South African Rand coming to steam on 10 November

[AlphaJohn]

Wait, so you're not currently located in SA? If you aren't, then get Steam support to move you into the region you're currently in.

Or am I misunderstanding?

In SA but getting "stuff" paid into Paypal.... That paypal account is normally my Spending money, ie: I have about $80 waiting for the Black Friday coming up.

I know there are ways to get the games like use a US account to gift me the games and so on, it just would have been simpler if the SA Steam account could use Paypal as Pay method.

 

[The_Imp_ZA]

In SA but getting "stuff" paid into Paypal.... That paypal account is normally my Spending money, ie: I have about $80 waiting for the Black Friday coming up.

I know there are ways to get the games like use a US account to gift me the games and so on, it just would have been simpler if the SA Steam account could use Paypal as Pay method.

Oh, I get it now. You wouldn't want that drug money coming into your local bank account

Hopefully it comes back when they add back all the games that disappeared. Skyrim DLC at an all time low? Hah, can't buy it if you're in SA. :/

 

[MetalSoup]

I doubt Paypal will ever come back as long as it doesn't directly support Rands. There is a reason no local retailers can support Paypal transactions.

 

[ViperGTI]

Don't know if this has been mentioned earlier, but these new prices really work for me... Well, most of them. Fallout is still ridiculously priced at R799 but I finally managed to get my hands on a copy from a local retailer.

At least now, for the most part, if I decide not to pre-order a game (i.e. Just Cause 3) and it goes out of stock at the local retailers after release (or the price goes up), Steam is now actually a viable option. Alternatively if I decide to pre-order a game like JC3, the 10% discount on Steam actually means something since the local retailers also sell for R500.

This nonsense has happened to me at least twice now... Where I decided (or forgot) to pre-order a specific game and couldn't find an affordable copy of the game after release. First with Saints Row 4 where I had to wait months for retailers to get stock (or had to wait for Steam specials) and now with Fallout 4 where there is no stock and the one I found is actually more expensive than the pre-order price.