Comment on Heads up on physical PaySafe Cards as an alternative to physical Steam Gift Cards [DE]

nocturne@slrpnk.net ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• thingsiplay@lemmy.ml ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Thanks for the listing. Interesting that PaySafe is not an option. Do you have PaySafe cards at all or is this not a payment method that is not available in the states at all? According to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PaysafeCard it is available in 50 countries:

  As of 2023 PaysafeCard is issued in approximately 50 countries—covering most of Europe and North America, Australia and New Zealand, and some countries in Western Asia and South America.[5]

  Countries with PaysafeCard available include Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro,[6] Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates,[7][8] the United Kingdom, the United States and Uruguay.[9]

  Maybe Steam does not have it integrated in all regions where this is available.

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  • mcforest@feddit.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Wero wann?

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    • thingsiplay@lemmy.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      According to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wero:

      The service initially focused on person-to-person transfers, and from November 2025 expanded to e-commerce payments.[8] In-store payments started in September 2026 through the complete switch of the established Payconiq payment network to Wero in Luxembourg.[9]

      So it started this months to be usable in stores. I assume it will be integrated into Steam then, I hope so. I didn’t look into it in detail. Currently looking on the webpage wero-wallet.eu . I assume a bank account or identification is required.

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      • TheBlackFang@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        In-store payments refers to physical store locations. Steam is e-commerce. Wero has been ready for this for almost a year now and if the merchant supports it, it works like a charm.

        That said, note that Wero is essentially an instant SEPA transaction so you obviously need a bank account. And, which is maybe not so obvious, your bank needs to support it. Essentially most (or all?) Genossenschaftsbanken and Sparkassen in Germany do; private banks not so much as of yet.

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  • iamthetot@piefed.ca ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’ve never heard of or seen PaySafe before.

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  • nocturne@slrpnk.net ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I do not recall having seen pay safe cards, but I live in a rural area where we have a Walmart, and a local supermarket. The supermarket stopped carrying gift cards a year or two ago, and I rarely go to the Walmart.

    That said, I feel we have fewer payment options in the states. I have been playing a French game for the last 20 some odd years, it has options to pay for in game services. There have always been a ton of options included that I have never heard. Even the option to pay by adding the cost to your phone bill.

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