Comment on Were can find a list of Safe Sites where buy Seam Games/Keys/Bundles??
Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 7 months agoIt’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.
ekZepp@lemmy.world 7 months ago
So basically a bet. Better for cheap indi and dlc. As I though.
TheEntity@kbin.social 7 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.
ABCDE@lemmy.world 7 months ago
They aren’t sold to them, they are sold by users.
TheEntity@kbin.social 7 months ago
That's what I meant. They are sold to them by the users. And these users are often card thieves, directly or indirectly. Whether we like it or not it's a de facto money laundering system.
Hillock@kbin.social 7 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.
ABCDE@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Their money-back/replacement guarantee is ‘forever’.