Ok, buy the DVD (woo) at the shop, install it, click "add a game I already own" in Steam, put in the (legitimate, £34.99) CD key..... "Your subscription to HL2 Retail Standard has not been completed because Steam servers are unable to process the transaction. You won't be able to play the game until the process is complete. Please accept our apologies. The Steam team is working to rectify the situation."
FUCK THIS.
Edit: Oops a restart of Steam and it worked. Now it's just taking forever to unlock HL2. I hope it works.
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This comment was edited on Nov 16, 09:33.