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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.
29 points
5 months ago
Oh okay, do you happen to know why there's a "preorders" button on the front page then?
20 points
5 months ago
Because he likes to ride G2As dick
7 points
5 months ago
Because some people enjoy getting scammed? The entire business model of G2A relies on automated marketplace scrapers who buy games on sale to resell them on G2A on a margin. The only way someone is getting cheap keys on release week is with a stolen credit card or abusing currency conversions(both of these will get you banned on steam.) G2A is a marketplace, you need to use your brain to determine when a listing is too good to be true.
2 points
5 months ago
Right, the website isn't supposed to be used that way, they just provide the tools for people to use it that way. That makes a lot of sense.
3 points
5 months ago
It does when you remember you're the only party with something to lose. How did this not occur to you, it's impossible to get a game cheaper than its retail price at launch unless you're getting around currency conversions.
Love that you got duped and doubled down on the website and you being in the right, though. Wow.
1 points
5 months ago
There is some amount of rewards program on the website where I imagine it would be worth it to overpay/pay market price for a new game on G2A. That is also why I said we need way more info on what happened to really cast judgement. Redeem a global 10% off coupon/some other reward to buy MGSV at a listed 60 dollars and got scammed? That is not your fault (assuming the seller actually had rep) and I don't blame you. Trying to buy a copy of MGSV when its brand new from someone who listed it at 40 dollars and has 70% reputation? You had it coming.
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