G2A legal?

Punk

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Hey guys,

I bought a Far Cry 4 + Season pass key a week ago and today it disappeared from my Uplay menu and the key has been banned. Do you guys have any idea of what's going on? I left a question on Ubisoft's website, waiting for a reply.

Are those G2A keys actually legal? Has anyone else ever experienced such problems?
 

Darren

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I remember seeing something on reddit that Uplay was removing keys that were purchased through G2A and other third party key distributors. I don't know anything beyond that and don't have time to find a source at the moment. It's Uplay that's got a problem, not G2A.
 

voyagerfan99

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I've always found G2A a bit iffy. It's rare that I actually buy something from there anyway.
 

voyagerfan99

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If you bought it with G2A protection, you should be able to get a refund on your key.
 

Darren

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Guess I'm done with G2A. Pity, they had good prices, and borderline Steam Sale level prices basically all the time.
 

Punk

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Guess I'm done with G2A. Pity, they had good prices, and borderline Steam Sale level prices basically all the time.

I'm done with them too, trying to get at least my money back then goodbye! But I think that's thirty euros I'll never see again... :mad:
 

PCunicorn

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Afaik, G2A buys keys somehow, I believe its perfectly legal, and resells them. Perhaps they got a bad source this time. Whatever the case, G2A itself is perfectly legit (they're not the ones stealing keys, I guearentee it) and to me at least, its worth having a risk of loosing $15-$35 on a game when I save way more than that all the time.
 
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voyagerfan99

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Afaik, G2A buys keys somehow, I believe its perfectly legal, and resells them. Perhaps they got a bad source this time. Whatever the case, G2A itself is perfectly legit (they're not the ones stealing keys, I guearentee it) and to me at least, its worth having a risk of loosing $15-$35 on a game when I save way more than that all the time.

Yes, there is a genuine G2A part to it, but it's like eBay or Amazon where others can sign up and sell keys, but you don't know where those keys came from. That's why when I buy from G2A I always get the extra protection in case there's an issue with the key.
 

G80FTW

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Guess I'm done with G2A. Pity, they had good prices, and borderline Steam Sale level prices basically all the time.

I dont understand why people buy that crap from unreliable 3rd party sources anyway....so many red flags on those sites...

If your gonna pay for something, why not just get it from the source? If your not buying from the source, legitimacy should always be in question.
 

Punk

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I dont understand why people buy that crap from unreliable 3rd party sources anyway....so many red flags on those sites...

If your gonna pay for something, why not just get it from the source? If your not buying from the source, legitimacy should always be in question.

Thank you for your input but money here is a big factor. Like everyone said, G2A is legal and I never had any probelms before hence why I bought some games there. Far Cry 4 + Season Pass is 70 euros, on G2A I paid 30 euros, why the hell would I not buy there...? :rolleyes:
 

voyagerfan99

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I dont understand why people buy that crap from unreliable 3rd party sources anyway....so many red flags on those sites...

If your gonna pay for something, why not just get it from the source? If your not buying from the source, legitimacy should always be in question.

Because I'm not going to pay $50 on Steam for a game worth $10 :cool:
 

Darren

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If your gonna pay for something, why not just get it from the source? If your not buying from the source, legitimacy should always be in question.

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Aside from this I've never had an issue with G2A and thousands of others haven't either. Sounds like this was an isolated incident and not really G2A's fault. They seem to be working to resolve the issue. There are a lot worse places you can buy a game. After doing more reading I'll probably shop their again, and be sure to get the G2A shield, which you really should anyway given how the site functions. No different than using the protection you get from Paypal when you use Ebay. (I guess Ebay is out of the question as well according to your logic).
 

Punk

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Aside from this I've never had an issue with G2A and thousands of others haven't either. Sounds like this was an isolated incident and not really G2A's fault. They seem to be working to resolve the issue. There are a lot worse places you can buy a game. After doing more reading I'll probably shop their again, and be sure to get the G2A shield, which you really should anyway given how the site functions. No different than using the protection you get from Paypal when you use Ebay. (I guess Ebay is out of the question as well according to your logic).

Anger aside since it's been a few days, yeah I'll probably go back there. Probably, not sure yet. Haven't heard from them since yesterday though.
 

G80FTW

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Thank you for your input but money here is a big factor. Like everyone said, G2A is legal and I never had any probelms before hence why I bought some games there. Far Cry 4 + Season Pass is 70 euros, on G2A I paid 30 euros, why the hell would I not buy there...? :rolleyes:

Because things like this happen?
 

Punk

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This is the reply I got, they are actually acting good on this:

Greetings,

Thank you for providing the screenshots. There have been reports of the keys from Uplay being banned and as such we have to take a closer look at this problem. We have already started the investigation regarding this case, which involves contact with the sellers, suppliers and Uplay to clarify the issue. We will do our best to solve it as soon as possible. This will result in either you receiving a new key or being fully refunded for the purchase. As such I would like to ask you in advance which solution would best suit you:

1) wait for the seller to respond with a new working key (the waiting time depends solely on the seller)
2) receive a refund within 24 hours from your reply to this answer
 
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