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Steam Summer Sale 2013 Thread #2 - Many questions answered in the OP's FAQ
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jase this is wrong
I'm aroused and I don't know why.
toddhunter
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I like where this thread is going.
Ugh, nobody wants to see this.
jase this is wrong
Please? Someone who knows the site which lists all cards/backgrounds/emoticons?
http://www.steamcardexchange.net/
Well, I suppose it'd only be fair...
Don't do it Suarez. He gifted me that same game. I've seen that move.
Edit: It's too late
Do I have to really explain it?
Jesus Christ that looks legitimately terrible in that GIF.
I played and loved that game, but holy shit.
Ahh OK. Saw the updated post and it wasn't on there.
no, i like it. keep going
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Please? Someone who knows the site which lists all cards/backgrounds/emoticons?
http://www.steamcardexchange.net
Pestilence11
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Baconsaurus Rex
Member
Yeah
I'd like more porn in the Stearn thread
That's good
I'd like more porn in the Stearn thread
That's good
Polioliolio
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It's relevant to my interests, but I'm not a fan of 'early access'. I like to play games when they're completed.
bobnowhere
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Hey guys! I picked up 2 gift copies of Mirror's Edge... because it's an awesome game and more people should play it so they can be as excited for the upcoming prequel as I am.
Post an image/screenshot from your favorite stage from a platforming game to enter. Then I'll use a random number generator to pick out 2 winners around 10PM EST. If you're extra cool, you can explain why that's your favorite stage in the genre.
Them crocodiles!
Don't add me to the comp, I already have a hard copy bought for $2 new from the newly departed GAME in Aus. I just wanted to throw some nostalgia at the older folks!
Dude... DUDE...NOT ENTERING FOR MIRRORS EDGE
But Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure.
That shit was fucking tight
I loved that game, and yet can't recall that level. Which episode was it from?
How/why does he get all these games for cheaper?
Has he ever explained how he gets these games for so cheap, especially at a rate that he can sell it at THAT low of a price?
Complex Shadow
Cudi Lame
Soon the trickle down effect will take place. and we'll all be rich, RICH I TELL YOU.
jase this is wrong
yes
The market seemed to crash and prices have been very, very low ever since. Yesterday most of these cards weren't even that low. I imagine it'll be low for the duration of the summer sale and then start to gradually level out over time. But I don't think they'll ever be the price they were before, unfortunately.
I fucking doubt it, it's probably shady as shit. I'd rather not know and enjoy the ignorance in bliss.
toddhunter
Member
Complex Shadow
Cudi Lame
Yes even with the four pack. It's not possible.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
It'd just be guessing but I would suspect that most of the game cards will go down rather than up
Things that cause them to go up:
- More people who want to /use/ the cards
- Drop rate being lowered
- Booster rate being lowered
- Fewer people knowing about bots
Things that cause them to go down:
- More people who want to /sell/ the cards
- Drop rate being raised
- Booster rate being raised
- Any new way to get cards
- More people knowing about bots
So if you look at that info which do you think is more likely? I feel like the latter is more likely
Ephemeris
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Good. Good..
He is independantly wealthy and just does it for GAF.
regional pricing. Stuff is cheaper where he is
Widdly Scuds
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Hey guys! I picked up 2 gift copies of Mirror's Edge... because it's an awesome game and more people should play it so they can be as excited for the upcoming prequel as I am.
Post an image/screenshot from your favorite stage from a platforming game to enter. Then I'll use a random number generator to pick out 2 winners around 10PM EST. If you're extra cool, you can explain why that's your favorite stage in the genre.
I was 11 when the original came out and I loved the music and the music that played when you got in the water with Snacker and I remember trying to find the purpose of Sharkfood Island.
Freeza Under The Shower
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UT2k4 has cards now? Oh my.
The only way you play it.
he does sell at a profit tho, as opposed to those helping with gifting from other regions that are listed in the OP
I aint judging tho, dude clearly has a whole thing set up and at the end of the day it benefits both parties
BadAss2961
Member
Someone gift Jase and Salsa Dinner Date.
Complex Shadow
Cudi Lame
No I don't please explain.
Hey guys! I picked up 2 gift copies of Mirror's Edge... because it's an awesome game and more people should play it so they can be as excited for the upcoming prequel as I am.
Post an image/screenshot from your favorite stage from a platforming game to enter. Then I'll use a random number generator to pick out 2 winners around 10PM EST. If you're extra cool, you can explain why that's your favorite stage in the genre.
Is regional pricing really it? It's just, the prices are really great, but they're SO much cheaper and I'm sure he's still making at least some profit.
Haven't accounts been banned in the past from Steam because they were frequently buying games from other countries to circumvent pricing? It's just a bit worrying.
That's low dude
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Well he lists himself as European, but clearly the least sketchy way possible
- He has access to Brazilian or Russian stores
- He buys there and gifts
- The price he sells is low enough to get people buying but high enough above those stores to be profitable
Sketchier ways would include buying the games and selling them at a loss, but somehow profiting off creating accounts to do the purchases and validating those accounts (IE if creating a new account and using it to idle TF2 but needing to make a legit purchase to do it benefits him at a rate of $n per account, and he takes a <$n loss on the sale, he wins)
I mean, it's a business regardless, it's not just a mercy of his heart thing. Otherwise he'd be transparent about how he's doing it. I mean, whatever, more power to him, I'm not hating, just explaining.
Gaz Pwnage
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This thread has almost reached the end of its life
Yeah. I just think there should be a buyer beware kind of thing. I'm not sure how Steam feels about things like that. It would really suck if one day there was a mass Neogaf reaping where dozens of users accounts were disabled or something. I think I'm actually gonna ask Steam Support about frequently receiving gifts from users in other countries where prices are lower.
If he's using the Brazilian Store, I wish he'd tell me what workaround for the Paypal Tax issue he's using. The Paypal tax usually kills any savings you do in the Brazilian Store.
Mass Effect
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Wonder how many of these threads we'll end up going through.
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