ANYWHOO, offline mode is still fussy for me as to when it wants to work. I couldn't get on yesterday morning after not being online overnight. Worked fine just a second ago. Just doesn't like me being offline for x hours.
I don't buy games on Steam full-price either. I haven't found a game that's not on sale that isn't cheaper on Amazon. Then the three CD key sites for even cheaper games. The top 2 of these sometimes need you to be on a Russian VPN to activate the game, but the 3rd one is an official UK/US seller.
www.intkeys.com
www.cdkkeyhouse.com
www.greenmangaming.com
That's not a dig at Valve, I'm pretty sure that publishers get to set the prices on Steam since they're not buying stock of games then selling it at whatever price. But the pricing is bullshit.