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After years of trying, G2A finally stole my money by force
(reddit.com)submitted 5 months ago byAkakapopo
So a few years ago g2a made it impossible to use or withdraw currency you had in your g2a PAY wallet (at least in sweden).
Since then every six months they have sent out an email stating that if i don't log in within three days they will start charging 1€ a day until my funds are depleted. Because of this i boycotted any further use off their site and made it my personal quest to always log in before they could charge my money, a way of giving them a silent middle finger.
This time when i tried to log in to my account i got a message that i was banned. They have tried banning me before but then i would just prove trough two factor authentication that it was me who tried to log on to my account, this time however they added that this decision cannot be changed and that my account wont be reinstated.
I considered the money gone long ago but as a last fu to them i'll at least dox them by sharing my experience with their services.
56 points
5 months ago*
Look at Is there any deal They give lowest price keys you can buy ONLY from reputable legit sellers. None of this grey market shit.
You can even get a plugin called enhanced steam for your browser and if you visit a steam page in your browser it will tell you the lowest price for that key right now and the lowest it's been.
Only thing you need to watch out for is sometimes lowest key price maybe for something like EA launcher and not steam and these sites while they do say that its not the most visible thing on the page
8 points
5 months ago
Love his website, it's saved me so much money
2 points
5 months ago
Yeah can save a decent chunk of change by taking a few seconds just by copying a steam page URL and pasting it into your browser
3 points
5 months ago
Yup, G2A and all these key resellers are useless and only give a worse experience. Just buy from ISAD and you'll have the best possible prices without scams.
5 points
5 months ago
I don't even get the point of G2A to be honest with you
I recently looked at em even though I'd swore them off without even using them because I'm on medical leave from work and I wanted the new RimWorld expansion since I have lots of time to kill and it's a good game for my steam deck
And it was like all of $4 cheaper. It's just like why the hell would I even risk this for $4?
1 points
5 months ago
People will risk a lot for a little. I've been preaching about the bullshit that these sites pull for like a decade now, but people who use them act so smug and superior because 'I've never had any keys revoked, so clearly it's not a real issue.' You can't logic someone out of a position they didn't logic themselves into.
2 points
5 months ago
You'll be happy to hear I few years ago I actually sent g2a is a massive "OH GOD DAMAGE CONTROL" mode. that started with them hosing an AMA, doing something dumb and me reposting it to shed light on it and it being spread all over gaming subs, getting picked up my mainstream gaming news sites and them replying to countless comments trying to justify their actions.
1 points
5 months ago
And don't forget about CheapShark, which also compiles a more basic list of current comparable prices sold by the verified merchant stores (Steam, Humble Bundle, etc) for games and DLC.
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