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Would you give away your trading cards for a chance to enter giveaways?

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kt

Hello everyone, I have a random question to ask, which popped into my head as recently as five minutes ago.

Namely, would you give one (1) card away for a chance to win a game on SG?

For example, Borderlands 2 is currently ~$14 (discount price on Steam as of now), thus there could be a giveaway for exactly 14 people, giving you a decent chance of winning something -without- needing to be in a private group which where you're required to give away games regularly. Plus trading cards are cheap, compared to games.

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wotgamer

Cards are cheap now, but there's no idea if they'll be cheap in the foreseeable future due to being limited per account.

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MrCastiglia

Hmmm. I don't really think that would be allowed. Technically you are asking for a payment in order to enter a giveaway. Or I'd see it that way. But I dunno.

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TheGannet

+

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TartFlavor

No, I'd much rather sell them myself to buy games.

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fiftykyu

This works for me, as well...

And my $27.77 foil demoman would disagree with "Plus trading cards are cheap, compared to games." :)

Capitalism, Ho!

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kt

Foil cards are the exception.

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Mew2

But nothing beats my ultra rare-chocolatey fudge coated-sugar sprinkled-angelical-magical-fantastical-stupendously special-illegally sexual-genuinely-brilliantly-amazingly-goddamn-spank my ass and call me Suzy-mega-ultra-super card!

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Mew2

I would if I had any.
From the

Base rules:

•Do not ask for any sort of payment/exchange in order to enter a giveaway. This applies to group rules as well.

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bobofatt

^ This would be against the site rules

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kt

By that standards, wouldn't GA games that require you to make giveaways be sorta... weird? As you indirectly require a payment (i.e. a game) to enter them group giveaways.

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fiftykyu

Well, the CV requirement isn't a "payment" going to you personally, though...

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kt

Not CV. Groups requiring you to make giveaways.

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fiftykyu

Ahh, right, seems I need reading lessons... :) Nevermind... :)

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TheDopefish

Group giveaways can be entered by all members of the group, not just by 1 person.

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Crossbourne

It's still not a direct payment going to you though.

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KaOtiCz

You've got a point. There are several groups like this (some of them set the minimum game price at $30, so you can only give away games that cost more than $30, which in my view is some kind of "payment" required to enter the group's giveaways).

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PsyKo

I think he means all those groups with "must make giveaway one day after joining" or "must make giveaway every month".

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LordRoyale

I'll give you a Duke Nukem coupon.

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SonOfRageAndLove

I'll give you my Don't Starve Trading Card :D

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Azanthriel

what cards? :)

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SirParap

Bro, do you know what GIVEAWAY means?
That's not a GIVEAWAY anymore since you ask for payment.

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robschia

+1

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LordDarkness

Big fat no.

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AtomicWoodchuck

You're thinking of a raffle.

This site is for giveaways...

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Mew2

Aren't giveaways bascially raffles that are entered with free points?

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AtomicWoodchuck

A raffle is a sweepstake where something of worth is being submitted as an entry fee.

Since they aren't tradable for any other good, I'd say that Steamgifts points are worthless, except for their stated use as freely dispensed entry tokens. This isn't the same for trading cards, which can be sold for cash (albeit Steam wallet cash).

Maybe I'm splitting hairs?

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vidmavidma

Haha.

No.

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InJ3cTiOn

Nope, lol.

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Alteridan

No.

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Nock

For TRADES, yes (but not on SG), for GIVEAWAYS, no, because it wouldn't be a giveaway.

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Closed 11 years ago by kt.