G2Play.net selling stolen CD-Keys?
According to SavyGamer G2Play.net is selling stolen CD-Keys…at least for the game called Blood Bowl.
Read the whole story in here (it’s pretty long!)
Another thing about G2Play.net. In the past (like two or a year ago) their prices were really attractive, but since Valve changed the currency for countries around the world G2Play’s prices went up high…I mean it looks like they are trying to rip off some people by setting the price higher than it really is.
I have removed G2Play.net from the alternative shops (approved sellers list) – at least for now.
Edit: CDkey-Game.com was also removed due to this.
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remove Cdkey-Game.com no G2Play. My games buyed from Cdkey-Game.com has been revoked and on paypal I never see back money from this shit site.
I actually didnt have any probs with G2play. For example I bought the Orange Box key, at first it told me that the key is invalid so I sent them an email and they sent me a scan of that key and it turned out that they typed the key wrong. Fortunately it works fine :)
Rusty done
g2play is perfectly fine in my book.
Bought
– lotro gamecard
– kaspersky 3 users/1 year key
– anno 1404 key
– sims 3 key
– l4d key
Didn’t had any problems with any of them.
I’m just saying if a game developer claims the keys are stolen (or whatever) and that G2Play.net doesn’t have permission to sell them we shouldn’t trust G2Play anymore.
Of course I have bought (only for friends, never for myself) more than 2 keys from G2Play and they worked fine, maybe because the Steam games can be registered only once and are tied to an account? People who bought DIablo cdkeys from them say that their keys are in use (read stuff on the net, google it).
I buy from G2Play
2x Orange Box
1x CoD 5
1x CoD 4
6x L4D
1x Kaspersky 2009
1x CSS, DoD:S pack
1x Prototype
1x Action Figure RE
and maybe some other I don’t know.
Which still gives us the question, where are those keys from? Are they legal? I know that ordinary users don’t give a shit but we cannot recommend something illegal.
G2Play doesn’t tell anyone where are they getting their keys from.
Well when they sent me the scan of the Orange Box cd-key the only thing you could read(besides the key) was NUMER SERYJNY which is polish. I dont know the prices in Poland, but stranded might :). Anyway my guess is they just buy where its cheap and sell for little more so they have profit…
I read the whole story, and there’s like 5 to 6 “UPDATE :” edits.
So far, it seems several companies like G2Play bought Blood Bowl in asian countries (cheaper prices) and sold them back to european/american customers.
There’s various “problems” :
1) You can buy and later sell it to someone, it’s the second hand market (main reason of DRM installing, to stop it). It is “legal”, at least tolerated, so Cyanide should let it go.
See these 2 articles for more information :
- http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977305980
- http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070913/110424.shtml
2) In the “G2Play & Blood Bowl” case, this is not a gamer selling his games, nor a platform to sell your used games (like ebay), it’s a company buying the game from a cheaper publisher in a country, to sell (~publish) it in a different country, for a higher price.
It could be hard for Cyanide to sell well if Asia has the same price as europe/us, and if the unique price was based on asia tier, Cyanide wouldn’t get enought money (maybe).
3) Cyanide (Blood Bowl dev or publisher, dunno) decided to blacklist ALL cd-keys bought on G2Play, not even waiting to see if it was legal to buy a good (=> a videogame) somewhere and sold it somewhere else to a different price.
=> How much control over a software/videogame dev/publisher should have ? DRM/online DRM can now allow them to limit installation, chose when the initial release takes place, version (censored or not), block some application (like process explorer), etc… Should they fully control the second-hand market ?
_ _ _
Everyday, we’re buying more and more things online, digital distribution is growing fast, we’re on the Internet, in a globalized world economy, but a company should be able to control its products that much ?
So they can put their offices in almost-tax-free countries, outsource they factory/shipping/packaging in poorer area, buy the DVD plastic case from a chinese factory, use stock exchange to ear money by buying/selling all around the world, but we (consumers) can’t “bypass” their regionalized structure, we MUST pay the price they decided depending of where we buy, customers can’t legally exchange/sell/buy the products they bought ?!
Example, on Steam, we must pay the big fat 50 euro price, AND it would be illegal to get a 50 USD copy from a friend ? (hopefully Steam don’t block gifts but it’s still against the EULA to “buy” games from friends)
Companies decide the price for their products, and decide the price for tax/wages/salaries. We, consumers, must obey and shouldn’t try to outsmart the existing system, just like companies do every single day at the stock exhange ? Bravo Sierra
Because of Free Market companies chose to have different prices at different places. Because of Free Market I have the right to buy a product to the best prices offered. Reimporting good is not illegal. German Car industry sells cars to a higher price in Germany than in other European countries. They tried to hinder car dealer that re-import car to germany thus selling them cheaper as the stock price. EU sued and the German Car industry had to pay a hefty fine for violating EU European Free Economic Area Regulation Law.
This rules apply to all goods not only cars.
stranded but who in his mind will give his source nobody because they have to earn some money on it if you will now from where they got there keys you will go there where is cheaper
Point is they bought there keys in 3 world countries where games are much cheaper this is legal and not.
It is legal because you got your cd-key which is used only on your computer.
And not because of like you called ‘regional locked games’ all the cd keys pulls are going to different parts of world and it should be used only in this part of world, but the truth is they cant deny you right to buy game in different country
Pyro Gourmand: AGREED!
So that means G2Play isnt selling stolen keys, its only Cyanide banning these keys. Or at least, thats how I understand it
Same for me. I think they only angry about the grey re-import of the asian version. Seems to be legal for me. I will report if my bought BB key stopped working.
G2play is breaking eula by selling cd keys, and the owner of those websites is wanted in czech.
Its just blur that they buy from asia cheap games, Viktor Wanli is name of the owner u should google the name and do some resources…
If you pay via paypal they cant get your credit card information but if you buy via their payment script they will steal it because they sees it.
and oh yeah the company doesnt exist at Singapore.
So i suggest not to get games from there!
I have heard that United Kingdom is gonna put down whole onlinekeystore.com
and sue them… because breaking so many laws
This Viktor Wanli owns alot same kinda sites.
Hi everyone,
I just wanted to share my negative experiences with g2play.net for those who are considering purchasing something from this website.
On 19th July this year I purchased a 1-year Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 license from g2play.net. Despite being slow in sending my activation key after payment, the key they eventually did send me worked properly and was reported to be valid for 365 days. Needless to say, I was quite pleased at the time.
Recently however, my Kaspersky license became blacklisted and allowed me to no longer use my internet security software. This is despite having some 285 days left remaining on my subscription.
I have attempted to contact g2play.net numerous times over the past week, leaving messages on their website as well as several emails, asking for a solution or a replacement key. All my emails and enquiries have been ignored over this time. This is despite the business still being in operation, as their website continues to be updated.
As a last resort, I turned to paypal and tried lodging a dispute. However, as many of you may be aware there is a 45 day limit for lodging disputes, which made a paypal dispute for a refund unsuccessful.
So in short, g2play.net appears to sell blacklisted keys that appear to be (illegally?) obtained. They will not offer you any support, they will not respond to your emails should your product become unusable. This may particularly be the case after 45 days, when you can no longer raise a paypal dispute.
Lastly, I want to say from personal experience that while it may be tempting to buy something at low cost, you should understand that there is a likelihood your product will stop working in the future, and that g2play.net will ignore you entirely when this happens.
I apologise in advance for the long post, but thanks for reading.
yeah.. like they say… too good to be true…
IMHO we should make clear state about what we think of them.
To ban or not to ban, that’s the question :)
Ndugu said: “G2play is breaking eula by selling cd keys, and the owner of those websites is wanted in czech.”
A retailer cannot be bound to a EULA being as it’s an End user agreeement (that is what the EU in EULA stands for) and in the absence of some sort of distribution contract, retailers are free to sell their products to whomever they please, wherever they may be.
Just some obvious fact to consider. G2Play selling games from BIG COMPANIES (Blizzard, EA, Ubisoft, etc). If they are selling stolen keys, do you think their website will exist till today? They wont be in business in a matter of month. Freely selling all those game keys and happily advertising their new release games as stolen key seller is impossible.
These are not stolen keys. Like stated above these keys are from versions like asian or russian which are dirt cheap. For example COD4 english version costs about 40-50 euros wheres russian version costs only like 5-10 euros. Massive difference. So people buy cheap russian version, download english version and then use russian version CD-key on english game. In most games it works – multiplayer, online etc. but in some games it doesn’t work and thats where the troubles starts.
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You find this owner in poland in koszalin. btw. i still cant understand why he is not in prison …
For G2Play I bought the game CoD: Bo and after entering the keys to Steam, I discovered that the key is already registered, send me a duplicate code, so I have no money, no game here is communication with Valve
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Hmm I have been wondering about G2play, off an on I hear good and bad things but recently a friend of mine received this when buying a product
“Please send scan or photo of your front and back ID card, passport or driving license (valid government document in colour, which has not expired) with hand-written order number on paper.
We are required to ask you of this as a security measure, so we can be assured that we are dealing with legitimate client, not a scammer.”
After hearing other things of details being ripped off etc. – Dodgy
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The reason they ask for ID is because some people buy several keys for the same game and try to resell them.
Asking for ID makes it possible to know for sure it isnt done by a bot or by some douche who stole some personal info.
As for the duplicate key issue , just ask G2play they will help you asap .
they will even write the code on the box when steam asks for it.
So far i have purchased over €500 worth of games there and i only got a duplicate twice and that was with Black Ops pre-order and with Bad Company 2
Just for saying;
G2play can be trusted. If you guys pay with PayPal your E-mail “shall” be the same as your E-mail on G2Play, or they won’t accept it.
Stop saying that G2Play can’t be trusted, you only have to contact their supporters, and they are very fast to respond.
2 Little things to remind your all of.
- Be sure your PayPal E-mail is the same as your G2Play E-mail to proof you own your PayPal account.
- If you got banned from a game or it stopped working on Steam you had bought from G2Play, it’s because you bought a Game Edition that your country have banned for good. That often happens in German.
“Steam Store” only sells Standard Editions, but G2Play give us the chance to buy Game Editions for them who don’t got The Special Editions banned in their countries. So be sure if you buy Editions on G2Play that support your country’s terms and conditions, and G2Play is writing that with big RED words, so you all getting the chance to look at it, but of course no one is reading that….
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Bought Dead Island and didn’t give me a cd-key saying they’re processing/pending. (‘ve already processed my transaction via paypal and supposingly delivered within 24hrs, and I paid for 24hr VPN access)
So after a week I email them if they don’t respond and provide me a product. I will file this against them on paypal and visa.
After all, its just a number they sent through email and not an actually package they deliever. Shouldn’t take longer then any parcel.
Then they gave me one right away. Signed up and paid for the 24hrs VPN again and found out the cd-key had been used)
They then ask you to send them your invoice number, a picture of the error code on steam in jpg format only, a picture of your game list in jpg format only and send it to them.
Do all that and wait for them to confirm.
They reply with there’s a problem with them and their provider and ask for your patience until they had it solve.
(come to think about it.. that’s not my problem… they should give me a new one and fix whatever problem they have after that!! Why should I wait?!?
Another week’ve gone by and I email them again about that, and ask for the 2 VPN access fee I’ve wasted because of them.
Gave me another cd-key rightaway, which doesn’t work after wasting my third VPN access spending.
Didn’t answer any of my question as well.
Filed against them on visa and paypal.
so here’s what you learn from them:
- tell you to wait for them but they never come to you.
- they never follow up and try to forget about you after you’ve paid up
- they’ll make up any excuse to make you wait and work until you want to give up bugging them
- ignor your every questions
- they’ve got a free 0.00% loan from me and possibly a lot others out there.
there can be several reason y u receive wrong or duplicated key.
lookin at g2play site i can realize site owner doesnt spend much time in designin site, makin it friendly and understandable, its just mess of something around. im 80% sure same mess in his site programming code which can cause big problems with wrong delivery etc.
and more big problem for me is that g2play buys russian keys from russian reseller as digital code, not box. russian releller can make mistake in code or just send him wrong or sold key. he will never know about it before sell this key.
about eula violation, if you ever see russian box, u can find text there: not for sell outside russia and cis. but there no any restrictions about key itself. thats y russians sell key only, not box itself.
i have agreement and consulted with 1c company – russian publisher of many games (cod, darkness etc), about sellin this keys abroad, they said they cant sell keys abroad directly, but after they sell it to me i can do anything i want since there s no rules about keys. i only cant send box itself abroad. so i move to russian publishers warehouse, buy packed boxes, unpack , photo it, upload into db and sell.
sadly g2play cant do same cuz they dont see box, they see code only sended by russian reseller and thats y u can receive wrong or duplicated key sometimes.
in nature this business is ok