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Hello, and happy new year!
Steam Decks sold via any other websites or retailers are unofficial - hey be careful.
Especially if you want it to turn up and not have any problems with it.
This shouldn’t be an issue anymore.
It sucks that it’s still enough of an issue that Valve has to publicly address it.
Unfortunately, it falls on us, the consumers, to take responsibility for where we spend our money.
If it isn’t an official store, simply don’t click that buy link.
There is no other answer.
If it looks too good to be true, it probably is.
The same applies even to Steam accounts.
And while I’m at it, you should always double-check you have Steam Guard 2FA enabled.
Take care out there.
The Internet is the wild west.
