sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago"Scammers have adapted": Valve confirms that physical Steam Gift Cards are dead. Once the current stocks are sold through, they're done.www.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square43linkfedilinkarrow-up1235arrow-down11
arrow-up1234arrow-down1external-link"Scammers have adapted": Valve confirms that physical Steam Gift Cards are dead. Once the current stocks are sold through, they're done.www.windowscentral.comsanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square43linkfedilink
minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48arrow-down1·4 months agoYou can walk down to a local Walmart and slap a $20 on the counter, walking away with funds even if you have no car and no credit card. Hard for a teenager to get steam games without this.
minus-squaretabular@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 months agoI was not aware that could be a problem (had a debit card £ as a teen when online buying/downloading games started).
minus-squareEndlessNightmare@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoI’ll concede your point, though there are generic pre-paid cards that are not linked to a specific store.
minus-squarekkj@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months agoThose have fees, though. Back when I didn’t have a bank account, it was already over $5 per card, so I assume it’s much higher 15 years later.
You can walk down to a local Walmart and slap a $20 on the counter, walking away with funds even if you have no car and no credit card.
Hard for a teenager to get steam games without this.
I was not aware that could be a problem (had a debit card £ as a teen when online buying/downloading games started).
I’ll concede your point, though there are generic pre-paid cards that are not linked to a specific store.
Those have fees, though. Back when I didn’t have a bank account, it was already over $5 per card, so I assume it’s much higher 15 years later.