Comment on Were can find a list of Safe Sites where buy Seam Games/Keys/Bundles??

vind@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• ekZepp@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Kinguin for example is one of those site i would like to hear more opinion and experience about. I’ve read different opinins on the old Redead social before. It seems a 3 to 1 situation there. I even buyed a small indi there using PayPal and so far I had no issues. Any experience about this site???

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  • Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s one of the grey market sites afaik. I used it a few times for digital versions of games I own, some overpriced DLCs and oldies, which rarely goes on sale.

    I know it’s not ideal and they might have some questionable stuff there, but user experience-wise I had no issues with the site so far.

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    • ekZepp@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So basically a bet. Better for cheap indi and dlc. As I though.

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      • TheEntity@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The issue isn't the safety of your payment method or not working keys. The issue is with how they source their keys. They are often bought with stolen credit cards and sold to them. It's quite complicated but the end result is that the game developers are literally losing money on these services due to chargebacks and such.

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      • Hillock@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The transaction with kinguin is safe. They even offer a cheap protection against non-working keys, so you are guaranteed to get a working key.

        The big issue is the keys themselves aren't always obtained legally. And then it can take a while for the key to get deactivated. By that point you are usually out of luck trying to get your money back or a new key.

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  • caut_R@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I‘ve bought a good amount of games there and personally never had any issues.

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