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Steam Summer Sale 2015 thread of refunding everything you buy (June 11-21)

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Locust

Member
It was possible to get a refund for just one item in a transaction, right? I'm assuming it'll work correctly because the refund amount is only half of the transaction, but:

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I don't really want to get rid of the Narnia by accident :p
 
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Joey Fox

Self-Actualized Member
I just bought the Valve collection and have only played Portal before. Anybody feel like ranking the rest of the games?
 
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RootCause

Member
Locust said:
It was possible to get a refund for just one item in a transaction, right? I'm assuming it'll work correctly because the refund amount is only half of the transaction, but:


I don't really want to get rid of the Narnia by accident :p
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Hey now! Why can't I find that on the store? D;
 
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Sch1sm

Member
PrioritySe7en said:
The monster game still isn't working for me. Pretty frustrating! Am I missing out on anything?
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Every time I've tired to join it's given me an error, even now. From not being logged into the steam client (wtf) to just straight up going, "nah." Some of these milestones aren't even worth it. It just ain't meant to be.

texhnolyze said:
Cards price seem going down.
Is it going to continue to go down throughout the sale? Or should I buy them now?
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They'll cost more toward the end of the sale.

reKon said:
so CS: Go probably will NOT get lower than $7.50 right?

It's a daily deal I think..

Pull the trigger?
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I remember when I bought this... for $3.74. Patience. It'll be that price for the entire sale, so if it doesn't show up in a daily/flash, jump on it at the end.
 
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Arrogant Bastard

Banned
reKon said:
so CS: Go probably will NOT get lower than $7.50 right?

It's a daily deal I think..

Pull the trigger?
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No it isn't.

How do people still have such a hard time with Steam Sales, there is a FAQ an flow charts all over the net.

From the OP:

Frequently ignored answers:
Q: What is the general rule of thumb when it comes to purchasing?
A: During the Summer Sale, virtually everything is discounted and there are featured deals with greater discounts on the front page of the store. If an item/franchise is a featured deal, then it is at its lowest price. There is no difference in price between the various types of featured deals (e.g. short of a mistake, a game being 75% off as a Daily Deal will also be 75% off as a Flash Sale).

As the featured deals update regularly, it is best to wait until the last day of the sale before buying something you can't wait to have that is 75% off or less. Items with a general sale discount of 75% may also appear as a featured deal, but this is exceedingly rare and the difference is likely to be small (e.g. 75% off to 85% off).
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legacyzero

legacyzero

Banned
I am not understanding this Monsters mini game.

Am I supposed to click the shit out of these monsters, and that's it?

Also, Am I supposed to get this Gift train rolling, GAF? C'mon!
 
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CreepingFear

Member
I decided against Hot Line Miami 2 for only 33% off. I think I'm going to get games if they are 50% off or more or if I really,really want them.

Edit: Also, gives me something to buy next sale. Don't want to be like all you sad saps who own everything and aren't having fun this sale, do I?
 
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Sch1sm

Member
CreepingFear said:
I decided against Hot Line Miami 2 for only 33% off. I think I'm going going to get games if they are 50% off or more or if I really,really want them.

Edit: Also, gives me something to buy next sale. Don't want to be like all you sad saps who own everything and aren't having fun this sale, do I?
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You think they own everything. Wait until you see JaseC's final haul. :")
 
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TitusTroy

Member
only 2 games I want from this sale are Scholar of the First Sin (upgrade) and MGS: Ground Zeroes...both should be under $10 during Flash/Community Sales
 
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AxeMan

Member
Is Homeworld Remastered worth it? I only have 17 things on my wishlist and this is up

I read a few things about the game on release but never knew whether it ended up being a good game or not
 
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Erheller

Member
reKon said:
so CS: Go probably will NOT get lower than $7.50 right?

It's a daily deal I think..

Pull the trigger?
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CSGO is not a daily deal right now, so conventional wisdom holds that you should wait.

However, CSGO hasn't gone on sale below 7.49 since March 2014, over a year ago (on Steam, anyways, don't know about other sites). It's probably because they want to limit the number of smurfs and hackers that get new copies every sale.

Take that as you will.
 
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Rupe

Neo Member
Got Valkirya Chronicles and Tales from the Borderlands for now. Still want a Naruto game (haven't played any of those since the first on the Ps3), Neptunia 2, Akiba's trip, Ys AoN and TitS. Will be holding on for now and see if there's a flash sale or something on those.
 
dgrdsv

dgrdsv

Member
JaseC said:
I believe Ubi began "language-locking" its games in response to Valve not really taking much of a stand against "rest-of-world" users using VPNs to activate gifts locked with the ACRTAG flag, but it's not necessary now that doing so also imposes a runtime-level restriction and Valve is presumably keeping a closer eye on things (the new message that appears when activating a region-locked gift categorically states that using a VPN is against the SSA). When Valve tightened the noose so, I was hoping Ubi would stop heavily region-locking its games in favour of just letting Steam handle it automatically, but alas, as you say, that hasn't happened -- AssCreed Syndicate, R6 Siege and even the upcoming Might & Magic game are all limited to Russian if bought in Eastern Europe. As a matter of fact, Acti and Ubi are the only two publishers that still impose unnecessary restrictions on its RU subs for whatever reason, although at least Acti limits onlyallowrunincountries to Call of Duty whereas Ubi language-locks all of its full-price games.
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What I still don't get is why I can't buy a ROW version being here in Russia? What the fuck are they loosing from such operation? I mean, I'm ready to pay a full US/EU price and I usually do this anyway in the end but I have to do it through some shady 3rd party e-store and I've been burned on this a couple of times already - Watch Dogs ROW Steam gift was recalled for some reason and I had to buy it again for Uplay for example. This whole situation is just screaming "stupidity!" on part of the publishers really.

What's even more funny is that after some time - like a couple of months or so - you can usually buy a ROW game version with no regional locks CHEAPER than the restricted and heavily cut down RU one which is sold through the Steam storefront. Which kinda destroys the only point for such restrictions left standing.
 
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mclem

Member
Might and Magic X question:

I have a boxed version of Legacy (which is unopened, but I assume it's tied to UPlay). Can I purchase the DLC from Steam and make them work happily with one another? It might also include a Steam key, I'm not sure.
 
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reKon

Banned
Ori and NBA 2K15 will be on my radar as well. Not expecting anything big on GTA V obviously. I think I want to get the PS4 version to play with friends and then double dip on it in next years steam sale if it's $20 or less.
 
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MUnited83

For you.
dr_rus said:
What I still don't get is why I can't buy a ROW version being here in Russia? What the fuck are they loosing from such operation? I mean, I'm ready to pay a full US/EU price and I usually do this anyway in the end but I have to do it through some shady 3rd party e-store and I've been burned on this a couple of times already - Watch Dogs ROW Steam gift was recalled for some reason and I had to buy it again for Uplay for example. This whole situation is just screaming "stupidity!" on part of the publishers really.

What's even more funny is that after some time - like a couple of months or so - you can usually buy a ROW game version with no regional locks CHEAPER than the restricted and heavily cut down RU one which is sold through the Steam storefront. Which kinda destroys the only point for such restrictions left standing.
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Yeah, it makes zero sense. Even less now that everything from RU or other cheaper regions is region locked either way, so they could very well sell the ROW version in RU countries without being possible for ROW countries to get it for the RU price.
 
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RootCause

Member
Outlast is the only game I'm not sure if I should go through with it. I like horror games, but I've always been hesitant of horror games that don't give me a way of defending myself. Would five off my cart. :3
 
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Brandon F

Well congratulations! You got yourself caught!
Even at $5 I still can't justify Valk Chronicles. I do own the PS3 version still though.

Anyone have thoughts on the Gabriel Knight remake?
And Lone Wolf HD? (Loved the book series in the 80's)
 
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Colin.

Member
Not been playing as many games recently, so a bit late with getting caught up to speed with the sale news. Valkyria Chronicles is tempting me at that price. Did I miss out on any misprice madness?
 
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toddhunter

Member
RootCause said:
Outlast is the only game I'm not sure if I should go through with it. I like horror games, but I've always been hesitant of horror games that don't give me a way of defending myself. Would five off my cart. :3
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Outlast is pretty forgiving. The AI is bad and you can always defend yourself by just running away.

It is worth a go, but I found whistleblower to be much stronger.
 
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