I was reading somewhere in one of the forums that there was something you could do with indie gala giveaways where everyone pitches like a dollar and then at a certain time 1 person buys and ever gets a beat the average link or whatever? How exactly does this work and are there any running right now?

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If you buy the BTA early then later when happy hour is on you can purchase a $1 gift and get multiple gifts.

indiea gala X

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Basicly, one person buys the BTA to qualify as a early buyer.

That person does a group, where everyone sends like 1/2$ to him through paypal depending on how many people are interested.

Then he buys the 5gifts option on happy hour(which multiplies by 4). So he gets 20 bundles to gift.

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That's awesome do you know if anyone is doing it on the site? I'd be willing to pitch a dollar or two.

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I'm sorry, but that's pretty pathetic to game a system that's for charity.

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They could send all the money to the developers or IG if that would make you feel better. The default split is 70% devs : 20% IG : 10% charity anyway, and the average price is rigged.

In all seriousness, group buys would attract people who wouldn't have bought it otherwise. It's all about price matrixing. Though I would prefer it if IG didn't have the happy hour, early buyer, and multiple gift gimmicks. That's how they think about their bundle.

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if I understand right, you buy the bundle for $1 in the first week so you get the bonus... when the happy hour hits, you buy for bta and get like 4 extra bundles free (or something like that).

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You cannot do that anymore though, you have to buy BTA to qualify as a early buyer.

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This seems more like an exploit than an advantage

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Yes. This is sad.

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Bump

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oh cmon, this doesnt need bump

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Yes it does lol unless you know if there's a pitch going on :)

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You're not supposed to trade on SteamGifts, so it doesn't really need a bump.

  • Do not beg or offer to trade in chat or forum.

Source

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This is hardly trading and people do group buy threads all the time.

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Not sure what you're on about. I'm not trading (got steamtrades for that), and I'm not begging for anything so maybe you're posting in the wrong tab lol?

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I wonder what the price difference would be now that the initial cost to be an early buyer is no longer $1?

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That's pretty pathetic if you're trying to save a few bucks.

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We're both on a giveaway site lol. I personally don't think the Indie Gala bundles are worth the $5 or so that the BTA is set at (especially with like half the games not even being redeemable on steam half the time), but I would be willing to throw a toonie at them. This is just the best way to get the most out of that toonie.

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Lol, you must be in Canada as only we say 'toonie' :p

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Ya lol :)

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+1

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Closed 12 years ago by NightHawk521.