gift card from non-steam user in other country

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ahmallama 24 Jun @ 6:33pm

i recently reconnected with my birth mom, (long story, childhood blech,), and she wishes to gift us a game. however, she isnt comfortable getting a steam account, (and im not comfy giving her my adress), but we do know we live in seperate countries. will she be able to give gift cards digitally without an account? if not, how else would we go about doing it?

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Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

By going here... https://steamhost.cn/digitalgiftcards/selectgiftcard

And proceeding to checkout without an account. The gift card will be sent as a gift immediately but since they will do it without an account, it will take at least 3 days to process after you try to accept it on your end.

It would probably be better that she gifts you a VISA gift card through Amazon or something and the card code can be used to add funds to your wallet.

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cSg|mc-Hotsauce 24 Jun @ 6:45pm

Cinemax 24 Jun @ 6:55pm

Gift cards can be redeemed in other countries, but will be converted to local currency.

cSg|mc-Hotsauce 24 Jun @ 6:56pm

Originally posted by Cinemax:
Gift cards can be redeemed in other countries, but will be converted to local currency.

Only ones sent through Steam convert.

Retail cards are currency locked.

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Cinemax 24 Jun @ 7:07pm

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:
Originally posted by Cinemax:
Gift cards can be redeemed in other countries, but will be converted to local currency.

Only ones sent through Steam convert.

Retail cards are currency locked.

:nkCool:

Are retail cards even sold outside the US, where OP resides? I don't know of any other carriers besides Best Buy, GameStop and Walmart.

cSg|mc-Hotsauce 24 Jun @ 7:11pm

Originally posted by Cinemax:
Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Only ones sent through Steam convert.

Retail cards are currency locked.

Are retail cards even sold outside the US, where OP resides? I don't know of any other carriers besides Best Buy, GameStop and Walmart.

Retail cards are available outside the US, yes. Bit a lot of stores pulled them from sale so, it might be hard to find them.

This is why I suggested a VISA gift card because those can be purchased at online retailers in other currencies.