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Weird, they've always been good when I've used them. :/ Contact them on the help page and see if they'll sort things out for you. My brother accidentally created an account a few weeks ago, but ShopTo doesn't allow multiple accounts per household, so my account ended up being disabled. Fortunately, I contacted them about it, and it was restored within less than an hour.

Not sure if this has been mentioned. They have run out of third party vouchers http://forums.steamp...d.php?t=2428973 so unless you want valve coupons there is no point crafting coal.

I wish I would've read this post before I crafted 7 goal yesterday :pinch:

I don't think it would have made much difference. Most people who posted here about crafting coal got vouchers.

I got CS:S when I crafted yesterday. Too bad, I already have that game. I don't play CS though.

I'll gladly take the Valve vouchers off your hands. You never know, they might actually come in handy. :p

I doubt they will come in handy. Valves crappy coupons are only good until march 1st. And even if valve released a title in between now and then it can't be used on it anyway.

I doubt they will come in handy. Valves crappy coupons are only good until march 1st. And even if valve released a title in between now and then it can't be used on it anyway.

Ahh yeah, you're right there. And looking through what it can be used on, I've just realised that I now own every Valve game and expansion. :o The only thing on the applicable list I haven't got there is Garry's Mod, and that's ?1.49 right now, anyway.

Weird, they've always been good when I've used them. :/ Contact them on the help page and see if they'll sort things out for you. My brother accidentally created an account a few weeks ago, but ShopTo doesn't allow multiple accounts per household, so my account ended up being disabled. Fortunately, I contacted them about it, and it was restored within less than an hour.

I gave up with that site. Luckily it's part of the encore so i've got it through steam for a couple of ?'s more but at least it worked! Now to wait for it to download! :/

ok this is a bloody long shot but im willing to trade 2 pieces of coal for a copy of Skyrim haha

really after game but as always great deals are on when banks are closed and i cant pay money in :/

Is the season of good will over already lets see :p

steam name is Xero01uk

So, at first, I was all like "Yeah, I'll save my money this year and dodge the steam sale"...

and then Valve was all like "Here's Arkham City, Deus Ex: Human Revolution and LA Noire for less than ?40"

... and then I was all like...

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... I hate Steam... I really do :cry:

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So, at first, I was all like "Yeah, I'll save my money this year and dodge the steam sale"...

and then Valve was all like "Here's Arkham City, Deus Ex: Human Revolution and LA Noire for less than ?40"

... and then I was all like...

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... I hate Steam... I really do :cry:

Yeah me too :cry: (194 and counting)

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I used to have all my steam games installed on my hard drive, and I had one HDD dedicated for just games. Now with hard drive prices up, I had to cut back on the number of games I have installed. My steam folder is now 250GB (on the 500GB HDD). Luckily I have a spare 1TB HDD, down to 450GB free between both drives. Hell, I'm contemplating buying 240 GB SSD for the games.

So, I'm left with:

1x - Glowfish (Indie game)

4x - Holiday Coal

2x - 33% OFF Valve

I'm interested in the Monkey Island series, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., The Witcher, Deus Ex, Titan Quest, Mount & Blade, and Amnesia: The Dark Descent.

When I say "The Witcher", "Deus Ex", and such, I mean the first game in the series.

Or, if you would like to trade for an Indie game, that'd be cool, too. (I realize that what I have for trading is not much).

If you are interested, let me know through Private.

So, I'm left with:

1x - Glowfish (Indie game)

4x - Holiday Coal

2x - 33% OFF Valve

I'm interested in the Monkey Island series, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., The Witcher, Deus Ex, Titan Quest, Mount & Blade, and Amnesia: The Dark Descent.

When I say "The Witcher", "Deus Ex", and such, I mean the first game in the series.

Or, if you would like to trade for an Indie game, that'd be cool, too. (I realize that what I have for trading is not much).

If you are interested, let me know through Private.

Would you like to trade Glowfish for a copy of The Ship? :)

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