Steam's new gifting policy
https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/1301948399254001159 STEAM GIFTING CHANGES MAY 3 - KRISTIAN "Today we’re announcing changes to gifts on Steam. The gifting process has had a bunch of friction in it for a while, and we want to make it easier for you to share the games you love with friends. Steam Gifting will now be a system of direct exchange from gift buyer to gift receiver, and we will be retiring the Gift to E-mail and Gift to Inventory options. Here's a quick breakdown of benefits from the new system: Scheduling Gifts Is Even More Straightforward Go ahead and buy a gift months in advance and have it delivered to a friend on time, every time. Declined Gifts Resolve The Way They Should In the old system, a declined gift would sneak back into the giver's inventory and remain on their bill. Now, if a recipient already has the title, or just doesn't want it, they can click decline and the purchase is refunded directly to the gift giver. Safe Cross-Country Gifting No more worrying if a Gift to E-mail or Gift to Inventory is going to work for a friend, gifts sent through the new system will always work on the receiver's account. When there is a large difference in pricing between countries, gifting won't be available and you'll know before purchase. These changes are now available. Please let us know if you see any issues or have any feedback. Note: Pre-existing gifts will be unaffected by this change." https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/4/15541652/steam-gifting-changes-key-resellers Also a recent Steam Blog The Steam Store: Our Philosophy and Next Steps http://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/1301948399257707760
https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/1301948399254001159


STEAM GIFTING CHANGES
MAY 3 - KRISTIAN
"Today we’re announcing changes to gifts on Steam. The gifting process has had a bunch of friction in it for a while, and we want to make it easier for you to share the games you love with friends. Steam Gifting will now be a system of direct exchange from gift buyer to gift receiver, and we will be retiring the Gift to E-mail and Gift to Inventory options. Here's a quick breakdown of benefits from the new system:

Scheduling Gifts Is Even More Straightforward
Go ahead and buy a gift months in advance and have it delivered to a friend on time, every time.

Declined Gifts Resolve The Way They Should
In the old system, a declined gift would sneak back into the giver's inventory and remain on their bill. Now, if a recipient already has the title, or just doesn't want it, they can click decline and the purchase is refunded directly to the gift giver.

Safe Cross-Country Gifting
No more worrying if a Gift to E-mail or Gift to Inventory is going to work for a friend, gifts sent through the new system will always work on the receiver's account. When there is a large difference in pricing between countries, gifting won't be available and you'll know before purchase.

These changes are now available. Please let us know if you see any issues or have any feedback.

Note: Pre-existing gifts will be unaffected by this change."


https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/4/15541652/steam-gifting-changes-key-resellers




Also a recent Steam Blog

The Steam Store: Our Philosophy and Next Steps


http://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/1301948399257707760

#1
Posted 05/13/2017 10:59 AM   
This initially made me really angry as I recent'y tried to gift a shader hacker a game and was met with "cannot gift due to pricing differences between regions." So it seems like they actually made it worse. May have just been some initial glitches though as I tried again today and it seems to have gone through fine.
This initially made me really angry as I recent'y tried to gift a shader hacker a game and was met with "cannot gift due to pricing differences between regions." So it seems like they actually made it worse.

May have just been some initial glitches though as I tried again today and it seems to have gone through fine.

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#2
Posted 05/13/2017 12:27 PM   
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