Using a local ZA bank card can work, one of the other thread contributors managed to get the payment through with their Capitec bank card, and seemed like the order went through and was not canceled like mine.

I would say try to use a ZA Cc first, making sure to use a VPN to have your location seem to be in US. Tunnelbear seems to work well.

I think the main problem is getting it shipped. I used Shipito and mine was canceled. Maybe a lot of scalpers used it because you can get tax free shipping with them and i was flagged alongside them. Another user used MyUS and theirs was not canceled.

We are taking a risk using VPN and faking our territory, my account was suspended and I was given a one time warning from Valve that they would lock all accounts for good if I did it again. Now maybe if I didn’t use a prepaid card and/or didn’t use Shipito and/ or used a VPN when I placed an order, I wouldn’t have been flagged. Just bad luck I think.

I will try it again on a new account once my refund comes through, hopefully next week, using a ZA card this time, behind a VPN and with MyUS.

Please do post your feedback once you try so we can see what permutations work. Right now, the only one I know of is Capitec Cc (payment) + TunnelBear VPN + MyUS (shipping).

Ok I just just made a post about this, I thought it had to do with me being outside of the US, but seems like it could be something else entirely. It sucks, but at the same time, I’ll be glad if it’s not because of me being outside the US, since then it just means I need to wait and retry again later or next week.