Are these websites trust worthy to buy steam codes from?

[Tickles]

The websites are.. (without providing links)

1- instant gaming (censored for some reason)
2- humblebundle
3- kinguin
4- eneba
5- cdkeys
6- greenmangaming
7- fanatical

seen those on Opera GX but still need to know by people who actually used them

[Qbert ⭐]

I can only talk for HumbleBundle, they are ok, never had issues with them

[RPG Gamer Man]

#1. NO. You can tell if there scam sites if steam auto blocks them.

The rest i would not trust except humble as i know alot of people who use it too.

[Chompman]

Use this site to see what sites are trusted:

https://isthereanydeal.com/

[Hammer Of Evil]

i've purchased from humble and greenman, both reputable af, excellent support staff.

[Chika Ogiue]

The site posted by Chompman will indicate most of the legit sites, but it doesn't cover them all.

In my personal experience with them, Greenmangaming can be hit and miss. They've been in trouble with publisher's before, and have a history of forcefully refunding pre-orders with BS excuses. Plus, they're known to screw up pre-order bonuses too. I only buy released titles from them these days on the rare occasions I still use them.

1, 3, and 5 in your list are not legit sites. They do not source keys from publishers at all. Many such grey sites are meant to be blocked by the filter (and you shouldn't bypass that filter, moderators are likely to delete your posts if you do so) but it's been noticed that it's not blocking them all anymore.

[rawWwRrr]

Origineel geplaatst door Tickles:

The websites are.. (without providing links)

1. no
   
2. yes
   
3. no
   
4. no
   
5. no
   
6. yes
   
7. yes

These are all legit: https://isthereanydeal.com/shops/

[ペンギン]

Are these websites trust worthy to buy steam codes from?

With HumbleBundle for example with the subscription, if you pause and then resume, you end up paying more than at the start of the subscription.

Also, with Humble Choice, there are cases where you pay for a product but never receive it because the product keys are no longer available (even if you paid for it). HumbleBundle (acquired by IGN), has legitimized this practice themselves recently, due to a change in the terms of service.

Personally, I don’t consider it trustworthy when customers are ripped off.

Many bundle sites (including those in a legal grey area) have, due to successful lawsuits by publishers and developers in recent years, implemented geo-blocks, price fixing and other mechanisms that have led to more uniform pricing.

On sites like Humble and Fanatical (formerly Bundlestars, acquired by Fandom) for example, the same products are often sold repeatedly over a long period, just hidden behind different visuals. On Fanatical, prices have also recently disappeared from the preview view. This could be referred to as information obfuscation or even a dark pattern.

Here too, trustworthiness is always subjective.

Since in the end many people only care about the money, it's up to each individual to decide. Well, comparing prices is still worth it. Above all, you shouldn’t rush into buying (no matter where).

Often, it pays off to wait half a year or even a year.

By the way, what is considered trustworthy or untrustworthy is largely dictated by Valve and involved parties on Steam. It has to do with control, the distribution of CD keys (disempowerment of consumers), market segmentation, price control and profit maximization.

These topics are even present at the political level, as many are concerned with them and such practices have in some cases been prohibited.

Unfortunately, games hold a special position, which was also evident in retrospect during the 'gatekeeper' debate. See Digital Markets Act (DMA).

Hope that this will change in favor of consumers

[Realigo Actual]

1- instant gaming (censored for some reason) - never heard. prolly avoid
2- humblebundle - ye.
3- kinguin - prolly avoid. seems they are worse on the gaming side than the software side. or maybe they're just worse period now.
4- eneba - never heard of. avoid?
5- cdkeys - prolly avoid.
6- greenmangaming - ye.
7- fanatical - most ye, ye 1000 (I am not affiliated. or am i? i am not)

[TheLevelCap]

I've used eneba for a while (10 purchases maybe?), never had issues with it even when I bought without logining in to my account.

However you should always pick sellers with high scores.

[Start_Running]

The test is to view their refund policy and procedures.

[Brian9824]

Origineel geplaatst door ペンギン:

Are these websites trust worthy to buy steam codes from?

With HumbleBundle for example with the subscription, if you pause and then resume, you end up paying more than at the start of the subscription.

False. the price stays the same unless you had some sort of promotion for the first X months.

[Chika Ogiue]

Origineel geplaatst door Brian9824:

Origineel geplaatst door ペンギン:

With HumbleBundle for example with the subscription, if you pause and then resume, you end up paying more than at the start of the subscription.

False. the price stays the same unless you had some sort of promotion for the first X months.

The only thing I think pausing disrupts is the discount accumulated for store purchases. Correct me if I'm wrong on this. I cancelled my Humble sub when they announced that change. So I have no idea if they dropped it or still do it.

[Brian9824]

Origineel geplaatst door Chika Ogiue:

Origineel geplaatst door Brian9824:

False. the price stays the same unless you had some sort of promotion for the first X months.

The only thing I think pausing disrupts is the discount accumulated for store purchases. Correct me if I'm wrong on this. I cancelled my Humble sub when they announced that change. So I have no idea if they dropped it or still do it.

That is correct, its just the discount. I pause/resume my sub all the time. I used to occasionally get an offer when I pause to pay a lower rate instead of pausing but haven't gotten that in a while. The price is always $12 unless you have a discount.

[Mad Scientist]

2- humblebundle, Yes.
6- greenmangaming, Yes.
7- fanatical, Yes.

Those 3 are known-reputable, stick with them. Don't use grey-market sites as a good amount of time the key is bad or can even be revoked as it was obtained through fraud.

[ペンギン]

Origineel geplaatst door Brian9824:

Origineel geplaatst door ペンギン:

With HumbleBundle for example with the subscription, if you pause and then resume, you end up paying more than at the start of the subscription.

False. the price stays the same unless you had some sort of promotion for the first X months.

Well, i also had several e-mail exchanges with HumbleBundle employees in this regard. Was also the reason why I canceled an account there.