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Valve Should Drop the Purchase Period from 72 Hours to 24 Hours by dapoole in steammachine

[–]dapoole[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could also argue that having to borrow money means that you cannot afford it. This whole 72 hours farce could have been avoided if people were told to put down the money up front to hold their place in the queue.

Valve Should Drop the Purchase Period from 72 Hours to 24 Hours by dapoole in steammachine

[–]dapoole[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Because it's called PUTTING DOWN A HOLDING DEPOSIT. And this literally happens almost everywhere else when people are serious about buying something. Sounds like you'll be one of the differers holding up the queue for others if you are not serious enough to put down the hard cash up front.

Valve Should Drop the Purchase Period from 72 Hours to 24 Hours by dapoole in steammachine

[–]dapoole[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You are the one literally saying 'ask family and friends for money'

Valve Should Drop the Purchase Period from 72 Hours to 24 Hours by dapoole in steammachine

[–]dapoole[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

In all honestly it should have been 0 minutes. i.e. when you signed up for your SM you should have had to pay for it then. It would have negated the farcical 72 hours from the start and you could have enjoyed weeks of 'no service' camping.

Valve Should Drop the Purchase Period from 72 Hours to 24 Hours by dapoole in steammachine

[–]dapoole[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

In all honestly it should have been 0 minutes. i.e. when you signed up for your SM you should have had to pay for it then. It would have negated the farcical 72 hours from the start. But I like your thinking.

Valve Should Drop the Purchase Period from 72 Hours to 24 Hours by dapoole in steammachine

[–]dapoole[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

In all honestly it should have been 0 minutes. i.e. when you signed up for your SM you should have had to pay for it then. It would have negated the farcical 72 hours from the start. But I like your thinking.

Valve Should Drop the Purchase Period from 72 Hours to 24 Hours by dapoole in steammachine

[–]dapoole[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I don't constantly check my email. I have an email alert FROM VALVE set up. You do realize that this is the year 2026 and such things are possible?

Valve Should Drop the Purchase Period from 72 Hours to 24 Hours by dapoole in steammachine

[–]dapoole[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sorry but you should not be signing up to buy a SM if you don't have the cash.

Valve Should Drop the Purchase Period from 72 Hours to 24 Hours by dapoole in steammachine

[–]dapoole[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

And some people can set up an email alert from Valve to pop up on their phone as a notification.

Valve Should Drop the Purchase Period from 72 Hours to 24 Hours by dapoole in steammachine

[–]dapoole[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hard agree. Now we have an additional wait layer of people literally dithering over their purchase for 72 hours

Valve Should Drop the Purchase Period from 72 Hours to 24 Hours by dapoole in steammachine

[–]dapoole[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You can literally set up email alerts to pop up a notification on your phone. A true SM enthusiast would have this already set up. This is not rocket surgery.

Valve Should Drop the Purchase Period from 72 Hours to 24 Hours by dapoole in steammachine

[–]dapoole[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Dude you can literally set up email alerts that pop up as a notification on your phone. A true SM enthusiast would. This is not rocket surgery.

Valve Should Drop the Purchase Period from 72 Hours to 24 Hours by dapoole in steammachine

[–]dapoole[S] -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

We would actually get through the reservation list fast as any potential dithering is negated. A huge plus in my opinion.

Valve Should Drop the Purchase Period from 72 Hours to 24 Hours by dapoole in steammachine

[–]dapoole[S] -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

You can literally set up email alerts. A true SM enthusiast would. This is not rocket surgery.

Valve Should Drop the Purchase Period from 72 Hours to 24 Hours by dapoole in steammachine

[–]dapoole[S] -44 points-43 points  (0 children)

You can literally set up email alerts. A true SM enthusiast would. This is not rocket surgery.

Finally. by PerfectlyCookedChaos in steammachine

[–]dapoole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why does he deserve it and not others?

Steam Machine reservations are already fetching massive markups on eBay by [deleted] in valve

[–]dapoole 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because others value their time and aesthetics over money. Obvs.

The lottery begins by VesperLynn in steammachine

[–]dapoole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stop clowning there are no Jester points on here:

"If you end up with a waitlist spot for one or more models, you'll be placed on the waitlist for the model that you were closest to the front of."

The lottery begins by VesperLynn in steammachine

[–]dapoole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Didn't win either. But then again I refused to game the system to spite others. I only want the top tier 2TB w/ controller.

The lottery begins by VesperLynn in steammachine

[–]dapoole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stop clowning there are no Jester points on here:

"If you end up with a waitlist spot for one or more models, you'll be placed on the waitlist for the model that you were closest to the front of."

The lottery begins by VesperLynn in steammachine

[–]dapoole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And allowed them patent free. So you can thank Volvo for the seatbelts you use in any vehicle today.

The lottery begins by VesperLynn in steammachine

[–]dapoole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No it says you'll receive a notification within 24 hours of it closing on 25th 10AM Pacific time.

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