How do you convince your parents that buying games on Steam is safe?

Question

My friend's parents won't let him buy games on Steam because they "don't want to give their credit card to companies they don't trust," and that they "have their credit rating to worry about." They don't even want to use PayPal, because they want to "reduce their electronic footprint," whatever that means.

This sucks for him, because Steam is really great! How can my friend convince his parents to let him use their credit card to buy games on Steam? He's only 14, he can't get his own credit card.

Answer 1

Valve, the company that made Steam, are one of the most respected software companies in the world. Gabe Newell, one of the founders once worked for Microsoft. Billions of transactions happen over steam and to my knowledge there have been no cases of fraud or theft using the steam system. If you can't trust such a respected company for security, then there is no-one to trust. I buy over steam once a month every time I get paid. In fact, I bought Team fortress 2 not two days ago.

Transactions happen on steam but they also happen on ebay, amazon plenty of bookstores and every shop that allows for online ordering.

The parents of your friend are right to be paranoid, but there is such a thing as being overly cautious. However, there is another way. Christmas is coming up and if you wanted to, you could buy the game for your friend using Steams "Give the gift of game" by buying a game but sending it to him. Either that or you can tell him about that and ask him to give you the money for it.

Answer 2

d**n that's so g*y. Let his parents see the steam webpage or even contact steam

Answer 3

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