Purchases on Steam via Paypal

[JohnArk]

Hello!

I am posting this as a last resort since I have had this issue for a long time and I still cannot fix it.

I'm attempting to purchase on Steam via paypal on behalf of a friend. She can't make purchases due to her country, she managed to send money to my paypal account and I am trying to gift her games as a workaround. The part where I am hitting a brick wall is the address. I have updated my address on paypal to the country I live in now, which is Slovakia, and Steam has the very same country as a store region. I am able to purchase games through other means, so I don't think Steam is the problem, I'd appreciate if I could get some help here. Any other information that's needed I'll be happy to provide.

Thank you very much.

[kernowlass · Accepted solution]

@JohnArk 

You can't change countries on a paypal account, you have to close the paypal account of your old country and open one in your new country.

Paypal is country specific so if you move countries you have to open another paypal account in the country you reside in and add an address / phone number / bank accounts / cards from within that country.

You should really withdraw any funds / resolve issues / remove cards and bank accounts / cancel any subscriptions and close the old Paypal account before you move countries. If you don't then you may have problems doing so once you have moved and may need to contact customer services for help to resolve things.

[JohnArk]

I see... That's unfortunate, I understand. Thank you very much!