Comment on Steam is ending the physical Steam Gift Cards at retailers!

• pivot_root@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I never understood the reason for gift cards.

  “Let me give this company a fixed amount of my money so that my niece can either use a portion of it and while the company keeps the remaining balance, or spend some of her own money on top so it doesn’t go to waste.”

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  • lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨59⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    Gift cards allowed me to give my nieces/nephews money to spend on Steam so they wouldn’t need a credit card.

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  • thingsiplay@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Buying Steam games and hardware without involving credit cards or bank accounts is only possible by buying gift cards with cash in a local shop. What do you mean the only winner is the company? This is a real value for me, so am I not a winner in that sense too?

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  • wirelesswire@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Ah, so you do understand the reason for gift cards.

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