Hello Raied,

Thank you for contacting Steam Support.

Unfortunately, we are unable to accept purchases through Steam from your country.


I'm from Palestine and all of my games are from web-stores as keys
or by trading

i got some dollars using Gamestop wallet codes for steam

activated with no problems at all

when i tried to buy i see an error.

Talked to steam support and all what i got from them is a huge disappointment

Is there any other options i have ?

i have 70 $ and can't spend them :D

1 decade ago*

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i have 70 $ and can't spend them :D

Yet you are still being happy about it

1 decade ago
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should i cry then ?

1 decade ago
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thats better than nothing and no choice but not to spend

1 decade ago
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BUY A GOOD BOOK!

1 decade ago
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Well here is a 'only 100% trust worthy/a-bit of rule breaking' option...you could ask a friend that lives somewhere else to log on your account and buy the game for you, so you can get it (then you know changing the password again). Or try to use a proxy.

1 decade ago
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and this is allowed to do ?
i mean using a proxy or vpn.

i don't want my account to be banned coz i have 240 games

1 decade ago
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Im not really sure about that...ask around the forums, or maybe someone will respond to see if its allowed or not, but I wouldnt see as how its not allowed. Tho its best to check.

1 decade ago
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Why don't you create another Steam account and buy the games as gifts there, and then gift the games to your original account?. If you get banned, you fake account will be banned, because you will be using the proxy through your fake account to buy games.

Greetings!

1 decade ago
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By all means don't do what this guy ^^^^ says.

1 decade ago
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Why not(just asking)? I'm just giving an idea, but if is too bad, I would like to know why, just to know.

Greetings!

1 decade ago
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the wallet is redeemed in my account. so i can't buy from a new account

if a steam account gets banned due to problem purchasing a game
this game will be revoked i think. even if you gift it to another account

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Well the strange thing is Steam prohibiting you from BUYING games (I assume its any game and not just specific that have region block) when its a virtual purchase and there is already legit money into their own system.

As someone said you could try to use a proxy and say you were on a vacation, and use the same proxy for a few days.

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This might work.
I am from the Euro zone, but have been living, playing, and purchasing games from Japan for 6 months, now I'm back in my country and I haven't had any problem yet.
Though I don't know if this has all to do with the last action from Valve (or attack, or scam, you name it) to people gifting between zones and how it might affect your particular case.

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Try a VNP/Proxy.

1 decade ago
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this is allowed ? i want to be sure before doing this !

1 decade ago
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It is against the ToS, of course.

1 decade ago
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Proxy/VPN is not allowed. Might be banned for this by steam

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You cant realy get banned for vpn/proxy, iv used it many times to get russian keys to work.

1 decade ago
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So differences redeem key and purchase via steam

1 decade ago
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Bullshit! Steam only banns if you don't pay for the games. If games are paid, Steam doesn't care at all about Proxies.

1 decade ago
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How did you get the gamestop codes in your country aren't they US only?

1 decade ago
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got them from a friend living in US.

1 decade ago
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why didnt you have that friend just buy you things and gift them to you???

1 decade ago
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idk, i didn't know that they would tell me that i can't buy from my steam wallet

and i wanted to buy by myself from summer sale, which i missed :\

1 decade ago
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If you are going to use a proxy, you'll need to come up with an appropriate story so that Steam Support can switch your regions.
Such as... you are on vocation!

1 decade ago
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He can just say he went on vacation. Just use a proxy for a few days in the same place before you change back.

1 decade ago
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This story is weird. At first I thought you were trying to use your card and couldn't because your country is blocked due to, maybe, lots of credit card frauds or something like that. But you are buying with Steam Wallet Credit, what the hell? They shouldn't block you from using it. I'm sorry, man.

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yeah. i think they should have told me before redeeming these codes that i can't buy using them due to my country

it's a huge disappointment that you can't spend your money that is already in-steam

i think the idea for making those codes was to allow everyone to buy from steam
seems that i'll wait long so that i can spend those $$$

1 decade ago
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You should ask some trusted person to buy something for you through Paypal for example.

I might be helpful, but I'm from Euro zone, means games are a bit more expensive here than in US.

1 decade ago
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I think that I can help if I have the funds.

1 decade ago
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Wow, Steam really has it out for Palestine huh? If you had funds on paypal, I would've helped you buy the games from the US Steam store without any fees because it sucks you can't buy any Steam games from where you live. I think the best option might be to ask the trusted friend that got you the Gamestop codes to log into your Steam account and buy the games for you.

1 decade ago
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Finally, Steam support made it possible to buy from palestine

now i can use my steam wallet

Thanks you all for replying here :)

1 decade ago
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Great news, enjoy all the games!

1 decade ago
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Excellent. Sadly you missed the summer sale :-/

1 decade ago
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Gratz! Good luck and have fun with games :)

1 decade ago
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Closed 1 decade ago by Raiedash.