Anyone get their keys from C D Keys?

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[se7en |MWD|]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von ⎛⎝Duckers McQuack⎠⎞:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Emig5m:

They're not shady though? I always thought that they were a legit site... The keys have always activated no problem on Steam.

Cdkeys is definitely shady. If a key reseller isn't on isthereanydeal.com, then it's a grey market.

I have bought like 20 AAA games on release day from Cdkeys and haven't had a problem once. Probably a good idea to pay with Pay Pal though.

[NaPalM]

yeah i have to agree at least in my case, i purchased the ps5 version of this on release and didnt even play it longer than 1 hour because i just hated controller.

its sat in the box doing nothing all this time, i think id have a problem buying this game full price (i still would, but if there is an option to get it cheaper I will)

[Swans]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Paranochat:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von MancSoulja:

Shady key sellers are more like Kinguin or G2A, sites that act as marketplaces where anyone can sell keys including criminals.

You’re basically being manipulated by publishers to think that shopping around is bad or shady.

CJS CD Keys won the Lloyds\Telegraph best British entrepreneurs award a few years ago, it’s a government award for businesses, does that sound like they’re operating a shady business?

Stop trying to shame people into paying more than they should just because you lack the mental fortitude to shop better.

It's an unauthorized reseller, of course it's shady.

There's no shame in "shopping around", but claiming these grey market resellers are legit and that there's no issue with it is simply a lie.

People can buy from whatever store they want for all I care, but they should still know what they're doing.

This depends on jurisdiction. I am not going to pretend to be an expert in this field, but in the EU, there is a Principle of Exhaustion of Copyrights. It essentially means that, once the initial rights holder sells a copy or key, then they have exhausted their distribution right (of that single item), permitting resale. They can't have their cake and eat it.

This legitimises key resale *provided those keys were obtained through a legal channel*.

[TheForestSpirit]

No I prefer to buy my games directly from the Store here and other sites I use like GOG Epic etc. Keys from all third party sites are risky regardless of what people here might think.

[Corey5]

This time it was Instant Gaming. Bought today 09:00. Got the key literally immediately. Preload ended around 10-15 mins later (Gigabit glass fibre). Now just working to let time pass by. :D
If it's not a discounted steam-sale game I always buy at a key shop (mmoga/ kinguin/ instant gaming etc.). Never had any issues with neither of them.

[TheForestSpirit]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Corey5:

This time it was Instant Gaming. Bought today 09:00. Got the key literally immediately. Preload ended around 10-15 mins later (Gigabit glass fibre). Now just working to let time pass by. :D
If it's not a discounted steam-sale game I always buy at a key shop (mmoga/ kinguin/ instant gaming etc.). Never had any issues with neither of them.

Always do some research on the website you're shopping from or you could find your games gone from your account. It's unlikely but it can and has happened to people before.

[LNX BDSKZ]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Emig5m:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Echo:

Never had issues with CDKeys. I thought they are legal and working directly with developers. Other websites like kinguin g2a eneba, there are different sellers and they can be criminal

I actually bought one game from eneba and didn't have a problem with them.

They're the one Greymarket that seems to have integrity TBH.
The shadynesss seems to come from the users instead of the actual site/company there, not far away from how Ebay or such would work.

[WeirdScienceX]

I haven't used them in years, they used to have a very dodgy reputation, not sure if they have cleaned up since then.

I prefer Greenmangaming or Fanatical these days