An actually reputable marketplace that respected your custom would have let you access any funds you were due, regardless of what other measures were taken against your account. They don't give a flying fuck about anyone's security, rights or money unless it's their own. This whole episode so accurately illustrates the mindset of the people who run G2A: profits first, all else second. That's the much more appropriate analogy right there. There are plenty of contentious issues that people can disapprove of G2A for (the abysmal 'shield' system, the devaluation of games through grey market resales, the potential impact on developers who choose to feature their games in multiple bundles, etc), however this particular issue just seems a bit overblown to me. As long as support takes care of scammers once they reveal themselves (by blocking the account and hopefully refunding victims) - why blame the system for the people who abuse it? Scammers exist in every trading system ever - be it Steam, Steamtrades, G2A, or that sketchy guy on the corner selling an iFone 9.0. A person who decides to scam individuals can happen anywhere, even on this very site (or sister site i suppose) - and at least they're offering a chance of a refund after the fact.
That's why you try to stick to people with incredibly high rep on any open marketplace. Well, bad people (ie scammers) pop up everywhere - however after a scammer sold a few fake games and all those buyers complained, theoretically he'd have been caught and banned anyway (and hopefully any buyers would have eventually gotten a refund). bullshit, but seeing the often baseless hate in there taking over the thread is annoying.Īlmost every question is twisted and needlessly aggressive, and that's not how you get someone to explain or discuss something. I agree on the front end verification, shield, etc.
How the hell is anyone supposed to check if a Steam key is valid without an appropriate API from Steam? How the hell are they responsible for developers having stolen cards used on their own sites? How the hell is G2A supposed to detect if a key was or not stolen without the devs telling them? They oppose G2A as if whatever that replace them wouldn't enable the same abuse (Kinguin for example, is worse), rather than the pro-consumer ability to re-sell keys which is the core of it. Yeah, too many pitch-fork-wielding dumbasses in there, angry about the charge-backs and stolen keys, without understanding that that is on the banks (chargeback fees) and the developer's sites (easily bypassable checks).
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