MMO Fallout would like to issue a public service announcement to remind our viewers that the Steam Summer Sale begins June 23rd and runs through July 4th. In preparation for the sale, we’ve listed some tips to help you spend wisely.
- Because of Steam refunds, daily sales are no longer a thing. Once a game is on sale it will stay at that price for the duration of the sale.
- Games purchased during Steam sales are still eligible for refunds. Same rules apply, two weeks and under two hours of gameplay.
- If you bought a game in the past week, played past the refund period, and it goes on sale, try emailing Steam customer service and ask for the sale price. It isn’t 100% guaranteed to work, but it has for some in the past.
- Buy Steam Wallet cards: Thanks to an incredible Steam sale back in 2013 where I inexplicably wound up spending about $200, I now buy Steam wallet cards and remove the credit card off of my account during Steam sales. We all like to think of ourselves as fully in control until those 75% markers start showing up.
- Build a wishlist: Pick the games you really want and throw them on a wishlist. There will be tens of thousands of Steam games on sale and not nearly enough time to wade through them.
- Steam Bundles: It used to be that Steam bundles were worthless if you owned one or more games in the collection. It is now possible for publishers to pro-rate their collections, so you’ll still get the sale price minus the cost of whatever games in the collection you already own.
- Pricing Errors: Guaranteed to happen once or twice over the course of the sale due to some publisher placing the decimal point in the wrong spot. This happens right when the sales change and are fixed within minutes, so grab them fast. A few lucky users managed to pick up Tropico 4 for less than a dollar a couple of years back.
- Trading cards can be obtained in your games and sold for cash money (Steam wallet cash money anyhow). In most games, you can simply idle and gather up their trading cards to sell on the open Steam market. Ten cents here, twenty cents there, it adds up over time and means your games can effectively fund other games.
- Check the competition: Just because a game is on sale on Steam doesn’t mean you’re getting the best price. Before you hit that buy button, check out https://isthereanydeal.com/ for competing prices. You may just get a better deal.
If you have any tips of your own for Steam shopping, leave a comment in the box below and let us know.
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