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Roloca

So I will want to buy The Secret World Massive Edition, but I'd rather pay 15$+ fees than 15 EUR. Since the lock if someone in usa buys for me, will I be able to play? Or just buy it through the Steam Store?

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DeltaBladeX
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Its fine. I got a Russian copy for $14 (pre lock) and it works fine.

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XandheR

You use a VPN?

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Shenfara

he or she said pre lock, before the lock. they said that games that were bought before the lock wouldn't be region locked

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faragona

I'm pretty sure DeltaBladeX is a girl.

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Mallorn

Yeah, John is a girl

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faragona

Of course he is a girl!

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DeltaBladeX
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I used a trader

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dohlicious

@Roloca russian and brazillian keys are way cheaper than what you are looking for in the US store.

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Buckwild

all are locked now

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dohlicious

does it matter? no! it never was a problem ... vpn

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Tyler889

Steam can ban for using VPN... (?)

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dohlicious

not eu citizens

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Tyler889

This means? D:

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DeltaBladeX
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Yes they can, you agreed to their rules

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dohlicious

no they cant, ANY law is only valid in the country you live in for the time you purchase something, EU has a totally different law and therefor its valid to any eu citizen

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DeltaBladeX
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While you could argue for refunds, using a VPN isn't something you could argue for. You are bypassing regional restrictions using one, including the ones that has your government get a share of the cash in taxes. For some reason, I doubt your government has laws allowing you to not pay them taxes in that way.

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Asulf

Again and again...

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Tyler889

ALL? in ALL country of world? or exists some cheap country?

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pocker

Steam can ban for using VPN.?

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Buckwild

not really but there will be lots of other problems

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TatsuyaHiro

Only if you use it to bypass region lock in store and to buy games cheaper this way as far as Im aware of

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Phitt

To finally at least try to answer the OP's actual question: afaik only games from cheap regions are affected (RU/CIS, South America, South East Asia, Turkey). You can still trade games bought in other regions freely. So trading a game from the US to EU shouldn't be a problem (you can also trade from US to RU for example, but you can't trade games bought in RU to anywhere else).

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Roloca

Thanks! :)

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