cash than they do with credit cards, and less with credit cards than something like apple pay that is just on your phone. So initially they were a great boon to the economy because people just magically started spending more.Now conspiracy theory land. A lot of people have spending problems, and have issues with self confidence, so they will spend to the hilt and pretend that a credit card's limit is really just "free money." This keeps them literally enslaved with like 28% APR rates, which is 3x the return of the market...Then CCs started introducing point systems because they were making so much cash. They literally give away free cash back, or airline miles or whatever, because this shit is so profitable for them. ""Financially savvy"" people will think that that they are getting a leg up on the CC companies because "they're not one of those brokies who can't control their spending," despite the fact that something like 80% of CC accounts incur interest at one point or another. Long story short, they are like deals with the devil, especially with the Luciferian intellectual temptations etc. You're better off just having an emergency fund and not dealing with them
>>740780017better than them calling themselves "asians" on dating apps just to avoid getting filtered out
>>740780094Yes. Hopefully you'll never bother anyone ever again.
>>740780198You must be very weak if you can't handle a credit card.
>>740779810You mean those easily delistable games since game rating systems are all unified which means that the lesser the amount of their existence the better?
I use it for Coinstar.
>>740780094What card? A bank card? just get a new one you can do it online. If that too is blocked then you have a bigger issue and you were probably rightfully banned.
the jeet narrative is a lie. boomers don't know what steam is. Valve simply removed this because it's too pro-consumer for 2026
>>740771495>I would be happier with 50 bucks strictly for video games rather than 50 bucks I can spend on anything IRLMouthbreather post.
>>740780198You can pay off the card every month and receive all the card benefits.
>>740779620They scam Steam out of 10% not you, it's a bigger cut than Visa and Mastercard take.
>>740780508https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/1tkobjv/help_convincing_an_elderly_neighbor_that_steam/
>>740771495You can turn in your $50 in cash into $50 steam gift card at ANY STORE you fucking retard.Your problem is not being a kid, your problem is being stupid.
>>740780508Gift cards are free money for valve they would like to keep them in every walmart across the country if possible. Their customer support must be flooded by these gift card scam victims to not make it worth it anymore.
>IF SOMEONE ON THE PHONE IS ASKING YOU TO BUY $2000 OF GIFT CARDS IT IS A SCAM!!!!!>"hmm... no this message must be fake, it's the indian on the phone telling me I need to pay the government with steam cards who is telling the truth"Why are boomers so retarded?
>>740780606>https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/1tkobjv/help_convincing_an_elderly_neighbor_that_steam/based
>>740779180anon, already happened months ago.The newest Fortnite cards are just wallet for the store
>>740780757I watch a lot of scambait YouTube videos and the fact that this is a common occurrence is maddening. This is the generation responsible for the cost of living currently being astronomically high by the way.
>>740780757>Why are boomers so retarded?Because you never got scammed in Runescape or Diablo right
>>740770178I noticed this behavior with steam alot. Recently with the steam awards where instead of fixing the issue they completly destroyed it for some dumb reason and replaced it with something far interfior.Now they're doing the same here. Instead of fixing their own fuck up they just go full salted-earth on it. I've never seen a company this lazy about things
Stop making fun of boomers. They are just old. Their brains are dying and they can't think anymore. It will happen to you too.
>>740780757Lifetime of leaded gasoline exposure, processed food diet, pharmaceutical over-prescription, and TV brainrot.
>>740780903Well according to the OP they tried a bunch of counter measures but nothing worked.
>>740780871There's a difference between a kid who doesn't even know what scamming is and someone with decades of life experience under their belt.
>>740780979a year on tiktok is worse
>>740780871Correct. I have never been scammed by another person in a video game.
>>74078108685 year old brain is different. The same boomer at age 25 would have told the scammer to fuck off.
>>740780903The difference is unlike, say, Google, Valve doesn't have 100,000 customer support staff to deal with this shit.
>>740781143>Correct. I have never been scammed by another person in a video game.So you're the scammer
>>740781090Just because boomers are bad, doesn't mean the current generation aren't going to be worse.
>>740780491It's my account I think and it's just banned from adding funds. And idk what I could have possibly done other than maybe buy multiple games. But I have a habit of buying 1 by 1 instead of all at once. Other sites have flagged me for doing that too but once I contacted support they let me buy again. When I tried with steam, he couldn't be assed to at least tell me wtf happened and just said to use a different card or top up on gift cards
This is just going to let visa butt fuck them more. money is becoming more and more pointless each passing day it seems
So if I go and steal a bunch of steam gift cards now, how long do I have to use them?
>>740776182it would attract biting flies instead, but it would attract more flies than usual, it would make more sense for it to be a banana boy who had to eat many banana's for the potassium to attract mosquitoes specifically
>>740781661>it would make more sense for it to be a banana boy who had to eat many banana's for the potassium to attract mosquitoes specificallythey wouldn't do that in india! but i am surprised they did not think of it in africa
>>740780931then how come they're calling the shots for everything still? Time to retire I think.
>>740781650>can't read
>>740770178Spotify has been doing this since you could save money using their cards.
>>740781887they vote the most and are a very large portion of the total population, so they wield a lot of power
>>740780757They also think they're e-dating Elon Musk and they just need to front him 100k for mumbo jumbo legal reasons so he can make them the beficiary of his will and then they can elope.
Shouldn't Indians be scared to scam an old lady out of her life savings because it means they'll reincarnate as a cockroach or something?
>>740782618Cockroaches have small life spans. We will be back as humans again shortly so it doesnt matter.
>>740782676You have to work your way up through the whole food chain
>>740778172this, the more elegant solution is a virus that targets specific DNA
>>740770758>I'm so sick of how just explaining conceptsunnecessary, everyone besides little bitty babies understands the concept. gift cards are still a scam
>>740780257Easiest way to find fine Brahmin women that nobody will fuck because they aren't asian enough.
>>740782852>live countless lives as different animals>always try your hardest to live righteously to reincarnate into a better creature>eventually reincarnate as a human>indian>scam people with steam gift cards>go back to square one>repeat ad infinitum
