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Too bad Amazon charges me taxes. :<

I forgot about this :O omg

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what's up with the duck....

 

Advice Mallard meme. Not really relevant, I just copied the image.

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Does anyone know if all Amazon downloads of through Steam? I'd be totally into this if it does.

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Advice Mallard meme. Not really relevant, I just copied the image.

i love the duck lol

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Does anyone know if all Amazon downloads of through Steam? I'd be totally into this if it does.

some do some don't, just check it will say DRM: Steam

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Does anyone know if all Amazon downloads of through Steam? I'd be totally into this if it does.

Most games specify next to the title. From what I can tell, all the EA games on the site are through Origin, so watch out for that.

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Ever heard of VAT (Value Added Tax) makes games in England a lot more from Amazon so I buy all my games from Steam. Dark Souls is £4.99 on Steam flash sale.

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Most games on amazon require a US address I think. It says in the description of the game but that's unfortunate for people outside of the US. I just bought my first few games on PC because of this sale. Got the complete Half Life for $10 yesterday on steam and just got metro 2033 as well as Tomb Raider today off of Amazon. 

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I just picked up Scribblenauts Unlimited for less on Amazon USA.  I said I couldn't afford to buy anything but I had to get this at this price. Thanks OP for sharing the info.

 

and plus we get free games with purchase .... The Maw, Ticket to Ride and Drip Drop (2 of which I am going to just sell)

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Advice Mallard meme. Not really relevant, I just copied the image.

It seems like anything can become a meme these days.

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For my fellow Canadians!  You can certainly buy digital games off Amazon.com with your Canadian credit card.  You just need a US billing address.  There's a thread on how to do it over at RedFlagDeals.com.  First post on this thread should explain it:

 

http://forums.redflagdeals.com/amazon-pcdd-summer-sale-june-30-july-14-a-1355506/

 

 

I've done it many, many, many times with my own credit card and using this Parcel Pick-up company by the border in North Dakota as my billing address (I usually get purchases from the states shipped to there and just pick it up by driving through the border.  Saves me on insane shipping charges from US to Canada... but that's a different story altogether).

 

Anyway... my credit card company has no issues with it.  I redeemed the keys off Steam and it works!

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For my fellow Canadians!  You can certainly buy digital games off Amazon.com with your Canadian credit card.  You just need a US billing address.  There's a thread on how to do it over at RedFlagDeals.com.  First post on this thread should explain it:

 

http://forums.redflagdeals.com/amazon-pcdd-summer-sale-june-30-july-14-a-1355506/

 

 

I've done it many, many, many times with my own credit card and using this Parcel Pick-up company by the border in North Dakota as my billing address (I usually get purchases from the states shipped to there and just pick it up by driving through the border.  Saves me on insane shipping charges from US to Canada... but that's a different story altogether).

 

Anyway... my credit card company has no issues with it.  I redeemed the keys off Steam and it works!

 

So we can just use a random address in the U.S for the steam download purchases on Amazon?  You think it would work if I used like a McDonalds address or something? :P

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So we can just use a random address in the U.S for the steam download purchases on Amazon?  You think it would work if I used like a McDonalds address or something? :P

 

Any US address should work but use some common sense and not some company like McD's.  There used to be a Delaware generic address on that thread.

 

Just make sure you explain it to your credit card company if they ever call or question it.  I pre-emptively told my credit card company a long time to ago to add the North Dakota address to my file for purchases.  They're okay with it.

 

I don't think anyone over RFD ever ran into issues with this.  Amazon.com digital games sales actually get promoted a lot over there.

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So we can just use a random address in the U.S for the steam download purchases on Amazon?  You think it would work if I used like a McDonalds address or something? :P

 

The Reddit page has people saying they randomly put a bar's address. :P

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The Reddit page has people saying they randomly put a bar's address. :P

 

I am also reading that people are now getting their payment denied :(  Amazon is probably starting to catch on.

 

EDIT: wouldn't getting one of those prepaid credit cards work the best because when you activate it you can choose the address?

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Amazon deals aren't that bad! $15 for BF3 premium! $20 for the game and premium!

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Most games on amazon require a US address I think. It says in the description of the game but that's unfortunate for people outside of the US. I just bought my first few games on PC because of this sale. Got the complete Half Life for $10 yesterday on steam and just got metro 2033 as well as Tomb Raider today off of Amazon. 

 

I just went to a website that generates US address for me and now im buying my games from amazon thanks to that.

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