SteamGifts as a middleman to buy games.

Yes it is a good website :D

I know it's crazy and won't happen because there will be fraud, cancelled transactions, additional costs and a big headache for SteamGifts staff.

You said it, lol

And really don't see this happening.

We should all email cg receipts of the games we buy to give away, so that he can work out the correct contributor value.

How do I set up a poll for this?

This might work as April Fools.

You want to create a giveaway? Well then, give your money to SteamGifts.

I think that that should be the entire system. If you want to create a giveaway, mail all your money to cg, who will keep it. Instead of CV, high contributors get the warm fuzzy glow of making cg happy. This will solve all the problems people have with the site.

When I first glanced at this idea I thought it was suggesting people put money into Steam Gifts and then the site automatically (or maybe staff does it manually on second thought) pools the money to create really good giveaways like Skyrim and stuff. I realize that's not what this is about at all, but I actually think this could be a cool idea. Like if you have a bit of cash you want to spend on making a giveaway, but you don't have a game in mind to purchase, you can just pay into like a PayPal account and then when enough money is saved up for a great giveaway, a staff member buys whatever cool game and creates a public giveaway. Does this sound cool to anyone else or just me?

Bad idea is bad! SG as it is, offers a platform for us to gift and receive games. Why would they complicate their lives by having millions of dollars (Received Gifts Valued at $4,728,413.02) moving through their website?