Steam purchasing error

[Nikon]

Have any of you guys received the "An unexpected error has occurred. Your purchase has not been completed. Please contact Steam Support." error? I just tried buying Total War: Rome II and some DLC since it is now -66% and every attempt has failed. (I have enough money in my account and I used the same card to purchase Shogun 2 and Napoleon so it is not a bank error) I contacted steam support but in my experiences they take around 4 days to reply and the Rome II deal, as well as the summer sale, will be over by then.

So I just wanted to know if any of you guys have encountered this and how you fixed it?

 

[WaLLy]

Never dealt with that, soz. Maybe try either on a different PC and possibly ask one of your broskies to gift it to you and see if that helps?

 

[Nikon]

Tried gifting, tried with a different PC, tried on a different network, tried on their web page, and it still doesn't work. Other people who encountered the problem also tried steam wallet and pay pal with no results.

 

[NickHouston]

If you have a smartphone download the steam app and buy it from there. Worked for me.

 

[Nikon]

I tried the mobile App, same results. Steam replied and told me that my purchases were declined due to a differing IP. My billing address is in the US since I am using a US Visa card but since my IP is from Europe, it denied the purchase. The interesting thing is that it worked flawlessly 3 previous times.

 

[NickHouston]

That explains why they declined me when I tried to get bl2. I have to use a vpn at work to buy games(they blocked game related sites) and it had me in the UK.

 

[Nikon]

Yeah, I got it settled. Ottoids let me use his card and I payed him back.