Don't buy games from sites such as G2A

[brian1996]

[Mikal]

I stopped buying from G2A when they kept enabling G2A Shield without my permission and charging me for it atleast 3 times, they literally made me miss a car insurance payment by taking a few quid from my bank account leaving my insurance not enough money to go through properly, my bank covered it and then charged me something like £40 even though it was only a small amount (was a couple months ago so I don't really remember), so, fuck G2A, it really is not worth the hassle.

[TheRock]

I'm glad a Paysafe issue did not allow me to buy from there now..

[TiMoN]

G2A is a gray market for games bought with stolen credit cards and fraudsters, the only reason I see people using them is because they're being promoted by youtubers and streamers.

[Teddy]

As long as they work and I get cheap games, I really don't care where it came from. It's kind of like when people are like "oh my god, how can you eat that? do you know where it came from". NOPE AND PLEASE DON'T TELL ME.

I've ordered easily 20+ games from G2A and never once had a problem with any key or anything. Simply buy from someone with high rating, disable g2a shield, and you're good to go. The one time I did hit a snag was when my credit card company denied the transaction because it was "unusual" so I called and thew put it in manually.

[Miku_Hatsune]

Of all the things I didn't expect - it's this. I honestly thought G2A bought keys through publishers for a deal. Guess I was wrong. Hopefully these people get what's coming to them.

[Devin]

Of all the things I didn't expect - it's this. I honestly thought G2A bought keys through publishers for a deal. Guess I was wrong. Hopefully these people get what's coming to them.

If it was G2A that purchased keys from publishers, why would there be multiple sellers per key? 

[Teddy]

Hopefully these people get what's coming to them.

Good luck with that; G2A is in a region that doesn't give a shit in terms of Law so they cannot be compelled to turn over any data and plus any seller worth going after (making mad profit) is going to be smart enough to cover their tracks well. These are people who spent time in the dark web and surely have learned most optimal ways of keeping anonymous even on the clear web and financially.

The only real way to stop it is for G2A to somehow validate the keys as legitimately but even that wouldn't work because usually when the keys are listed they aren't known to be stolen even by the publisher as it takes months for them to become aware. This also isn't something new, I don't get why this guy is calling out G2A, maybe he had a bad purchase experience

This is something that has been happening for ages and far beyond the gaming industry. Why people are surprised is beyond me. G2A is a shady Asian website we trust because we're saving money.

[Celso]

"oh my god, how can you eat that? do you know where it came from". NOPE AND PLEASE DON'T TELL ME.

Shit man.. Right in the feels.

[AK47]

As long as they work and I get cheap games, I really don't care where it came from. It's kind of like when people are like "oh my god, how can you eat that? do you know where it came from". NOPE AND PLEASE DON'T TELL ME.

I've ordered easily 20+ games from G2A and never once had a problem with any key or anything. Simply buy from someone with high rating, disable g2a shield, and you're good to go. The one time I did hit a snag was when my credit card company denied the transaction because it was "unusual" so I called and thew put it in manually.

 

[Janar]

Good luck with that; G2A is in a region that doesn't give a shit in terms of Law so they cannot be compelled to turn over any data and plus any seller worth going after (making mad profit) is going to be smart enough to cover their tracks well. These are people who spent time in the dark web and surely have learned most optimal ways of keeping anonymous even on the clear web and financially.

The only real way to stop it is for G2A to somehow validate the keys as legitimately but even that wouldn't work because usually when the keys are listed they aren't known to be stolen even by the publisher as it takes months for them to become aware. This also isn't something new, I don't get why this guy is calling out G2A, maybe he had a bad purchase experience

This is something that has been happening for ages and far beyond the gaming industry. Why people are surprised is beyond me. G2A is a shady Asian website we trust because we're saving money.

Hmm, that makes me wonder... Every time I buy something from G2A and I select Estonia as my country, a 20% VAT is added to the price. What if I select something else as my country and avoid the tax, how likely is it they would spot it and bring me trouble with it?

[AK47]

Hmm, that makes me wonder... Every time I buy something from G2A and I select Estonia as my country, a 20% VAT is added to the price. What if I select something else as my country and avoid the tax, how likely is it they would spot it and bring me trouble with it?

I've done that since forever and still working for me

[Rusty]

There was a thing with Ubisoft before relating to G2A, can't remember exact details but am sure it was along similar lines.  G2A probably isn't the only game key seller that is doing this I bet there are others out there who just haven't been called out on it yet.

[Mang]

Hmm, that makes me wonder... Every time I buy something from G2A and I select Estonia as my country, a 20% VAT is added to the price. What if I select something else as my country and avoid the tax, how likely is it they would spot it and bring me trouble with it?

I doubt that you want to risk a fine from the taxman just to save a few bucks.

[AK47]

I doubt that you want to risk a fine from the taxman just to save a few bucks.

Done it for years and I'm still fine lol

G2A probably isn't the only game key seller that is doing this I bet there are others out there who just haven't been called out on it yet.

https://www.greenmangaming.com

https://isthereanydeal.com

http://www.kinguin.net

I use those aswell, working with no issues so far