why does g2a sell cheap steam keys?

[reveilleun]

are they safe/legal?

[Emilio]

Most cheap steam keys comes from russia and other places where its cheaper i don't recomend that you buy any cheap keys online unless you know that its not region locked and comes from a legal seller

[Fox]

Noodles eredeti hozzászólása:

are they safe/legal?

The website on your own title is censored. This alone should answer your question accurately.

[b l u e ⋆]

If you want cheap games, wait until Winter like I do ;) 90% off most things.

[Dagnabbit]

Noodles eredeti hozzászólása:

are they safe/legal?

No.

STRX eredeti hozzászólása:

I've never had any issues from G2A. Just because G2A is censored does not make them a bad seller. Think of G2A like Amazon or eBay. They sell keys themselves which are always legit but you can also buy keys from users and a user might be selling a bad key but you can always get a refund or another key if you do receive a bad key

They are censored because they are NOT authorized to resell Steam keys. That company's ENTIRE business comes from cheating various legitimate sources out of keys, stealing htem outright or buying gift copies from people on Steam. They have no legitimate business practices and are solely built on the practice of breaking the law, violating the SSA or violating the ToS of other sites, namely bundle sites. They are NOT the same as Amazon or Ebay.

[Felix]

If the website was an authorised reseller of Steam product keys, it wouldn't be censored.

[Dagnabbit]

STRX eredeti hozzászólása:

Dagnabbit eredeti hozzászólása:

That companies ENTIRE business comes from cheating various legitimate sources out of keys, stealing htem outright or buying gift copies from people on Steam. They have no legitimate business practices and are solely built on the practice of breaking the law, violating the SSA or violating the ToS of other sites, namely bundle sites. They are NOT the same as Amazon or Ebay.

Proof? Or is this just speculation on your part. G2A have been around for ages, are sponsored by loads of people and are registered on several consumer review sites. I think if they were illegal they would have been taken down by now.

https://www.google.com/search?q=G%40A+Scam&oq=G%40A+Scam&aqs=chrome..69i57.1849j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8#q=Scammed+by+G2A&start=0

*replace the hearts with the site that shall not be named.

That's JUST page 1. It goes on for several pages. Page 2 has the really good stuff: actual news stories of their scams. You keep believing what you want, but don't advertise them or endorse them here. Do so and be reported.

[Fox]

STRX eredeti hozzászólása:

I think if they were illegal they would have been taken down by now.

This couldn't be further away from the truth. If they operate in a country which does not criminalize a given site's action or is lenient in its application, no one else can act, as the site doesn't operate in its territory.

You could block it nation-wide, but this can bring its own issues, as censoring isn't seen lightly if a government does it.

[Dagnabbit]

STRX eredeti hozzászólása:

Dagnabbit eredeti hozzászólása:

https://www.google.com/search?q=G%40A+Scam&oq=G%40A+Scam&aqs=chrome..69i57.1849j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8#q=Scammed+by+G2A&start=0

That's JUST page 1. It goes on for several pages. Page 2 has the really good stuff: actual news stories of their scams. You keep believing what you want, but don't advertise them or endorse them here. Do so and be reported.

Oh Please... A Google search, I want some proof from a government website or consumer trust site with evidence. I could go on a forum, or a scammed site and say Steam have scammed me, Origin have scammed me, Uplay have scammed me etc... even though none of these places have ever scammed me. I will admit that when you buy from a USER on G2A you take a risk (but you can still get a refund or another key) but when buying direct from G2A you will always get a working key. When I buy from a USER on eBay or Amazon I am taking a risk, when you trade on Steam you are taking a risk. With the logic of using a Google Search as proof Steam Trading should go away because you can get scammed on that. Also how am I advertising them? I haven't told anyone to only buy games from G2A, I am simply replying to a user who asked if they are legit and I have never had an issue and on many consumer review sites G2A actually scores higher than Steam or Amazon.

Ignore the ACTUAL news stories all you want. The site has and does scam people. It is an unauthorized reseller and THAT is all there is to it. They are not legit. Period.

Topic is going nowhere, OP's question was answered. Can a mod close the topic?

[Sarracenae]

There whole existance is due to EU law, Valve cannot sell a key cheaper in say poland, if it won't work in say germany or the UK. Therefore all these guys do is buy the cheap keys and resell them on. If vavle wanted to stop it they could stop selling cheap keys in poorer EU economies but I guess it shows how much profit they still make on these cheap keys that they don't want to stop. Which means they can't do anything about the resellers as they are prefectly legal, unless valve wants to break EU law.

[Satoru]

STRX eredeti hozzászólása:

Proof?

http://www.polygon.com/2014/10/1/6882275/free-steam-game-scam

Please feel free to explain how

1) lying to a dev that you are a reviewer
2) reselling the key that is sent to you

Is legitimate

I eagerly await your explanation

[Satoru]

Wow did you really just try to justify fraud?

They key is on that site

A user scammed a dev

They resold that key on that site

Please explain in what universe that makes that site legitimate

It is not a legitimate reseller

Period

[Sarracenae]

So if someone gets a football shirt signed by a player saying it was for a sick child, then sells the shirt on ebay, by your reasoning ebay are not legitimate and are doing something illegal? If the dev wanted didn't check who they were giving keys away to properly that's their fault not an auction site.

Anyhow this does not however address the issue that cheap keys bought in the EU being resold in another EU country is perfectly legal.

[Sarracenae]

STRX eredeti hozzászólása:

Sarracenae eredeti hozzászólása:

So if someone gets a football shirt signed by a player saying it was for a sick child, then sells the shirt on ebay, by your reasoning ebay are not legitimate and are doing something illegal? If the dev wanted didn't check who they were giving keys away to properly that's their fault not an auction site.

Anyhow this does not however address the issue that cheap keys bought in the EU being resold in another EU country is perfectly legal.

Exactly

Haha good luck prosicuting Ebay for that one.

[Satoru]

Again they are not a legit reseller

No amount of hand waving and alternate realities makes that true

They're filtered for a reason

You can pretend otherwise but reality doesn't work that way

[Dagnabbit]

STRX eredeti hozzászólása:

Satoru eredeti hozzászólása:

Again they are not a legit reseller

No amount of hand waving and alternate realities makes that true

They're filtered for a reason

You can pretend otherwise but reality doesn't work that way

There is a difference between an unauthorized seller and an illegal retailer. People who sell games, music, movies etc... on eBay or Amazon are not authorized by Ubisoft, Warner Bros or Sony Records but would that make eBay or Amazon illegal retailers?

The questionable legality of the sales does NOT come from being unauthorized. it DOES come from the method of acquisition of the goods being resold, and the people being cheated by them.

You can defend your precious reseller all you like, the FACT remains that they are of dubious legality. The only thing protecting them is the fact hat they're located in an eastern European country where the authorities DON'T CARE and where it's very hard for the companies affected by it to bring legal challenges.