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I've never trusted buying off of them cause I don't want my bank info stolen but I've recently realised I can just pay with paypal lol. Can anyone recommend which of those sites that sell keys for steam games are legit? I just need 3 copies of l4d2 to game with my friends.

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[–] Sickos@hexbear.net 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

L4D2 It is currently 99¢ on US steam, do keys sites get cheaper than that?

[–] moondog@hexbear.net 6 points 10 months ago

Lol the sale started since I made this post

[–] unmagical@lemmy.ml 10 points 10 months ago

Best case scenario you are buying a key that someone bought in a cheaper region and is selling it in a more expensive region.

Worst case, your financial details or login are stolen.

Most likely case, you're buying a key that was either bought with stolen cards or a key that was directly stolen.

In any case the developer of the game can revoke a key for being obtained fraudulently, and since any keys bought with stolen funds are susceptible to a charge back fee and thus cost them money many would just prefer you pirate (since that costs them nothing).

[–] Weedian@hexbear.net 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

If it's not a primarily multiplayer game just pirate it

[–] peppersky@hexbear.net 7 points 10 months ago

I've bought dozens of games on key sites. The only time I've ever had an issue was one key got revoked a month later and the game removed from my account then presumably because it was bought with a stolen credit card or something. 99% of cases I didn't have any issues though

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 10 months ago

The hype is overblown, CD key resellers are generally fine. G2A has decent customer protection. Easier to just pirate the games in most instances.

Pirate and look at cs.rin.ru for a steamworks script

[–] moondog@hexbear.net 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm always afraid I'll end up paying like 10$ for a game and then get a bogus key that doesn't even work

[–] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 3 points 10 months ago

I've used G2A several times and never had an issue.

[–] imogen_underscore@hexbear.net 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I've used allkeyshop to check prices vs. ratings and never got scammed for what it's worth lol. kinguin and g2a are fine ime