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We will mention if any of the listed shops contain DRM (Digital Restriction Management) games, regional locked games or regional shops. SSL security is also another important feature to protect customer’s personal information so that will be mentioned as well.

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NEW SHOPS – untested!

    1. Direct Game Keys [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][untested!]
    2. CD Key Heaved [untested!]

Approved List

Disapproved List

    1. Steam [DRM and regional locked games, regional shops that differ up to 40% from each other in many cases]
    2. EA Store [DRM and regional locked games, regional shops that differ greatly from each other in many cases]
    3. Amazon [DRM games and regional shops that differ greatly from each other in many cases]
    4. G2Play.net [Although it used to work great, people these days claim their keys don’t work in several cases, some keys are the cut versions of games on Steam and some sources even claim that their keys are stolen – site removed from the approved list.]
    5. CDkey-Game.com [no SSL] – do not buy from them, read this

Updates
10/07/09 – Removed G2Play.net from the approved shops list, and CDkey-Game.com as well.
12/06/09 – Added New Shops (untested!) category.
05/29/09 – Added OnlineKeyStore, cdkeyshop and CDkey-Game.com has been added again as well, added an additional comment about user experiences
05/28/09 – Amazon has been put on disapproved list, GAME.co.uk has been added to the approved list
05/01/09 – GamersGate contains regional locked games.
04/19/09 – Added an additional comments part at the bottom of the page
04/09/09 – Removed CDkey-Game.com after receiving feedback about it (of it possibly being fraudulent)
04/07/09 – Added CDkey-Game.com to the list (has no SSL)
03/25/09 – Impulse contains regional locked games
03/23/09 – Added DE/FR/IT store links of Metaboli and that the store contains DRM games
06/16/09 – The list is no longer maintained by the original author. Please forward all messages to other maintainers/administrators when you deem it necessary.

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17 responses to “Alternative Shops”

  1. diablo 2 cd key Avatar
    diablo 2 cd key

    Thanks for your sharing~

    Reply
  2. Burud Avatar
    Burud

    Hi. Tested Direct Game Keys today. The serial to the game i bougth worked.

    Reply
  3. streetranger Avatar
    streetranger

    To be honest my brother asked me to buy blizzard keys on g2play, I bought 3 and they all worked nicely, although their “5 minute devilery system” didn’t work, I had to request the keys by e-mail, AGAIN! I think that if there’s a lesson to be taken from the current g2play costumer support and the resell of banned keys is this:

    Buy on g2play if the key will unavoidably be registered and tied to an account you own, either on steam or EA, because you will be sure no one else used the key since the key needs to never have been used in order for you to register it. But never ever buy a key on g2play for a non steam/ea game.

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  4. Dragoon Avatar
    Dragoon

    Bought on G2Play yesterday Sims 3 and Red Alert 3 Uprising Keys for EADM. Worked like a charm.

    To LuckyFr4gg3r: I question you credibility. You just created an account and have only one post.

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  5. LuckyFr4gg3r Avatar
    LuckyFr4gg3r

    G2Play are definitely not reliable anymore, please remove them from this list!

    http://www.pbbans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=94938&hl=

    One of many people that are getting ripped off with used CD-keys.

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  6. streetranger Avatar
    streetranger

    Aparently g2play are no longer reliable for steam keys as well.

    I bought a cs key last thursday, had to send an e-mail this morning (monday) because I had not gotten it yet. They mailed me back and the key they sent me didn´t work.

    I asked for another one, and it did work , but I had to threaten to file a refund claim on paypal. This was the 3rd time I bought on g2play, the first 2 I had 0 problems but this new administration seems to suck a lot. They didn’t even apologize or told me it was a mistake, their responses to my e-mails were literally just the key on both occasions. Costumer support sure has gone down the drains.

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  7. Dragoon Avatar
    Dragoon

    6 days ago I ordered
    Battlefield 2 Complete for 7.99£ = 9.50€
    Mass Effect for 7.99£ = 9.50€
    Universe at War: Earth Assault 2.99£ = 3.56€
    at

    http://www.365games.co.uk/

    Today I received my package.
    Very cheap prices. Shiping cost are 0.99£ = 1.17€ per Item inside EU

    Mass Effect is here cheaper than the Promotion offer at G2Plat. You get a real DVD delivered, not just a KEY like at G2Play.

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  8. neck Avatar
    neck

    G2Play seems to be fine when it comes to Steam keys.

    But I can not say the same when it comes to Call of Duty 4 keys. My brother bought a CoD4 key and a few days later it was used by someone else. Restart, new IP etc. didn’t work. -> Key has been resold to someone else.

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  9. Dragoon Avatar
    Dragoon

    bought L4D and 2 times Red Alert 3 from G2Play and Battlefield 2142 from cdkeyshop.tk. Payment and transfer went smooth. Can I recommend both shops for further purchases.

    To: hornedry2k
    Promoting your own shop while calling allegations against an other shop makes you look fishy. If you have to resort spread dirt to get customers from other shops can you than be trusted? I don’t think so, but other my call.

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  10. hornedry2k Avatar
    hornedry2k

    After the new Owner G2Play.pl is dead. The Support is slow and not the best. Keys coming after 2 Days or longer. The most Keys dont work. Battleforge Keys are from stolen Credit Cards – EA closed all Accounts from G2PLay bought Keys. Left4Dead only cut Versions. The Support dont understand English.

    G2Play is dead!

    For Germans i can tell you that http://www.gamerdeals-shop.de is a very good Choice. You can pay with Paypal, Moneybookers and others. So i can think you can order there from other Countrys, too. Very good!!!

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  11. Rad-86 Avatar
    Rad-86

    i bought the last key from g2play ages ago.. but recently i used cdkeyshop.tk(3keys) and onlinekeystore.com(1key yet).. all keys are working either with EADM, Steam or in the case of cod4, ISO :)

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  12. nabla666 Avatar
    nabla666

    About Direct2Drive :
    Since there was a promo on Galactrix on direct2drive.co.uk ( less than 11 ÂŁ for 3 days until the 19/04/2009 ) I tried to buy it.
    But after trying several times, I didn’t succeed… ( My provider is free.fr from france ). It seems their site website is completely bugged…the first time I launch a browser I can load the page but I could never reach the checkout page (neither the cart even if it shows 1 article in itself at the top of the page). Then the webpage fails and shows :
    “Bad Request (Invalid Verb)” and the website is never available (unless you relaunch the browser).
    So my story with direct2drive… (the price is back at 16 ÂŁ :(

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  13. MoonieK Avatar
    MoonieK

    Can you give more details about CDkey-Games.com what hapend becouse they got quite cheap kaspersky keys

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  14. meeron Avatar
    meeron

    unfortunerly Impulse has some regional lock.
    [URL=http://img217.imageshack.us/my.php?image=impulseregionallock.jpg][IMG=http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/1654/impulseregionallock.jpg][/IMG][/URL]
    [URL=http://g.imageshack.us/img217/impulseregionallock.jpg/1/][IMG=http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/impulseregionallock.jpg/1/w799.png][/IMG][/URL]

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  15. pwilli Avatar
    pwilli

    Thank you for your continuing effort!

    Just visited G2PLAY (first time ever) and almost fell off my chair. “The Orange Box” for 9,01 EUR. For the exact same product Valve wants me to hand in 29,99 EUR (Austria), $29.99 (US) or ÂŁ16.99 (UK).

    I already stopped buying third-party-games from Steam, but I never expected to be able to save more than 40% on Steam-only games (in comparison to the already cheapest Valve-Store price I could find). What kind of price politics are these anyway, if a reseller is able to sell your products for 40% less?

    Reply

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