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does anyone know how i can turn a steam bought game go directly to my inventary as a gift ?

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vdmr

I wonder if you can do that

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NB264

nope

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vdmr

Suppose I have 2 accounts I can do this?

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TatsuyaHiro

no you cannot

the inventory storing option has not been a thing since some time now and it aint coming back.

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Narga95

It's not a matter of having 2 accounts or not. If you game gift isn't now in your inventory, it will never be. If you buy a game now it eithers go in your library, or someone elses.

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NB264

In theory there might be a way to store gifts for sending later, but no obvious inventory option. Also if you buy a game for yourself (library) you can't send it to anyone else.

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madjoki

yeah, if you schedule gift to future, it will be stored in inventory and you can send anytime (or cancel). But still you can't change receiver at all.

Edit: also you can't gift to your alt accounts.

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NB264

Ah, interesting. Didn't try it myself so didn't know the details.

Depending on the OP's intention, it could do the work. Like, If they wanna buy a birthday gift for a friend now, at a discount, and have it delivered later at full price on their birthday. If you get what I mean.

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madjoki

Like, If they wanna buy a birthday gift for a friend now, at a discount, and have it delivered later at full price on their birthday.

yeah this will work.

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Sooth

So what you're saying is, we can still gift Steam gifts through SG without worrying about a sale ending!

:buys a game at discount for every entrant of a giveaway: :cancels all the gifts for non-winners:

...I mean, in theory, anyway. :P

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thoughtfulhippo

I like your thinking, but that could get quite expensive on a public giveaway!

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Starwhite

When did that change that you can't gift to alts?

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thoughtfulhippo

I'm pretty sure it didn't.

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madjoki

Last month, around same time VPN key activation was blocked.Another thing they added is blocking of using market profits to gift if you gift "too much".

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Starwhite

So it seems, "An unexpected error has occurred. Your purchase has not been completed." and a helpful email that allows you to rebuy the cart at sale prices for a week. So instead of buying games for yourself you are required to buy some crap you can cash out, makes perfect sense.

Edit: trying with another account it worked fine, so Steam as usual.

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blinkdog

2nd account must redeam the item or the price is refunded to the buyer.

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NobleGamer

Steam only allows gifting at the time of direct Steam purchase, and no longer allows buying something that goes straight into your inventory.

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vdmr

OK thank you. formerly it was better

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TatsuyaHiro

im sure it was but alas you can say thanks to all those ppl for that who made a business of running their own virtual store with steam gift copies

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Aeshma

I was wondering for a while since topic is asking about it too i want to ask;

What does happen when an account reject a gift? Refund to original account or can you re-direct it to someone else?

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vdmr

when a person rejects the gift or money comes back to you

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madjoki

refund.

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Aeshma

Thanks to both of you. o/

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at46

AFAIK you can only get gifts with 2-, 3- or 4-packs where you get the additional copies as gifts to your inventory.

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madjoki

this is correct.(and some other special cases, usually timelimited)

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dingbat

came to say this

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Khalaq
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Glad to see someone mention this. Also, as Madjoki said above, there are other, special cases where you may end up with a gift in your inventory. (e.g. Buying a game may spawn gifts in your inventory.)

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