lol at that. i never had that happen to me. i didn't know what to buy for steam so i didn't buy anything. i was looking at my games that i have. i only have like 3 games installed out of like 6.

Well lucky the sale ends in a matter of hours.

Bought three games over three separate days. Maybe that was the trigger for it?

It's not worth it to purchase more than 2 games at a time. You'll never really get around to playing all of them and sooner or later you'll forget about most of your purchases. That's assuming you have a normal daily life that prohibits you from playing more than 2 games a day. 

" I have never tried Steam.  If I get a Steam account and buy games, can I pay the exact amount of the game?  If a game is $5.00, can I purchase it on my card for $5 or do I need to buy some $10 card or something.  "

I have never tried Steam.  If I get a Steam account and buy games, can I pay the exact amount of the game?  If a game is $5.00, can I purchase it on my card for $5 or do I need to buy some $10 card or something. 

I have yet to play more than an hour of about half of those games. "

I never spend too much at once per Steam sale. I usually keep it below ten dollars. However, ten bucks here and ten bucks there adds up eventually.  

I managed to stay around $50 this time around. Pretty much just cleaned up all the games that I wanted to buy the last few sales but put off for others. Have been let down by most of them so far. That god dam commando's pack is a scam since all but the 3rd game won't even run on newer OS. Still though, it was like $2 or something so I guess I can't complain too much.
 
Isn't much left in the steam store that I want that I don't own now. I'm hoping for the Batman game to go on sale for $10-$15 but that's about it.

" I have enough games to last me a fucking lifetime. "

I have enough games to last me a fucking lifetime.

same man. some of these games are just too tough to pass up. i havent even played everything yet.

How much did you buy dude?

Over this Christmas my wife's checking credit card # was stolen and while we only had one purchase made of $300 on it before it was caught it still sucked being the holidays and all. So this morning when I got a call from my credit card company to verify some possible fraudulent purchases I started to freak even before the call. Relieved to find out that my Steam purchases are what triggered the alert. I've bought stuff before but this last sale I purchased more than usual I guess. Don't get me wrong since my experience this Christmas I would like them to be more proactive.  Wonder if anyone else has had this happen.