Warning on G(2)A

[ZombiePyroNinja]

The pre-orders on that site might be cheap but always keep in mind that Rebellion banned all Sniper Elite Keys not sold from an official Steam key reseller (GMG, Amazon, GOG, etc) G(2)A is not listed as an official outlet and extremely recently there was just a Ubisoft issued ban on keys from G(2)A on apparently Far Cry 4, Watch_Dogs, Assassin's Creed Unity.. (Seems to be on a case to case scenario). I'm not telling anybody how to spend their money or condemning pre-orders because hell I have the game preordered from BestBuy and I can't speak on their reliability but just be weary with what ya do and be knowledgable.

[Mercuri]

Postat inițial de Stealth:

Postat inițial de Sc0mBuNNeRRR:

My point was and still is that these sites acquire their keys illegally and/or exploit regional price differences therefore they aren't legit to begin with while GMG sells legit keys full price and periodically gives discount vouchers in addition to their regular hot deals.


Ya it does.

Still doesn't explain anything. GMG sent out discount coupons before the game even released which is essentially selling the game for the same discount as G.2A since you didn't need to purchase anything first. G.2A essentially is skipping the coupon thing and giving the discounts, at least that's what it looks like. Like I said, there's many reviews on G.2A and there's many popular youtubers and streamers that are sponsered by them so telling people to just know it's a scam is ignorant and condescending. Your point is invalid.

Very good point made. It's the blindness of those "oh no pirating people" and Ubisoft not getting any real money from the G2A establish that this is even a thing.

And what's crazy is that Dying light is $40.33 on G2A and $48 on GMG. Many people would rather save that $8 as well lol.

[Coors]

Meanwhile piracy of Ubisoft games will go up. And honestly I'm glad. I've been boycotting Ubi and EA for awhile now. I'll only buy their games if they are at an extreme discount if it's one I want to play. I do want to play FC4 but only when it hits $10 or less.

[swi7ch]

I bought my BF4 Premium key from them two days ago because they were about $20 cheaper than Amazon. Today, I received an email from EA/Origin about my BF4 account which was disabled because according to them I was using a stolen key!

Lesson learned.

[Stealth]

Postat inițial de swi7ch:

I bought my BF4 Premium key from them two days ago because they were about $20 cheaper than Amazon. Today, I received an email from EA/Origin about my BF4 account which was disabled because according to them I was using a stolen key!

Lesson learned.

Now people are gonna come in here and tell you that you should have known before hand somehow!

[HLCinSC]

Postat inițial de Stealth:

Postat inițial de swi7ch:

I bought my BF4 Premium key from them two days ago because they were about $20 cheaper than Amazon. Today, I received an email from EA/Origin about my BF4 account which was disabled because according to them I was using a stolen key!

Lesson learned.

Now people are gonna come in here and tell you that you should have known before hand somehow!

But there is. Charging extra "Shield" insurance to ensure the copy you buy is legit should always be a red flag

[Fen_]

It's funny how king uin, G 2 A are all part of the same company aka 7 entertainement lol organised like the mafia they are

I'll just quote a dev from mode 7 Paul Taylor, it's a shame that those thieves are hurting Indie devs the most, and also us gamers as their practise are pushing the rise of F2P games where devs won't have to worry about some scammer exploiting holes :

"I would feel fine if it was a used copy in Gamestop, primarily because that's legal, there are rules governing it and Gamestop is a legitimate retailer.

Seems hypocritical, right? Why does it matter that it's a physical copy as opposed to a digital one?

Let's say someone was trying to replicate this kind of tactic with physical copies, They'd first have to find stores where promotions were taking place, drive round to them all and buy the copies of the games. There would be a finite amount of copies available and they'd have to store and ship them to customers.

Effectively, the logistical constraints of physical retail means that this would never be a large-scale problem. Even given that, physical used games sales are hardly without controversy for those developers and publshers who rely on them. There are those who believe the law should be set up to allow the original creators to be compensated there too.

Digital is inherently different. There are infinite digital copies available at, occasionally, very low prices. Developers can do big promotions, including pay-what-you-want, because they know the law protects them from unscrupulous companies buying vast numbers if keys and selling them on, or indeed, crowd sourcing keys from individuals,

So, if it were to become legal, there would need to be reasonable provisions to stop mass exploitation of the system, as I already mentioned. I think it would change a lot about the way games are currently sold digitally and push many more developers into systems like free-to-play."

Source in the comments: http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/03/29/7-entertainment-updates-terms-to-prohibit-the-resale-of-humble-bundle-keys.aspx

and the first article about how this great company used Humble bundle keys, they have no shame:

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/03/28/retailer-scam-resells-humble-bundle-games-reaps-profit.aspx

Oh and as for youtuber, streamers ect, it's easy to understand why they promote them: Pyramid scheme, they get paid for it

http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/1479228-G2A-referral-system-easy-cash-or-scam

[Stealth]

Postat inițial de #JeSuisCharlie#BringBackOurGirls:

Postat inițial de Stealth:

Now people are gonna come in here and tell you that you should have known before hand somehow!

But there is. Charging extra "Shield" insurance to ensure the copy you buy is legit should always be a red flag

You don't get that on ebay...

[Madn3ss]

Postat inițial de yusupov:

all iknow is all keys ive got from them have worked cant wait to play dying light!!

No Dying light on your Steam account means either you didn't buy it or it got revoked

[Captain Dope]

I reget preordering from G2A, because if I do get a working key I must wait until January 30 to receive it. The release date is 27 but G2A insists on January 30 instead.

[Undying Zombie]

Postat inițial de PRESS F TO PAY RESPECTS:

Postat inițial de Stealth:

And how are people suppose to know they scam when there's literally 1000's of happy reviews (check ebay) and a 95% positive feedback rating?

By looking around the internet and perhaps using some common sense? There's obviously something shady going on if they're selling keys for so cheap.

Yet more than half the time their prices are still higher than GMG and Steam. So something shady must be going on with GMG and Steam then.

Either way you are taking a risk when buying from G2A that should be obvious.. though so far the few games I have picked up from them have had no issue. However I probably wont be buying all that much from them.

Thinking about it I believe I have only bought 2 games from them. One was a Uplay key and the other was a Steamgift ( or steamkey, can not remember for sure.. think it was a steamgift. ) Either way still have them and have no issues with it.

Personally though its a site I would not pre-order from due to how they do things with stuff that is already released. They even warn you themselves about that stuff on their site.

[Mr. Fibble]

People have noted that they are proudly announcing they are partnered with dhl.

A physical mail carrier for a site that deals with digital (not physical) stuff.

[pii]

Postat inițial de Jedi Masta Moses:

Postat inițial de Coors:

The only reason they censor it is because they are competition that eats away at their own profits. The big companies always try to stomp out the little guy. And you all seem to support big businesses that pull some shady tactics. Like Ubisoft removing legit keys. Unless you can prove the keys were obtained illegally? (I'm hoping you can provide actual proof and not just point at the one time SE3 incident.)

Ubisoft didn't remove legit keys
They removed keys aquired via stolen credit cards, or fake review accounts. Turns out people were buying those same keys from a particular website...

Actually they did. I had Blackflag revoked and at first they claimed I was scammed and even supplied a nice little fairytale on how the scam works. However when I pressed them for proof they were in fact stolen they changed their story to well you bought it from G2a and they are not an official retailer . The keys were not stole they just didn't like were it was bought.

I have all the emails if you'd like to see them.
Funny thing is I replaced it with another key from there. Great game stupid company.

Others venders sale on these sites and I suppose some of them could be scummy but its g 2 a that is selling dying light so I highly doubt they are stolen. I have no doubt they will refund the money of they were to get revoked.

If Steam and Uplay don't like them they should fix the problem and sell region locked keys but these are Global keys and they can be sold and used Globally.

[Jedi]

Postat inițial de Mr. Fibble:

People have noted that they are proudly announcing they are partnered with dhl.

A physical mail carrier for a site that deals with digital (not physical) stuff.

Yep, it makes no sense; but people will believe what they want.

[pii]

Postat inițial de Mercuri:

Read about this on reddit.

Why are they attacking people who pay money for games they thought were being legally resold? Why attack the consumer, I know many people hear about G2A through word of mouth and think "hey, I can save money", is it their fault?

Ubisoft should go after G2A, not the consumers at all. Also, Ubisoft has got their money for all the keys, because someone bought them, ubisoft just doesn't want the keys to be resold again without them seeing a cut of it. Their greed is why people have lost money, as they attack the consumer, instead taking the fight directly to the reseller.

BINGO
I suspect that since they really aren't doing anything illegal they have no real recourse other than to try and give them a bad rep and hope people stop buying there. If they don't like it sell region locked keys , simple. The strategy is completely retarded since it probably just leads people to...you do that thing we can't talk about here.

[Vampire Detective]

The Rebellion keys was the biggest isolated case regarding keys that I know of to date. G.2.A may be fine for some of you, but I do not buy games there. K.i.n.guin.net is a lot better, and trustworthy.