No, it's not the usual thread about OMG my CV's not increasing after 30$ should I call the police?!?!?!?! =D

I posted this as a comment, then I realised it was probably best to give it it's own topic. So here it is, pasted straight from the (now deleted) comment (if you don't want to read it, I give a summed-up version at the end, and you won't miss anything XD):

I'm quite sure I understand how the system explained above works (note: talking about the CV system, obviously), but a few strange things have happened recently with my contributor value. Before anything else, let me point out a few things, just to be clear: a) I'm not complaining, whining, crying or any other synonym, I'm just confused and wondering if updates have been made, or if I missed some important information not included in the above post; b) I don't mind the contributor value too much, but since it's there, I find it slightly annoying that it (apparently, at least) plays tricks on me. =P
So, my situation is like this: I had a CV of about 250$ last month after a few giveaways. When I checked a few days later, my CV had decreased to around 230$. I found it slightly strange, but after some reasoning I assumed it was because I had given away a few bundle games that hadn't yet been marked as such at the time of the giveaway (due to the slight delay between a bundle being created and the bundle list being updated, most likely). I created another, non-bundle giveaway, and my CV increased by the exact amount of the game; once again, I found this strange because, like most people, I have a lot of bundle giveaways piled up, so I expected the CV to raise by 120% the value of the game. Still, I assumed that my bundle-value was now less than 20% my CV (as strange as that seemed, admittedly). Therefore, I expected that my next bundle giveaway would raise my CV a little; it didn't, and at this point I ran out of explanations.
Today, another annoying thing happened (or rather, I noticed it today, not sure when it happened): my CV, after my latest giveaway, was around 250$ (again). I went to create a further giveaway a few minutes ago, and noticed that my CV is suddenly 215$; somehow, I 'lost' 35$. As I said above, I don't fret excessively over my contributor value (though I do track it scrupulously, as you can see XD), but I'd like to know whether this is a bug of some kind, whether I somehow did something wrong that led to it being reduced, or whether there's a rule I'm not aware of that explains what seem like arbitrary cuts.
Sorry for the long post, and thanks to anyone who will take the time to read and answer it!

As an added note, I re-calculated by hand (well, with the aid of a calculator) my CV, based on my giveaways.

SUM FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO READ ALL THE ABOVE (I perfectly understand)

My CV as displayed by the website doesn't tally up with my CV as calculated by me five minutes ago, based on the rules described. My official value is 215.92$, according to the website; according to my calculations, it should be 264$ (or, to be exact, 263.xyz). The total value of my bundled games is 164, and the total value of my non-bundled games is 220. So my total CV should be 220x1.2, while according to the website, it's even lower than my non-bundled games alone! O.o

EDIT: As mentioned in comments below, I did include my latest Bioshock giveaway in the count by mistake, so the count (as made today) comes up right. I still wonder why I was up to 260$ before, though, and it just now dropped to 215$.

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Log a support call dude.

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We have a winner, ladies and gentleman.

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You get CV value AFTER THE WINNER MARKS AS RECEIVED. So it's 180*1.2, and then it's correct. You could've just divided 216 by 1.2 and wonder where did the $40 go and oh hey it's in that Bioshock giveaway that didn't end yet.

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I know full well that I only get the CV value after the winner marks it as received. The latest Bioshock pack is NOT included in my count. Including would raise my count to 312.

Please try not to act like smart arses, especially if you haven't read the whole post. =(

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Please try not to act like smart arses
You are asking for too much.

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Never mind, it turns out I actually did include it in my count by mistake. XD So my apologies there.

The comment about trying not to be smart arses stands, though, as does my wondering why it dropped from 250 to 215.

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Possible price drop on Steam store.

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This. I gave Darkness 2 away long time ago and got 50CV for it, but it has since dropped in price and I now only get 30. It happens.

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I didn't know that price drops affected games already gifted. I checked the thread kangarooster linked (why did you edit it out? It was very informative), and it does indeed make sense why they would have this system in place instead of 'freezing' game prices.

Thanks for the replies. =)

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Ohh my god ...

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There must be some game you gave that was bundled that you don't realize was bundled . The calculation is always correct based on what is on the bundle list and the price in the Steam Store. I only see $165 of non-bundle games on your acct. That, plus $25, times 1.2 = $216

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Thanks for the reply, I did make an error in calculation originally (including by mistake a Bioshock giveaway that hadn't yet ended), so it is indeed correct based on current info.

What I didn't know, as kangarooster and Kenshin pointed out above, is that CV value drops as games themselves drop in price. That's most likely the answer to my doubt. =)

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Closed 1 decade ago by Damon89.