Help! How do you resist Steam sales?

I'm in the same boat. Damn you Gaben.

Steam sale and christmas bonus from my new work are a baaaad combination... Well, good for you cause I also pick um some stuff to gift away ;-)

The only thing that stops me from spending even more money is that there are a lot of genres I don't really like that much, like FPS... And that I feel kinda cheated if it's "only" 50% off while a lot of stuff is 75% off ;-)

being poor does wonders for self control i buy games i dont eat pretty much :)

simple if the games you want go on sale at a decent price you know it might be on sale again in a few weeks for winter sale for maybe an even better price

Being broke helps. Also, proximity to Winter Sales help a ton for this particular Black Friday and proximity type of sale.

I check http://www.gaugepowered.com/ , if the $/hour is more than $0.50 I resist :)

By being poor and not having a credit card to bog myself down into debt.

This month, I made an agreement with my bank account to not buy any bundles all December.

Then Yogscast starts up a charity humble bundle.

Here's how I did it:

• Don't have money to spend freely.
• Empty Steam Wallet in support of Fortixember
• Decide to delay purchases until Winter Sale, when next paycheck is in.

Cut your credit card into pieces, burn them and bury the ashes deep inside graveyard...

Just don't look at the steam shop when there are big sales.. xD

Well, hardly gaming helps. I bought enough games on Steam that I haven't played and were later cheaper elsewhere (like on bundles) that I only rarely buy on Steam. I did make a decision at some point to stop buying so many games I don't play and games to gift, but that helped only a little. Also didn't help that I found out about Bundle of Holding so now I'm also buying RPG books I'll never read.

Stick to wishlist.
I think it's a blessing for me to not interested in any new releases.

think many many times before buying

Since I've spend all my money I haven't bought even a single game on steam sales! Works perfect!

Only buy from wishlist and don't add things you won't play right away

By not buying. I only use Steam for activating games and giveaways. I don't really buy digitally, maybe except for the rare Humble Bundle, since it was a donation as much as a purchase.

For me its working like that: I see all the games I have in my library, how much time I have played that games and if I finished it.
So I notice that more than 50% is with only some minutes played, even nice games. So from now on, try to think/do like that. Look all the games in your library before buyin' some more. Sry for the bad english.

Come to live to Argentina, where if you buy with your credit card overseas have to paid 35% on taxes. That's my trick to resist

Dude , just become an "Anti-Capitalist" ...

Watch some porn and you will forgot about steam sales.

Turn on the brain and realise games are pretty much always on sale on Steam ;)

Being a student really helps.

I only buy games I just want to play, but then again, I consider if that amount of money would be spent elsewhere.

For example, through "smart" trading, I have been able to get about 9 games with only about $30. (EVEN WITH THE SALE, you will never be able to get those games for $30, one of them being dishonored (though I didn't get it on steam, got it for 3 pounds on gamefly yet I'm from Singapore :p) only with effort you'll get what you want

Having all games that are on sale.