The "An unexpected error has occured" thing is a soft lock used by Valve to prevent you from buying a lot of gifts ^_^ It's been happening for a while now, it started becoming a problem in October. It kicks in if you exceed a certain limit when buying giftable copies - I don't know the exact numbers, but you have a certain purchase limit per day and another limit per week, whichever happens sooner.
When you get hit for the first time, it lasts for 24 hours. The second hit flags your account and the cooldown is 1 week. After that each lockdown lasts for 1 week, I've also heard of the one lasting for 30 days, but I can't confirm that info.
The soft lock should only prevent you from buying gifts, purchasing for yourself should work.
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Uhm so, you cannot buy as a gift from client\browser, but you can from phone, isn't it ?
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I think it's the correct thing to do, you shouldn't try to profit from something else. The thing is it would suck if you weren't aware of the price error but you bought the game for yourself anyway.
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"We screwed up on our end, but we're banning you anyway"
Yeah, sounds like Valve, lol.
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Which is when I went to the library to buy more copies. Good idea Valve. :D
But serious question, assuming others have had this done to them, how long do Valve make it last? I'm expecting a week, should I worry about longer?
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