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Is it possible to buy from the RU store without beeing in russia?

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DskillerBR

Welll... here´s the thing

http://store.steampowered.com/?cc=ru

this makes anyone access the Russian store... i haven´t tried to buy yet, i´m just wondering if it works... i can go all the way to checkout and it´s possible to pick a credit card, paypal is not available on that for some reason....

note. if you clicked your broser will save this option, so to go back to your native store, paste the url on your address bar and change the end to your locatioin.

IE

http://store.steampowered.com/?cc=us

http://store.steampowered.com/?cc=br

http://store.steampowered.com/?cc=jp

and so on....

I am curious because i see so many russians selling games like crazy... this may be a loophole. I won´t try myself because brazilian steam store is actually cheaper than russian.

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Veliar

Nope. Not anymore.

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insane7

If it was possible, don't you think anyone will buy from there?

PS: There is no PayPal in Russia.

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DskillerBR

would...

and not everyone would know about this.

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Jadax

yes - use ip maskers, but you need a credit card from russia to buy anyways (or some other russian money services)

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PsyKo

IP maskers and other VPNs can cause problems to your account.

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SuicideBroccoli

Yea, problems like a ban. :P

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Jadax

you don't have to use it on your own account, use it on a dummy account - I know someone who does that.

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PsyKo

Writing this can give you SG suspension/ban.

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PsyKo

Nope. Must be in Russia to buy from Russia, otherwise Steam writes something along "wrong country" and either stops checkout or restarts cart with your IP prices.

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dooder

Nope.

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DskillerBR

Funny thing is...

The Secret World is not available on brazilian store... But if i paste that code with the US store, i can buy the game... i can literally go all the way thru checkout and pay for it and i´ll gave the game on my account with no problem. I did this wil Bully also that is banned in brazil.

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dgufan

You can ask your russian friend to buy something for you.

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DskillerBR

Personally, is not worth it for me, as i said before, brazilian store is actually cheaper than russian.

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dgufan

Oh, sorry, i read inattentively

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RobotDeathParty

Why would you WANT to buy from a Russian store if you're not Russian/from Russia/etc.?

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DskillerBR

Currency convertion makes the russian store cheaper than US store.

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RobotDeathParty

Ah, alright. Can you still change the language to English?

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ArmadX

Cause it's much cheaper?

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DskillerBR

Lets take Football Manager 2013..

9 Dollars on the US Store
7 Dollars on the RU Store

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ozo2003

or Battlefield Bad Company 2:
(don't care about us$)
8,99 eur - here
2 eur - russia

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DskillerBR

Euro region benefits even more from it, because it doesn´t have to go thru dollar convertion to reach native value...

That´s why the brazilian store is cheaper for me than russian. If i buy in ruble, the value is first converted to dollar, then converted again to BRL, and since the dollar has reached a high value in here, makes it a bad deal.

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SleepyCat

No, it's not possible to do that simply by switching stores - Steam checks your current location by IP and matches it to the payment method you use.

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gangnamstyle

Nope, you can get a Russian friend to help you out, but Steam has been wary of users who constantly use this backdoor arbitrage.

Make sure the game you get is also not region restricted.

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PomstaZLesa

just go in ukraine or some other nation close to russia and try to catch russian wifi on borders

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Closed 11 years ago by DskillerBR.