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AJValentine

I bought a gift for a friend, who then decided to preorder the special edition in retail and leave me out of pocket £35, am i allowed to set up a private giveaway, in which participants paypal me £1 (or equiv) until i have a decent number people joined, so i can recoup a bit of my loses?

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lokonopa

Requesting members to buy their way into a giveaway, regardless if it's private, will not be allowed.

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simonli2575

What about adfly?

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inAbag

Adfly will get you banned.

Requirements to join a giveaway that give the gifter anything of monetary value are forbidden.

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lokonopa

You know for a fact that adfly is a bannable offense. We've even told you in one of your old threads.

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AJValentine

fair enough, i shan't do it then, i'll just find a mate who's willing to buy it off me :) thanks for the feedback

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boerenlater

Or give it away here, even if you lose some money.

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pyromcr

nope, you cant even link people to a giveaway if you are somehow getting payed.

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Fnorx

they should add a lottery section :)

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F8

The points are lottery, aren't they?

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asyork

Points have no monetary value. If they did, Steamgifts would be illegal in many places.

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DuckieMcduck

SteamCassino?

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SHIV

i hope not... its steam GIFT.. not steam charity, or steam 'pay me money for a game'...

my advice, go steal your 'friends' car, or burgle his house or sleep with his gf or something.

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Scorcher24

You could try to get a refund.

Explain Support the Situation. I am sure they understand.

It could be, that they only add the Money to your Wallet, not charging it back. But at least you can spend the money on other Games or on a sale.

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skzorak

Steam will not do any refunds, ever, unless it's on a pre-order. So if the game he's talking about is still pre-order, he can ask for a refund.

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Scorcher24

They often do out of goodwill when they see that the buyer has a real issue.

As long as you did not install or even play the game, there is a chance that they will do it.

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skzorak

Weird, I've never heard of that happening. Once the game is tied to your account, you are SOL, whether you have played it or not. But if so, cool.

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AirborneGamer

The whole "GIFT" aspect of the site is what makes it so great. If there was bidding or money involved the site would look a whole lot different for sure : )

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Bretherensi

Fun fact: Steam support will offer a one time, and one time ONLY refund for a purchase on Steam if you contact them by opening a ticket. Go to the support website (create an account if you haven't already done so), explain the situation in a ticket and ask for a refund.

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Nayenezgani

I thought that was only for pre-orders?

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Pur3Bolt

The WILL NOT offer you a refund for anything you wish. They just copy&paste things on Steam Support if you haven't notice. And I got refunded 2 times already...so you just lost the glory over there.

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snorkel

Can confirm that they sometimes do this.

I once bought a game for a friend, Steam said the transaction had failed and to try again in a few minutes, which I did, then discovered the first transaction hadn't failed and I'd sent the same gift to the same friend twice.

The first support person I talked to told me that they were refunding me as a one-time support thingy. But then eventually someone read what I was saying properly and they told me I hadn't actually used up my one-time refund.

But it seems that they do have a once only policy on refunds where you don't have a really good reason.

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Pur3Bolt

They don't. They just say that to warn you not to do something like this again(my guessing).

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GVBN

i doubt they have any one-time gesture policies. it really depends on which customer service rep you get, what mood he's in and how busy he is

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Pur3Bolt

Send Steam Support a message and explain the case(maybe lie so you'll have more chances on getting a refund). You probably will get one ;)
Good luck with your case!

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M60dk

Actually that is not only against steamgift rules, but also Paypal rules. Raffles are not allowed via Paypal.

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Thrilhouse

You could always go to the steam forums and trade it for something you want. Could even try to sell it there.

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hkmix

Except there are few non-douchebags on the Steam Trading forums who offer equal-priced games :L

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Thrilhouse

True, it'll probably take some patience. But it is doable.

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IgotElbows

Good friend lol...

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Closed 14 years ago by AJValentine.