Do you have a paypal account or card saved on steam?
I had something like this happening to me a while ago and what fixed it for me was to unsave my paypal and then try again.
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Just card. I will wait a while and see if it's just server problems. Otherwise I will delete the card and start over.
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Isn't this an attempt to buy a gift with steam funds, or am I wrong?
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Are you trying to buy a bundle?
I tried buying the stranga bundle and brought up the same error.
It was related to one of the games being free recently I think.
And still can’t purchase the bundle.
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Yes, I have the Stranga bundle in the basket. I will remove it and try again
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I got the same error the other day trying to buy a bundle. My guess is that there was shenanigans involved with regional pricing which caused the error.
- https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/36372/Casual_Adventure_Bundle/
- https://steamdb.info/bundle/36372/
At the time it was deeply discounted with something over 90% (maybe a price bug?). Someone suggested I add another game to the cart, but still couldn't finish the purchase no matter what.
So question is, what are you trying to buy that is failing?
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In my basket:
Battlefield 1 Revolution
Battlefield 4 Premium Edition
Battlefield V Definitive Edition
Endless Legend Definitive Edition
Stranga Bundle
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every single time I purchase sth from steam, but second try is always fine
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Yes, the first try fail in the majority of cases. But this is different.
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I've had exact issue... the problem was:
My credit cards stored address not matching the address I typed in the CC info screen. [its not printed on my card after all].
Example:
Dr
Dr.
Drive
Steam is the ONLY store I shop at that capitialization and punchuation mattered for cc info.
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I have the same problem.No matter if I use my wallet or my PayPal - neither works.
EDIT: The cause was the Realms of Arkania Ultimate Bundle (-90%). I'm only missing the first three games and it didn't work. I have to buy the games separately and it works.
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Update!
Removed " Stranga Bundle" from the basket and suddenly I could buy the remaining games.
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ah that's what I suspected, sometimes bundles are not priced correctly for all regions and cause an error on cart checkout
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This issue actually relates to a pricing policy that Steam put in place back in August 2023 (https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamworks/announcements/detail/3700310527377680732). The new lowest discount price can't go below $0.49 (or the equivalent in regional currency), this includes bundle discounts. So if a game/dlc is on sale for $0.49 and you try to buy it in a bundle you'll get that error message because the price for that game/dlc goes below the allowed threshold.
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If problem with purchased or money is already take from your bank (or paypal) please contact with Support, they will help you.
I had almost similar same problem, problem solved is via support.
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I'm trying to complete a purchase in Steam store but it doesn't work. I get the following message:
"There seems to have been an error initializing or updating your transaction. Please wait a minute and try again or contact support for assistance."
Anybody else experiencing this right now or is it just me?
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